A West Palm Beach, Fla.-based venture capital firm founded and led by former Fortune 500 CISOs and C-level security leaders, SYN Ventures closed its US$300M Fund II.
Led by Managing Partner, Jay Leek, SYN Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on investing in disruptive and innovative security companies in the cybersecurity, industrial security, national defense, privacy, regulatory compliance, and data governance industries. Investments include Adlumin, Boldend, Halcyon, Metabase Q, Netography, Pangea, Phosphorus, Query.ai, SecZetta, Sevco Security, ShiftLeft, SynSaber, TrackerDetect, Revelstoke, Transmit Security, and others.
The firm’s dedicated security team has a proven track record with over 100 years of security investing and operational experience. In addition to the closing of Fund II, Syn announced that co-founder and former Chief Scientist of Cylance, Ryan Permeh, has joined full time as an Operating Partner.
The firm also has a network of seasoned security advisors and CISOs. Some of the advisors include Cradlepoint CISO, Ben Carr; Chipotle CISO, Dave Estlick; Vista Equity Partners Managing Director and CISO, Adrian Peters; USAA CSO, Jason Witty, and more.
