Crosscut Ventures

Crosscut Ventures is a California-based venture capital firm established in 2008 that makes seed to Series A investments in technology companies across the United States. Based in Santa Monica, the firm backs early-stage startups in areas such as energy and power, defense and security, frontier materials, advanced manufacturing, and software, TMT, e-commerce, and gaming. It emphasizes helping portfolio companies reach commercial viability through its experience, network, and playbooks, with a focus on decarbonization, clean energy, and strategic capabilities like space, ocean, and earth applications and upgrading the U.S. defense systems.

Brett Brewer

Managing Director

Brian Garrett

Managing Director

Lisa Riedmiller

CFO

Rick Smith

Managing Director

Past deals in Linux

Monarx

Venture Round in 2023
Monarx specializes in advanced malware detection and remediation for web hosters. Its cloud-delivered server security continuously monitors web environments in real-time, identifying and preventing harmful scripts without relying on signatures. Monarx also offers a free hunting and repair engine for web shells and backdoors, reducing the attack surface by hardening servers and apps.

Monarx

Seed Round in 2019
Monarx specializes in advanced malware detection and remediation for web hosters. Its cloud-delivered server security continuously monitors web environments in real-time, identifying and preventing harmful scripts without relying on signatures. Monarx also offers a free hunting and repair engine for web shells and backdoors, reducing the attack surface by hardening servers and apps.
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