Blu Venture Investors
Blu Venture Investors is a venture capital and private equity firm focusing on seed and early-stage technology investments and related special situations such as acquisitions and spin-offs. It backs software, SaaS, cybersecurity, Internet of Things, digital media, and technology companies across B2B and B2C models, with interest in materials, chemical and biological sciences, and solutions for defense, homeland security, and intelligence communities. The firm targets the mid-Atlantic region—Maryland, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and North Carolina—and typically invests between $50,000 and $3 million per round, often syndicating larger rounds with partners. It aims to take majority stakes and provides board seats, advisory support, and, when needed, C-level executives. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Vienna, Virginia, Blu Venture Investors combines capital with active mentorship from experienced operators to help early-stage companies scale.
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Pawan Malhotra
Partner and Member of Executive Committee, Cyber Fund Investment Committee and Innovations Investment Committee
Past deals in Penetration Testing
ThreatMate
Seed Round in 2025
ThreatMate is a pioneering cybersecurity company focused on serving mid-sized businesses. Founded by seasoned entrepreneurs and cybersecurity experts, ThreatMate offers an innovative platform that combines comprehensive security capabilities to safeguard companies from evolving cyber threats.
BreachBits
Seed Round in 2024
BreachBits is a cybersecurity company that delivers cloud-based security solutions and a SaaS cyber risk and penetration testing platform. Incorporated in 2018 and based in Annapolis, Maryland, the company offers an adaptive, continuous cyber risk assessment that simulates real-world attacks to identify vulnerabilities and security gaps. Its platform uses automation and artificial intelligence and applies hacker tradecraft to monitor an organization, helping to improve security decisions and response times.
Tidal Cyber
Seed Round in 2022
Tidal Cyber is a cybersecurity company that offers a threat-led, threat-informed defense platform designed to shift protection from reactive vulnerability management to proactive, adversary-behavior-centric security. The platform maps adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures to measure and improve the effectiveness of a security stack, providing validated insights into how defenses perform within products and roadmaps. It helps enterprise teams prioritize defenses, eliminate redundant mitigations, and optimize security operations and investments, enabling organizations to define, measure, and enhance their defense capabilities in the face of real-world threat behavior.
Huntress
Seed Round in 2019
Huntress is a cybersecurity provider for small and mid-sized businesses and the managed service providers that support them. It offers a managed security platform and a 24/7 Security Operations Center, delivering technology, services, education, and expertise to protect critical assets from cyber threats. The platform combines automated detection with human threat hunting to uncover and stop threats that bypass preventive tools, including ransomware and persistent footholds. Founded in 2015 by former NSA operators, Huntress serves thousands of partners and more than 100,000 organizations, protecting millions of endpoints.
Huntress
Seed Round in 2017
Huntress is a cybersecurity provider for small and mid-sized businesses and the managed service providers that support them. It offers a managed security platform and a 24/7 Security Operations Center, delivering technology, services, education, and expertise to protect critical assets from cyber threats. The platform combines automated detection with human threat hunting to uncover and stop threats that bypass preventive tools, including ransomware and persistent footholds. Founded in 2015 by former NSA operators, Huntress serves thousands of partners and more than 100,000 organizations, protecting millions of endpoints.
Shevirah
Convertible Note in 2016
Founded in 2015, Shevirah specializes in designing and developing mobile security testing software. Based in Herndon, Virginia, the company focuses on expanding corporate testing and monitoring to mobility devices, ensuring security policies are in place, applications protect data effectively, and users practice good security hygiene.
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