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Cyan Capital

VC
San Francisco, CA

Cyan Capital is a Seed, seed+ venture capital firm based in San Francisco, CA investing in Security, Enterprise, Developer Tools. The firm typically writes $500K–$2.0M checks and has 2 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$500K–$2.0M
Portfolio
2 companies on record
Partners
2 listed
Stage
Seed, seed+
Sectors
Security, Enterprise, Developer Tools, SaaS
HQ
San Francisco, CA
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-07-09

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Seed, seed+

Check Size

$500K – $2.0M

Portfolio

2+ companies

Team

2 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Invests in mission-critical software and security platforms.

How Cyan Capital invests

Cyan Capital is a vc firm based in San Francisco, CA. The firm invests at the Seed, seed+ stages, with a focus on Security, Enterprise, Developer Tools, SaaS.

Cyan Capital typically writes checks of $500K–$2.0M per investment.

Cyan Capital has backed 2 companies in our records, including Chatdesk, Tailscale.

Partners & Team

SR

Steve Richmond

General Partner

DM

David Mallard

General Partner

Industry Focus

Invests In

Security
Enterprise
Developer Tools
SaaS

Portfolio Companies (2)

Other

CH

Chatdesk

Enterprise Software
TA

Tailscale

Cybersecurity
How to pitch Cyan Capital
  • Raising at Seed, seed+? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Security, Enterprise, Developer Tools — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $500K – $2.0M check.
  • cold outreach ok
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Steve Richmond, General Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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