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ForgePoint Capital

VC
San Mateo, CAWebsite

ForgePoint Capital is a Seed, Pre-Seed venture capital firm based in San Mateo, CA investing in Security, Other, Developer Tools. The firm typically writes $250K–$5.0M checks and has 16 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$250K–$5.0M
Portfolio
16 companies on record
Partners
7 listed
AUM
$1B
Stage
Seed, Pre-Seed
Sectors
Security, Other, Developer Tools, Enterprise, SaaS
HQ
San Mateo, CA

Last verified: 2026-05-24

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed, Pre-Seed

Check Size

$250K – $5.0M

AUM

$1.0B

Portfolio

16+ companies

Team

7 partners

Investor activity
Last known investment: 2024Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

ForgePoint focuses exclusively on early-stage investments in cybersecurity, identity and access management, and enterprise solutions.

How ForgePoint Capital invests

ForgePoint Capital is a vc firm based in San Mateo, CA. The firm invests at the Seed, Pre-Seed stages, with a focus on Security, Other, Developer Tools, Enterprise, SaaS.

ForgePoint Capital typically writes checks of $250K–$5.0M per investment, backed by approximately $1B in assets under management.

Investing since at least 2012, ForgePoint Capital has backed 16 companies in our records, including AKA Identity, AppMap, 1Kosmos. Its most recent recorded investment was in 2024.

Partners & Team

LL

Lisa Lee

Chief Financial Officer

KS

Karl Sharman

Director of Talent Acquisition

JG

Jaime Goyarrola

CFO

AM

Andrew McClure

Managing Director

RK

Reynaldo Kirton

Principal

AY

Alberto Yépez

Managing Director

Cybersecurity
Identity & Access Management
MC

Marie Chen

Principal

B2B SaaS
Workflow Automation

Industry Focus

Invests In

Security
Other
Developer Tools
Enterprise
SaaS

Portfolio Companies (16)

2024

AK

AKA Identity

Identity

2022

AP

AppMap

2021

1K

1Kosmos

Identity

2019

AN

Anitian

2018

AP

Appthority (Symantec)

2012

AL

AlienVault (AT&T)

Other

BE

BehavioSec (LexisNexis Risk Solutions)

Identity
SE

SentinelNet

Cyber SaaS
SE

SecuroQ

Cybersecurity SaaS
BE

BehavioSec

Identity Verification
How to pitch ForgePoint Capital
  • Raising at Seed, Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Security, Other, Developer Tools — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $250K – $5.0M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Lisa Lee, Chief Financial Officer.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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