Rally Ventures

Rally Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2012, with offices in Menlo Park, California, and Minneapolis, Minnesota. The firm specializes in investing exclusively in early-stage business technology companies, targeting sectors such as artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, fintech, cloud infrastructure, and software-as-a-service. Rally Ventures focuses on entrepreneurs who are creating significant new markets or transforming existing ones, demonstrating a strong commitment to sectors like big data, mobility, and internet of things. With a team of experienced partners who have a proven track record in the venture capital industry, Rally Ventures leverages their expertise to deliver substantial returns on investment. The firm aims to support innovative companies that possess the potential for growth and market disruption.

Arthur Coviello

Venture Partner

James Gibson

Associate

Jeff Hick

General Partner

Jeff Hinck

Managing Director

Justin Kaufenberg

Managing Director

Stephanie McCoy

CFO

Tom Peterson

Venture Partner

Past deals in Cyber Security

VanishID

Venture Round in 2025
Picnic is a cybersecurity firm that proactively protects people and companies against the biggest threat vector in cyber today: attacks by social engineers. Social engineers are hackers who use public information about you, your family, and your company to craft attacks that include phishing scams, ransomware, impersonation, identity theft, malware, elder fraud, and many others. Picnic proactively finds and removes the information about businesses and people that can be harvested by social engineers. Our technology works automatically, seamlessly, and continuously to protect you, your organization, and also your family. We make you less visible and reduce your attack surface. This is next-generation security—security at the human level. Get in touch to learn more about how we preemptively safeguard enterprises and individual employees from social engineering attacks.

Blackwell Security

Seed Round in 2024
Blackwell Security offers managed security operations for healthcare organizations to deliver complete protection and rapid response. The company aids in enhancing an organization’s cybersecurity maturity by providing specialized guidance to streamline and bolster its security practices, address gaps in its cyber compliance posture, and proactively facilitate improvements across its program.

Abstract Security

Seed Round in 2024
Abstract Security is a company that offers data management solutions to enhance security and compliance analytics. It focuses on optimizing data usage while ensuring effective detection and compliance without burdening security teams. The services include managed data pipelines, real-time analytics, and a privacy-first data lake architecture.

Bugcrowd

Series E in 2024
Bugcrowd Inc. is a crowdsourced cybersecurity company that connects organizations with trusted security researchers to enhance their application security. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, Bugcrowd offers a web-based platform that provides a range of security testing solutions, including penetration testing, bug bounty programs, and vulnerability disclosure management tailored to the specific needs of various sectors such as financial services, healthcare, retail, and technology. The company utilizes an AI-powered platform that leverages a vast repository of vulnerabilities and hacker profiles, ensuring that clients can access the most suitable hacker talent for their unique security challenges. Bugcrowd aims to empower organizations to proactively defend against sophisticated threats by facilitating customized security testing programs that help identify and address vulnerabilities before they can be exploited. The company also has a presence in London and Surry Hills, Australia, and maintains strategic partnerships to enhance its offerings.

Spec

Series A in 2023
Spec is a developer of a cloud-based fraud detection and defense platform that helps businesses protect themselves from online fraud and abuse. The platform analyzes traffic to websites and APIs to identify fraudulent users and abusive bots, even those attempting to evade detection through advanced techniques. By uncovering the identity and intent of each visitor, Spec enables businesses to make informed decisions about routing traffic, enhancing the user experience for legitimate visitors. The no-code setup allows for quick implementation, providing comprehensive insights into the customer journey and preventing significant losses due to fraud. Through its technology, Spec aims to keep businesses ahead of evolving threats while ensuring smooth digital interactions for genuine customers.

Revelstoke

Series B in 2023
Revelstoke is a business focused on enhancing security operations through its innovative automation platform. The company aims to simplify the gathering and analysis of security data, allowing security teams to operate more efficiently. By providing a no-code interface, Revelstoke eliminates the programming barriers typically associated with security orchestration, enabling users to easily switch between endpoint detection technologies. This approach facilitates the automation of security operations and promotes seamless data integration, making it easier for organizations to respond to security threats effectively.

SynSaber

Series A in 2022
SynSaber is an industrial asset and network monitoring solution focused on enhancing the security and operational integrity of critical infrastructure. The company offers a vendor-agnostic visibility and detection application designed specifically for operational technology (OT) environments. Its software can be quickly deployed on existing hardware or within virtualized and containerized setups, allowing seamless integration with existing workflows. By delivering continuous insights into the status, vulnerabilities, and threats faced by industrial systems, SynSaber empowers operators and asset owners to effectively monitor and defend their environments. This flexibility and ease of use make it a valuable tool for navigating the complexities of industrial security.

Spec

Seed Round in 2022
Spec is a developer of a cloud-based fraud detection and defense platform that helps businesses protect themselves from online fraud and abuse. The platform analyzes traffic to websites and APIs to identify fraudulent users and abusive bots, even those attempting to evade detection through advanced techniques. By uncovering the identity and intent of each visitor, Spec enables businesses to make informed decisions about routing traffic, enhancing the user experience for legitimate visitors. The no-code setup allows for quick implementation, providing comprehensive insights into the customer journey and preventing significant losses due to fraud. Through its technology, Spec aims to keep businesses ahead of evolving threats while ensuring smooth digital interactions for genuine customers.

VanishID

Series A in 2022
Picnic is a cybersecurity firm that proactively protects people and companies against the biggest threat vector in cyber today: attacks by social engineers. Social engineers are hackers who use public information about you, your family, and your company to craft attacks that include phishing scams, ransomware, impersonation, identity theft, malware, elder fraud, and many others. Picnic proactively finds and removes the information about businesses and people that can be harvested by social engineers. Our technology works automatically, seamlessly, and continuously to protect you, your organization, and also your family. We make you less visible and reduce your attack surface. This is next-generation security—security at the human level. Get in touch to learn more about how we preemptively safeguard enterprises and individual employees from social engineering attacks.

Revelstoke

Series A in 2022
Revelstoke is a business focused on enhancing security operations through its innovative automation platform. The company aims to simplify the gathering and analysis of security data, allowing security teams to operate more efficiently. By providing a no-code interface, Revelstoke eliminates the programming barriers typically associated with security orchestration, enabling users to easily switch between endpoint detection technologies. This approach facilitates the automation of security operations and promotes seamless data integration, making it easier for organizations to respond to security threats effectively.

SecZetta

Series B in 2021
SecZetta provides their customers with consulting and software development services that focus on identity and access management. Its implementation services focus on privileged account management. Its consulting services focus on governance and risk management frameworks, and security audit. SecZetta offers NE Profile, a software solution that enables businesses to manage nonemployees and administrators; NE Access enables its users to control access to applications and data through a partner portal; and ID Proxy enables its users to record and manage employee data. SecZetta is partnered with Courion, Cyber-Ark, and RSA. SecZetta was founded by David Pignolet in November 2006. It is based in Newport, Rhode Island.

SynSaber

Seed Round in 2021
SynSaber is an industrial asset and network monitoring solution focused on enhancing the security and operational integrity of critical infrastructure. The company offers a vendor-agnostic visibility and detection application designed specifically for operational technology (OT) environments. Its software can be quickly deployed on existing hardware or within virtualized and containerized setups, allowing seamless integration with existing workflows. By delivering continuous insights into the status, vulnerabilities, and threats faced by industrial systems, SynSaber empowers operators and asset owners to effectively monitor and defend their environments. This flexibility and ease of use make it a valuable tool for navigating the complexities of industrial security.

Spec

Seed Round in 2021
Spec is a developer of a cloud-based fraud detection and defense platform that helps businesses protect themselves from online fraud and abuse. The platform analyzes traffic to websites and APIs to identify fraudulent users and abusive bots, even those attempting to evade detection through advanced techniques. By uncovering the identity and intent of each visitor, Spec enables businesses to make informed decisions about routing traffic, enhancing the user experience for legitimate visitors. The no-code setup allows for quick implementation, providing comprehensive insights into the customer journey and preventing significant losses due to fraud. Through its technology, Spec aims to keep businesses ahead of evolving threats while ensuring smooth digital interactions for genuine customers.

Bugcrowd

Series D in 2020
Bugcrowd Inc. is a crowdsourced cybersecurity company that connects organizations with trusted security researchers to enhance their application security. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, Bugcrowd offers a web-based platform that provides a range of security testing solutions, including penetration testing, bug bounty programs, and vulnerability disclosure management tailored to the specific needs of various sectors such as financial services, healthcare, retail, and technology. The company utilizes an AI-powered platform that leverages a vast repository of vulnerabilities and hacker profiles, ensuring that clients can access the most suitable hacker talent for their unique security challenges. Bugcrowd aims to empower organizations to proactively defend against sophisticated threats by facilitating customized security testing programs that help identify and address vulnerabilities before they can be exploited. The company also has a presence in London and Surry Hills, Australia, and maintains strategic partnerships to enhance its offerings.

ZeroNorth

Series A in 2020
ZeroNorth, Inc. specializes in risk-based vulnerability orchestration for organizations, focusing on enhancing their IT risk management processes. The company offers an orchestration platform that enables enterprises to automate and standardize their software security programs, facilitating efficient vulnerability discovery and remediation across applications and infrastructure. This software provides essential visibility into business risks, compliance, and security management, allowing executives, developers, and IT security professionals to effectively navigate their security landscape. ZeroNorth's solutions support various applications, including compliance with standards such as PCI DSS, product and supply chain security, and application risk visibility. Founded in 2015 and based in Boston, Massachusetts, ZeroNorth aims to help organizations integrate security seamlessly into their development processes while maintaining operational efficiency.

DisruptOps

Series A in 2020
DisruptOps provides a cloud security operations platform designed for modern enterprises managing cloud environments. The platform offers real-time monitoring and automated response features that help organizations address security risks effectively. Unlike traditional cloud security tools that focus primarily on compliance and assessment, DisruptOps emphasizes automation in security response, ensuring that the right alerts reach the appropriate responders with options for single-click remediation. This approach integrates seamlessly with existing tools used by teams, enhancing visibility for security personnel while delivering the operational efficiency required by IT teams. Additionally, DisruptOps supports organizations in accelerating their cloud adoption by offering continuous cloud control infrastructure, thereby strengthening security measures, optimizing operations, and managing cloud expenditures more effectively.

SecZetta

Series A in 2019
SecZetta provides their customers with consulting and software development services that focus on identity and access management. Its implementation services focus on privileged account management. Its consulting services focus on governance and risk management frameworks, and security audit. SecZetta offers NE Profile, a software solution that enables businesses to manage nonemployees and administrators; NE Access enables its users to control access to applications and data through a partner portal; and ID Proxy enables its users to record and manage employee data. SecZetta is partnered with Courion, Cyber-Ark, and RSA. SecZetta was founded by David Pignolet in November 2006. It is based in Newport, Rhode Island.

ZeroNorth

Series A in 2019
ZeroNorth, Inc. specializes in risk-based vulnerability orchestration for organizations, focusing on enhancing their IT risk management processes. The company offers an orchestration platform that enables enterprises to automate and standardize their software security programs, facilitating efficient vulnerability discovery and remediation across applications and infrastructure. This software provides essential visibility into business risks, compliance, and security management, allowing executives, developers, and IT security professionals to effectively navigate their security landscape. ZeroNorth's solutions support various applications, including compliance with standards such as PCI DSS, product and supply chain security, and application risk visibility. Founded in 2015 and based in Boston, Massachusetts, ZeroNorth aims to help organizations integrate security seamlessly into their development processes while maintaining operational efficiency.

DisruptOps

Seed Round in 2018
DisruptOps provides a cloud security operations platform designed for modern enterprises managing cloud environments. The platform offers real-time monitoring and automated response features that help organizations address security risks effectively. Unlike traditional cloud security tools that focus primarily on compliance and assessment, DisruptOps emphasizes automation in security response, ensuring that the right alerts reach the appropriate responders with options for single-click remediation. This approach integrates seamlessly with existing tools used by teams, enhancing visibility for security personnel while delivering the operational efficiency required by IT teams. Additionally, DisruptOps supports organizations in accelerating their cloud adoption by offering continuous cloud control infrastructure, thereby strengthening security measures, optimizing operations, and managing cloud expenditures more effectively.

Twistlock

Series C in 2018
Twistlock Inc. specializes in providing comprehensive security solutions for containerized applications, enabling organizations to secure their DevOps environments. Founded in 2015 and based in Portland, Oregon, with additional offices in New York City and Tel-Aviv, Twistlock offers a robust platform that integrates seamlessly into continuous integration (CI) workflows. Its services include a vulnerability management system that identifies code vulnerabilities and configuration errors, as well as real-time threat protection and policy enforcement for applications in production. Trusted by a significant portion of the Fortune 100, Twistlock’s platform is designed for cloud-native technologies, such as Docker and Kubernetes, ensuring that security measures are embedded throughout the development lifecycle. As of July 2019, Twistlock operates as a subsidiary of Palo Alto Networks, further enhancing its capabilities in the cybersecurity landscape.

Bugcrowd

Series C in 2018
Bugcrowd Inc. is a crowdsourced cybersecurity company that connects organizations with trusted security researchers to enhance their application security. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, Bugcrowd offers a web-based platform that provides a range of security testing solutions, including penetration testing, bug bounty programs, and vulnerability disclosure management tailored to the specific needs of various sectors such as financial services, healthcare, retail, and technology. The company utilizes an AI-powered platform that leverages a vast repository of vulnerabilities and hacker profiles, ensuring that clients can access the most suitable hacker talent for their unique security challenges. Bugcrowd aims to empower organizations to proactively defend against sophisticated threats by facilitating customized security testing programs that help identify and address vulnerabilities before they can be exploited. The company also has a presence in London and Surry Hills, Australia, and maintains strategic partnerships to enhance its offerings.

Sqrrl

Series C in 2017
Sqrrl is a Big Data Analytics company that specializes in helping organizations identify and respond to unusual activities within their data. Its flagship product, Sqrrl Enterprise, provides a platform for linked data analysis, enabling analysts to visualize and investigate hidden connections in disparate datasets. This capability allows for a rapid understanding of context, facilitating prompt action. Sqrrl's cybersecurity solutions are particularly focused on detecting advanced data breaches related to cyber-espionage, insider threats, and other challenging attacks. By leveraging a range of Big Data technologies, including Hadoop, link analysis, machine learning, and advanced visualization, Sqrrl empowers security analysts to uncover threats more quickly and efficiently, ultimately reducing the time and resources needed for investigations.

Twistlock

Series B in 2017
Twistlock Inc. specializes in providing comprehensive security solutions for containerized applications, enabling organizations to secure their DevOps environments. Founded in 2015 and based in Portland, Oregon, with additional offices in New York City and Tel-Aviv, Twistlock offers a robust platform that integrates seamlessly into continuous integration (CI) workflows. Its services include a vulnerability management system that identifies code vulnerabilities and configuration errors, as well as real-time threat protection and policy enforcement for applications in production. Trusted by a significant portion of the Fortune 100, Twistlock’s platform is designed for cloud-native technologies, such as Docker and Kubernetes, ensuring that security measures are embedded throughout the development lifecycle. As of July 2019, Twistlock operates as a subsidiary of Palo Alto Networks, further enhancing its capabilities in the cybersecurity landscape.

CyberGRX

Series A in 2016
CyberGRX provides the most comprehensive third-party cyber risk management platform to cost-effectively identify, assess, mitigate and monitor an enterprise’s risk exposure across its entire partner ecosystem. Through automation and advanced analytics, the CyberGRX solution enables enterprises to collaboratively mitigate threats presented from their increasing interdependency on vendors, partners and customers. CyberGRX is based in Denver, CO. For more information, visit www.cybergrx.com or follow @CyberGRX on Twitter.

Twistlock

Series A in 2016
Twistlock Inc. specializes in providing comprehensive security solutions for containerized applications, enabling organizations to secure their DevOps environments. Founded in 2015 and based in Portland, Oregon, with additional offices in New York City and Tel-Aviv, Twistlock offers a robust platform that integrates seamlessly into continuous integration (CI) workflows. Its services include a vulnerability management system that identifies code vulnerabilities and configuration errors, as well as real-time threat protection and policy enforcement for applications in production. Trusted by a significant portion of the Fortune 100, Twistlock’s platform is designed for cloud-native technologies, such as Docker and Kubernetes, ensuring that security measures are embedded throughout the development lifecycle. As of July 2019, Twistlock operates as a subsidiary of Palo Alto Networks, further enhancing its capabilities in the cybersecurity landscape.

Verodin

Series A in 2016
Verodin is a business platform that provides organizations with the evidence needed to measure, manage, and improve their cybersecurity effectiveness. The Verodin Security Instrumentation Platform (SIP) provides proof that cybersecurity technologies and processes are effective across endpoint, email, cloud, and network controls, enabling organizations to continuously validate the protection of their business-critical assets.

Bugcrowd

Series B in 2016
Bugcrowd Inc. is a crowdsourced cybersecurity company that connects organizations with trusted security researchers to enhance their application security. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, Bugcrowd offers a web-based platform that provides a range of security testing solutions, including penetration testing, bug bounty programs, and vulnerability disclosure management tailored to the specific needs of various sectors such as financial services, healthcare, retail, and technology. The company utilizes an AI-powered platform that leverages a vast repository of vulnerabilities and hacker profiles, ensuring that clients can access the most suitable hacker talent for their unique security challenges. Bugcrowd aims to empower organizations to proactively defend against sophisticated threats by facilitating customized security testing programs that help identify and address vulnerabilities before they can be exploited. The company also has a presence in London and Surry Hills, Australia, and maintains strategic partnerships to enhance its offerings.

Cymmetria

Series A in 2015
Cymmetria Inc. is a cybersecurity company based in Tel Aviv, Israel, founded in 2014 by security expert Gadi Evron. The company specializes in cyber deception technology, offering innovative solutions designed to enhance security for organizations. Its flagship products include MazeRunner, which diverts attackers away from critical targets and provides essential forensic data, and ActiveSOC, a software that automates alert validation and incident response. Additionally, Cymmetria provides deception services that help organizations analyze their environment and develop tailored deception strategies. By shifting the balance of cybersecurity in favor of defenders, Cymmetria aims to improve detection of lateral movements and effectively mitigate attacks, thereby creating a more secure network environment for its clients.

Bugcrowd

Series A in 2015
Bugcrowd Inc. is a crowdsourced cybersecurity company that connects organizations with trusted security researchers to enhance their application security. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, Bugcrowd offers a web-based platform that provides a range of security testing solutions, including penetration testing, bug bounty programs, and vulnerability disclosure management tailored to the specific needs of various sectors such as financial services, healthcare, retail, and technology. The company utilizes an AI-powered platform that leverages a vast repository of vulnerabilities and hacker profiles, ensuring that clients can access the most suitable hacker talent for their unique security challenges. Bugcrowd aims to empower organizations to proactively defend against sophisticated threats by facilitating customized security testing programs that help identify and address vulnerabilities before they can be exploited. The company also has a presence in London and Surry Hills, Australia, and maintains strategic partnerships to enhance its offerings.

Sqrrl

Series B in 2015
Sqrrl is a Big Data Analytics company that specializes in helping organizations identify and respond to unusual activities within their data. Its flagship product, Sqrrl Enterprise, provides a platform for linked data analysis, enabling analysts to visualize and investigate hidden connections in disparate datasets. This capability allows for a rapid understanding of context, facilitating prompt action. Sqrrl's cybersecurity solutions are particularly focused on detecting advanced data breaches related to cyber-espionage, insider threats, and other challenging attacks. By leveraging a range of Big Data technologies, including Hadoop, link analysis, machine learning, and advanced visualization, Sqrrl empowers security analysts to uncover threats more quickly and efficiently, ultimately reducing the time and resources needed for investigations.

Carbon Black

Series E in 2014
Carbon Black, Inc. is a cybersecurity company that offers advanced security solutions both in the United States and globally. Established in 2002 and headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, the company provides a range of products aimed at predicting, preventing, detecting, responding to, and remediating cyber threats. Its flagship offering, the Cb Predictive Security Cloud, is a big data and analytics platform that enables comprehensive endpoint data collection and analysis. Carbon Black's product suite includes CB Defense for antivirus and endpoint detection, CB ThreatHunter for threat hunting, and CB LiveOps for real-time security operations. Additionally, it provides managed services through CB ThreatSight and application control via CB Protection. The company serves a diverse clientele, including security-focused enterprises, government agencies, and small to mid-sized organizations, and has been recognized for its innovative approach to endpoint security. In January 2016, Carbon Black rebranded from its original name, Bit9, Inc., and it currently operates as a subsidiary of VMware.

Carbon Black

Series E in 2014
Carbon Black, Inc. is a cybersecurity company that offers advanced security solutions both in the United States and globally. Established in 2002 and headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, the company provides a range of products aimed at predicting, preventing, detecting, responding to, and remediating cyber threats. Its flagship offering, the Cb Predictive Security Cloud, is a big data and analytics platform that enables comprehensive endpoint data collection and analysis. Carbon Black's product suite includes CB Defense for antivirus and endpoint detection, CB ThreatHunter for threat hunting, and CB LiveOps for real-time security operations. Additionally, it provides managed services through CB ThreatSight and application control via CB Protection. The company serves a diverse clientele, including security-focused enterprises, government agencies, and small to mid-sized organizations, and has been recognized for its innovative approach to endpoint security. In January 2016, Carbon Black rebranded from its original name, Bit9, Inc., and it currently operates as a subsidiary of VMware.

VisiTrend

Seed Round in 2013
VisiTrend makes powerful analytics easier to use through interactive visualization. Several analytics are included with an initial focus on cyber security. We have both a SaaS offering and a virtual appliance that can be setup on-site. VisiTrend connects to several different data stores including relational databases and big data solutions such as Hadoop. Users can interact with a visualization to run machine learning algorithms on their data without writing a line of code. Social features enable users to share analytics, data, and visualizations.

Bugcrowd

Seed Round in 2013
Bugcrowd Inc. is a crowdsourced cybersecurity company that connects organizations with trusted security researchers to enhance their application security. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, Bugcrowd offers a web-based platform that provides a range of security testing solutions, including penetration testing, bug bounty programs, and vulnerability disclosure management tailored to the specific needs of various sectors such as financial services, healthcare, retail, and technology. The company utilizes an AI-powered platform that leverages a vast repository of vulnerabilities and hacker profiles, ensuring that clients can access the most suitable hacker talent for their unique security challenges. Bugcrowd aims to empower organizations to proactively defend against sophisticated threats by facilitating customized security testing programs that help identify and address vulnerabilities before they can be exploited. The company also has a presence in London and Surry Hills, Australia, and maintains strategic partnerships to enhance its offerings.
Spot something off? Help us improve by flagging any incorrect or outdated information. Just email us at support@teaserclub.com. Your feedback is most welcome.