Foundation Capital

Foundation Capital, LLC is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California, founded in 1995. The firm specializes in investing in early-stage and growth-stage information technology companies, with a focus on sectors such as enterprise software, fintech, consumer technology, digital energy, and marketing technology. Foundation Capital aims to support entrepreneurs by providing capital and strategic guidance, believing that innovative ideas can transform industries. The firm has a diverse portfolio that includes investments in over 60 high-growth ventures, such as Lending Club, Sunrun, and Netflix. It typically invests between $1 million and $10 million per company and prefers to take the lead in investments, often securing board seats. Foundation Capital's successful track record includes 26 initial public offerings, reflecting its commitment to fostering transformative businesses.

Joanne Chen

General Partner

Angus Davis

General Partner

Bill Elmore

General Partner and Founder

Ashu Garg

General Partner

Rodolfo Gonzalez

General Partner

Paul Holland

General Partner

Ted Meyer

Administrative Partner

Charles Moldow

General Partner

Lauri Moore

Partner

Zach Noorani

Partner

Apoorva Pandhi

Partner

Mike Schuh

General Partner

Nico Stainfeld

Partner

Siddhant Trivedi

Partner

Melissa Tucker

Director of Finance

Warren Weiss

General Partner

Past deals in Network Security

Prime Security

Seed Round in 2024
Identify, prioritize, and mitigate security on risk before development starts.

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.

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.

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.

Anvilogic

Seed Round in 2020
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.

MistNet

Series A in 2019
MistNet specializes in advanced multi-entity threat detection and response solutions aimed at enhancing cybersecurity in connected environments. Utilizing innovative mist computing and edge AI technologies, the company's platform identifies concealed threats and minimizes the workload of Security Operations Centers (SOCs). It effectively eliminates blind spots in security monitoring, halts ongoing attacks, and provides comprehensive logs of all user, device, and network transactions within an organization. This functionality allows companies to swiftly detect and neutralize threats in real-time, thereby protecting sensitive data from potential breaches.

Cyphort

Series C in 2015
Cyphort Inc. specializes in developing software and appliance-based solutions aimed at safeguarding enterprises and government entities from cybercrime attacks. Founded in 2008 and based in Santa Clara, California, Cyphort employs a distributed software platform that enhances enterprise visibility and accurately detects advanced threats, including zero-day attacks. By utilizing behavioral analytics and machine learning, the platform analyzes raw data from various sources, including web and email traffic, to identify and prioritize security threats in the context of the organization's ecosystem. This innovative approach allows for seamless integration across multiple environments, including cloud and virtual infrastructures. Additionally, Cyphort offers an Anti-SIEM security analytics platform that focuses on threat detection and provides actionable intelligence to enhance overall security posture. As of September 2017, Cyphort operates as a subsidiary of Juniper Networks, Inc.

Cyphort

Series B in 2013
Cyphort Inc. specializes in developing software and appliance-based solutions aimed at safeguarding enterprises and government entities from cybercrime attacks. Founded in 2008 and based in Santa Clara, California, Cyphort employs a distributed software platform that enhances enterprise visibility and accurately detects advanced threats, including zero-day attacks. By utilizing behavioral analytics and machine learning, the platform analyzes raw data from various sources, including web and email traffic, to identify and prioritize security threats in the context of the organization's ecosystem. This innovative approach allows for seamless integration across multiple environments, including cloud and virtual infrastructures. Additionally, Cyphort offers an Anti-SIEM security analytics platform that focuses on threat detection and provides actionable intelligence to enhance overall security posture. As of September 2017, Cyphort operates as a subsidiary of Juniper Networks, Inc.

MobileIron

Series E in 2012
MobileIron offers a mobile-centric, zero-trust security approach that verifies every user, device, application, network, and security threat. It has been chosen by thousands of organizations that are transforming their businesses through Mobile IT. It was founded in 2007 and headquartered in Mountain View, California.

MobileIron

Series D in 2011
MobileIron offers a mobile-centric, zero-trust security approach that verifies every user, device, application, network, and security threat. It has been chosen by thousands of organizations that are transforming their businesses through Mobile IT. It was founded in 2007 and headquartered in Mountain View, California.

MobileIron

Series D in 2011
MobileIron offers a mobile-centric, zero-trust security approach that verifies every user, device, application, network, and security threat. It has been chosen by thousands of organizations that are transforming their businesses through Mobile IT. It was founded in 2007 and headquartered in Mountain View, California.

MobileIron

Series C in 2010
MobileIron offers a mobile-centric, zero-trust security approach that verifies every user, device, application, network, and security threat. It has been chosen by thousands of organizations that are transforming their businesses through Mobile IT. It was founded in 2007 and headquartered in Mountain View, California.

Altor Networks

Series B in 2010
Altor Networks specializes in virtualization security solutions aimed at protecting virtualized data centers and internal clouds. The company's flagship product, the Altor VF virtual firewall, enhances security by providing unprecedented visibility and granular control over virtual network traffic. Designed specifically for virtual environments, this technology supports multiple virtualization platforms, including those from VMware, Microsoft, and Citrix, allowing enterprises to utilize a range of virtualization products both now and in the future. Altor's solutions include enforcing rule-based security policies on individual or groups of virtual machines, securing virtual machines during VMotion events, and offering low-cost intrusion detection by mirroring selected traffic to external devices. This comprehensive approach helps organizations maintain secure virtualized networks while reducing administrative overhead and improving overall security posture.

Rohati Systems

Series B in 2008
Rohati Systems, Inc. enables transaction level policy enforcement for securing data center resources. Rohati has introduced a portfolio of high-performance data center platforms delivering agent-less access management for organizations of any size. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, Rohati was the culmination of ideas from five seasoned security, systems and networking experts with combined work experience of forty plus years at Cisco.

Altor Networks

Series A in 2008
Altor Networks specializes in virtualization security solutions aimed at protecting virtualized data centers and internal clouds. The company's flagship product, the Altor VF virtual firewall, enhances security by providing unprecedented visibility and granular control over virtual network traffic. Designed specifically for virtual environments, this technology supports multiple virtualization platforms, including those from VMware, Microsoft, and Citrix, allowing enterprises to utilize a range of virtualization products both now and in the future. Altor's solutions include enforcing rule-based security policies on individual or groups of virtual machines, securing virtual machines during VMotion events, and offering low-cost intrusion detection by mirroring selected traffic to external devices. This comprehensive approach helps organizations maintain secure virtualized networks while reducing administrative overhead and improving overall security posture.

CloudShield Technologies

Series D in 2007
CloudShield Technologies, Inc. specializes in deep packet processing (DPP) solutions that enable organizations to manage and secure network traffic effectively. Their offerings include a range of advanced platforms, such as the CloudShield CS-4000, which enhances network security by addressing vulnerabilities in standard servers, and the CloudShield PN41 module, designed for IBM BladeCenter, which provides protection against advanced malware and facilitates flexible traffic management. The CloudShield CS-2000 serves as a content processing platform that supports various simultaneous network security applications. Additionally, the company provides a trusted cyber solution orchestrator for integrating multiple security solutions, a DNS defender to mitigate specific DNS attacks, and Salient Assure6 for monitoring IPv6 traffic. Beyond its hardware and software solutions, CloudShield also offers cyber security training and application development services. Founded in 2000 and based in Sunnyvale, California, CloudShield operates as a subsidiary of Lookingglass Cyber Solutions, LLC. Their technology supports clients across North America, Europe, and Asia, including significant federal government customers.

Rohati Systems

Series A in 2007
Rohati Systems, Inc. enables transaction level policy enforcement for securing data center resources. Rohati has introduced a portfolio of high-performance data center platforms delivering agent-less access management for organizations of any size. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, Rohati was the culmination of ideas from five seasoned security, systems and networking experts with combined work experience of forty plus years at Cisco.

CloudShield Technologies

Series C in 2005
CloudShield Technologies, Inc. specializes in deep packet processing (DPP) solutions that enable organizations to manage and secure network traffic effectively. Their offerings include a range of advanced platforms, such as the CloudShield CS-4000, which enhances network security by addressing vulnerabilities in standard servers, and the CloudShield PN41 module, designed for IBM BladeCenter, which provides protection against advanced malware and facilitates flexible traffic management. The CloudShield CS-2000 serves as a content processing platform that supports various simultaneous network security applications. Additionally, the company provides a trusted cyber solution orchestrator for integrating multiple security solutions, a DNS defender to mitigate specific DNS attacks, and Salient Assure6 for monitoring IPv6 traffic. Beyond its hardware and software solutions, CloudShield also offers cyber security training and application development services. Founded in 2000 and based in Sunnyvale, California, CloudShield operates as a subsidiary of Lookingglass Cyber Solutions, LLC. Their technology supports clients across North America, Europe, and Asia, including significant federal government customers.

Autonomic Networks

Series E in 2005
Autonomic Networks raises the bar for network security and compliance by automatically learning, auditing, and controlling user access to sensitive data, applications, and other assets on an enterprise network. Patent-pending risk-weighted clustering and profiling technologies automatically pinpoint the few significant incidents that require action from the multitude of questionable events that occur daily in a dynamic business environment. Risk-managed policy overrides enable business through on demand access to unexpectedly needed resources while monitoring that access for security and compliance. Autonomic Networks’ devices perform deep stream inspection with microsecond latency, eliminating the need for additional data integration or infrastructure changes. Bottom line – Autonomic Networks delivers highly adaptive access controls network security professionals need to achieve a new level of business enablement while minimizing security risks, maintaining regulatory compliance, and protecting against fraud and theft.

CloudShield Technologies

Series C in 2004
CloudShield Technologies, Inc. specializes in deep packet processing (DPP) solutions that enable organizations to manage and secure network traffic effectively. Their offerings include a range of advanced platforms, such as the CloudShield CS-4000, which enhances network security by addressing vulnerabilities in standard servers, and the CloudShield PN41 module, designed for IBM BladeCenter, which provides protection against advanced malware and facilitates flexible traffic management. The CloudShield CS-2000 serves as a content processing platform that supports various simultaneous network security applications. Additionally, the company provides a trusted cyber solution orchestrator for integrating multiple security solutions, a DNS defender to mitigate specific DNS attacks, and Salient Assure6 for monitoring IPv6 traffic. Beyond its hardware and software solutions, CloudShield also offers cyber security training and application development services. Founded in 2000 and based in Sunnyvale, California, CloudShield operates as a subsidiary of Lookingglass Cyber Solutions, LLC. Their technology supports clients across North America, Europe, and Asia, including significant federal government customers.

Packet Design

Venture Round in 2003
Packet Design, LLC specializes in performance analytics technology solutions tailored for network operators, enterprises, and government agencies. Founded in 2003 and based in San Jose, California, the company offers an integrated suite of IP traffic and route analysis tools, including Route Explorer, which provides real-time monitoring and analysis for mission-critical networks. This system features modules such as Traffic Explorer and Multicast Explorer, enabling users to gain insights into traffic flows, analyze VPN routing, and manage advanced network services. Packet Design's solutions facilitate network simulation, troubleshooting, and operations, allowing clients to optimize performance, reduce costs, and enhance service delivery. The company serves a diverse clientele, including service providers, mobile operators, and governmental bodies, helping them improve network management and accelerate revenue generation. As of July 2018, Packet Design operates as a subsidiary of Ciena Corporation.

Autonomic Networks

Series C in 2002
Autonomic Networks raises the bar for network security and compliance by automatically learning, auditing, and controlling user access to sensitive data, applications, and other assets on an enterprise network. Patent-pending risk-weighted clustering and profiling technologies automatically pinpoint the few significant incidents that require action from the multitude of questionable events that occur daily in a dynamic business environment. Risk-managed policy overrides enable business through on demand access to unexpectedly needed resources while monitoring that access for security and compliance. Autonomic Networks’ devices perform deep stream inspection with microsecond latency, eliminating the need for additional data integration or infrastructure changes. Bottom line – Autonomic Networks delivers highly adaptive access controls network security professionals need to achieve a new level of business enablement while minimizing security risks, maintaining regulatory compliance, and protecting against fraud and theft.

Autonomic Networks

Series B in 2001
Autonomic Networks raises the bar for network security and compliance by automatically learning, auditing, and controlling user access to sensitive data, applications, and other assets on an enterprise network. Patent-pending risk-weighted clustering and profiling technologies automatically pinpoint the few significant incidents that require action from the multitude of questionable events that occur daily in a dynamic business environment. Risk-managed policy overrides enable business through on demand access to unexpectedly needed resources while monitoring that access for security and compliance. Autonomic Networks’ devices perform deep stream inspection with microsecond latency, eliminating the need for additional data integration or infrastructure changes. Bottom line – Autonomic Networks delivers highly adaptive access controls network security professionals need to achieve a new level of business enablement while minimizing security risks, maintaining regulatory compliance, and protecting against fraud and theft.
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