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Ballistic Ventures

VC
San Francisco, CAWebsite

Ballistic Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in San Francisco, CA investing in Security, Other, Enterprise. The firm typically writes $500K–$3.0M checks and has 23 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$500K–$3.0M
Portfolio
23 companies on record
Partners
6 listed
AUM
$760M
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
Security, Other, Enterprise
HQ
San Francisco, CA

Last verified: 2026-05-04

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$500K – $3.0M

AUM

$760M

Portfolio

23+ companies

Team

6 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Ballistic Ventures exclusively invests in cybersecurity startups, supporting innovative solutions addressing enterprise needs and emerging threats.

How Ballistic Ventures invests

Ballistic Ventures is a vc firm based in San Francisco, CA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Security, Other, Enterprise.

Ballistic Ventures typically writes checks of $500K–$3.0M per investment, backed by approximately $760M in assets under management.

Ballistic Ventures has backed 23 companies in our records, including IntrusionShield, CodeSecure, Root Evidence.

Partners & Team

JS

Jake Seid

Co-Founder

RT

Roger Thornton

Co-Founder

KM

Kevin Mandia

Co-Founder

BM

Barmak Meftah

Co-Founder

MK

Michelle Kincaid

Vice President of Marketing

TS

Ted Schlein

Managing Partner

Cybersecurity

Industry Focus

Invests In

Security
Other
Enterprise

Portfolio Companies (23)

Other

IN

IntrusionShield

Cybersecurity
CO

CodeSecure

DevSecOps
RO

Root Evidence

ZI

Zip

HY

Hypernative

BR

BreachRx

GE

GetReal

WI

WitnessAI

GO

Gomboc AI

NO

Noma

How to pitch Ballistic Ventures
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Security, Other, Enterprise — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $500K – $3.0M check.
  • cold outreach ok
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Jake Seid, Co-Founder.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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