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Silicon Valley CISO Investments (SVCI)

VC
Silicon Valley, CA

Silicon Valley CISO Investments (SVCI) is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley, CA investing in Security, Other, Enterprise. The firm typically writes $250K–$2.5M checks and has 7 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$250K–$2.5M
Portfolio
7 companies on record
Partners
4 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
Security, Other, Enterprise, SaaS, Developer Tools
HQ
Silicon Valley, CA
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-07-08

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$250K – $2.5M

Portfolio

7+ companies

Team

4 partners

Investor activity
Last known investment: 2022Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Funded and managed by CISOs, SVCI invests in cutting-edge cybersecurity startups building tools CISOs would use.

How Silicon Valley CISO Investments (SVCI) invests

Silicon Valley CISO Investments (SVCI) is a vc firm based in Silicon Valley, CA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Security, Other, Enterprise, SaaS, Developer Tools. It does not invest in Media, Consumer.

Silicon Valley CISO Investments (SVCI) typically writes checks of $250K–$2.5M per investment.

Investing since at least 2021, Silicon Valley CISO Investments (SVCI) has backed 7 companies in our records, including Normalyze, Talon Cyber Security, Trustle. Its most recent recorded investment was in 2022.

Partners & Team

OL

Ody Lupescu

Co-Founder

information security
compliance
early-stage investing
OY

Oren Yunger

Co-Founder

cybersecurity
angel investing
early-stage startups
AG

Al Ghous

Co-Founder

cybersecurity
angel investing
security governance
DT

David Tsao

Co-Founder

cybersecurity operations
security leadership

Industry Focus

Invests In

Security
Other
Enterprise
SaaS
Developer Tools

Does Not Invest In

Media
Consumer

Portfolio Companies (7)

2022

NO

Normalyze

Data Security·Seed
TA

Talon Cyber Security

Cybersecurity·Series A

2021

TR

Trustle

Identity and Access Management·Seed
CO

Conveyor

Security Automation·Seed
VA

Valence Security

SaaS Security·Seed

Other

TA

Tanium

Cybersecurity
EL

Elevate Security

Enterprise Security
How to pitch Silicon Valley CISO Investments (SVCI)
  • 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 $250K – $2.5M check.
  • cold outreach ok
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Ody Lupescu, Co-Founder.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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