Cervin Ventures

Cervin Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, California, specializing in early-stage investments, particularly in the B2B technology sector. Founded in 2008, the firm focuses on seed and pre-Series A funding, primarily targeting enterprise software, cloud computing, and infrastructure tools. Cervin Ventures seeks to partner with disciplined entrepreneurs who are developing innovative solutions for rapidly growing markets. The firm typically invests between $2 million and $5 million in its portfolio companies, with a selective approach to limit investments to around 10-12 companies per fund cycle. With a strong emphasis on capital efficiency, Cervin Ventures aims to support founders in building enduring companies while avoiding short-lived trends. The firm has a successful track record, having invested in over 50 companies, including notable exits. Managing Director Preetish Nijhawan brings extensive experience, having co-founded Akamai Technologies, to guide the firm’s investment strategy.

Daniel Karp

Partner

Nilesh Maheshwari

Associate

Courtney McKee

Director of Finance

Preetish Nijhawan

Co-Founder and General Partner

Taylor Oliver

Principal

Past deals in Network Security

Stream Security

Series B in 2024
Stream Security provides real-time cloud threat and exposure detection solutions, helping SecOps teams manage security in cloud environments. The Stream Security platform empowers SecOps teams with unmatched visibility, enabling them to identify vulnerabilities and threats by comprehending the past, present, and future of their cloud infrastructure. The AI-powered platform assists in determining attack paths and blast radius across all cloud infrastructure components, helping to eliminate gaps, accelerate MTTR through streamlined investigations, reduce knowledge gaps, maximize team productivity, and mitigate burnout.

Bolster AI

Series B in 2024
Bolster AI protects against phishing and scams across multiple channels, such as the open web, social media, app stores, and even the dark web. Bolster protects companies of all sizes, from startups to Fortune 500s. With a patented detection engine built for speed, scale, and accuracy, Bolster identifies online records, apps, and accounts infringing on your brand in milliseconds and automates their takedown with Large Language Models (LLMs) for instant response and reducing the need for manual review by over 80% RedMarlin’s team has more than 40 years of combined cybersecurity experience from industry-leading companies including Cisco, Symantec, and McAfee. Founded in 2017 and based in Los Altos, California,

Anvilogic

Series C in 2024
Anvilogic, Inc. is a cybersecurity company based in Palo Alto, California, founded in 2019. It specializes in developing a detection automation platform designed to enhance automated threat detection and modernize security operations. Anvilogic's offerings include a modular detection engine, a collection of curated threat scenarios, and an AI security copilot, all of which help security teams improve detection coverage and reduce costs. The platform allows organizations to maintain their existing Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) systems while integrating a scalable and cost-effective data lake for high-volume data sources. This approach minimizes the need for extensive changes in existing processes, enabling security operations teams in various sectors, including banking and technology, to effectively accelerate the identification and triage of threats.

FireCompass

Series A in 2023
FireCompass is an innovative software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform focused on Continuous Automated Red Teaming and Attack Surface Management. It continuously indexes and monitors the deep, dark, and surface web to create a comprehensive map of an organization's digital attack surface, including identifying Shadow IT vulnerabilities. The platform performs safe, multi-stage simulated attacks to reveal potential attack paths before malicious actors can exploit them. By integrating various security functionalities, FireCompass reduces the need for multiple security tools and minimizes manual effort. The platform is utilized by leading companies across various sectors, including telecommunications, information technology, and financial services, enhancing their ability to protect against cybersecurity threats such as phishing and misconfigured systems.

Bolster AI

Series A in 2022
Bolster AI protects against phishing and scams across multiple channels, such as the open web, social media, app stores, and even the dark web. Bolster protects companies of all sizes, from startups to Fortune 500s. With a patented detection engine built for speed, scale, and accuracy, Bolster identifies online records, apps, and accounts infringing on your brand in milliseconds and automates their takedown with Large Language Models (LLMs) for instant response and reducing the need for manual review by over 80% RedMarlin’s team has more than 40 years of combined cybersecurity experience from industry-leading companies including Cisco, Symantec, and McAfee. Founded in 2017 and based in Los Altos, California,

Anvilogic

Series B in 2022
Anvilogic, Inc. is a cybersecurity company based in Palo Alto, California, founded in 2019. It specializes in developing a detection automation platform designed to enhance automated threat detection and modernize security operations. Anvilogic's offerings include a modular detection engine, a collection of curated threat scenarios, and an AI security copilot, all of which help security teams improve detection coverage and reduce costs. The platform allows organizations to maintain their existing Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) systems while integrating a scalable and cost-effective data lake for high-volume data sources. This approach minimizes the need for extensive changes in existing processes, enabling security operations teams in various sectors, including banking and technology, to effectively accelerate the identification and triage of threats.

Airgap

Series A in 2022
Airgap specializes in cybersecurity, offering a zero-trust isolation platform that effectively protects organizations from ransomware threats, even in the event of a perimeter breach or the presence of unpatched vulnerable servers. The platform allows for rapid deployment in minutes, without requiring agents, APIs, or significant infrastructure changes, making it accessible for enterprises seeking to enhance their network security. Additionally, Airgap features a "Ransomware Kill Switch," which serves as a robust response mechanism for IT teams facing ransomware incidents. Founded by seasoned cybersecurity professionals, the company has gained the trust of large enterprises and service providers, positioning itself as a vital solution in the evolving landscape of cybersecurity threats.

Stream Security

Series A in 2022
Stream Security provides real-time cloud threat and exposure detection solutions, helping SecOps teams manage security in cloud environments. The Stream Security platform empowers SecOps teams with unmatched visibility, enabling them to identify vulnerabilities and threats by comprehending the past, present, and future of their cloud infrastructure. The AI-powered platform assists in determining attack paths and blast radius across all cloud infrastructure components, helping to eliminate gaps, accelerate MTTR through streamlined investigations, reduce knowledge gaps, maximize team productivity, and mitigate burnout.

Anvilogic

Series A in 2021
Anvilogic, Inc. is a cybersecurity company based in Palo Alto, California, founded in 2019. It specializes in developing a detection automation platform designed to enhance automated threat detection and modernize security operations. Anvilogic's offerings include a modular detection engine, a collection of curated threat scenarios, and an AI security copilot, all of which help security teams improve detection coverage and reduce costs. The platform allows organizations to maintain their existing Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) systems while integrating a scalable and cost-effective data lake for high-volume data sources. This approach minimizes the need for extensive changes in existing processes, enabling security operations teams in various sectors, including banking and technology, to effectively accelerate the identification and triage of threats.

SOHA SYSTEMS

Series A in 2015
Soha Systems is the innovator of Enterprise Secure Access delivered as a service. Our service, Soha Cloud, creates a “cloud perimeter” to protect an organization’s infrastructure from Internet threats, including distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks and botnets. Soha Cloud also minimizes a customer’s attack surface, hides applications from public exposure and grants authenticated users micro-granular access to specific applications. Unlike stand-alone, legacy security tools and network access methods, Soha Cloud integrates data path protection, identity access, application security and management visibility into a single solution to create a cloud perimeter between a user organization’s infrastructure and the Internet.
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