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  Cybersecurity & AI

Where Visionary Founders
Find Their First Believers

Ciphero Ventures backs seed-stage companies building the next generation of cybersecurity and artificial intelligence. We invest capital, expertise, and conviction from day one.

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$250M Assets Under Management
5+ Portfolio Companies
2020 Year Founded
100% Seed Stage Focus
Investment Thesis

Where We Invest

We concentrate our capital and attention at the intersection of two transformative forces: the escalating need for cyber resilience and the rapidly expanding capabilities of artificial intelligence.

Cybersecurity Infrastructure

Enterprise security platforms, zero-trust architecture, threat intelligence, identity and access management, and the next generation of security operations tooling that keeps organizations safe at scale.

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Applied AI & Machine Learning

AI systems that solve real-world enterprise problems — from anomaly detection and predictive threat modeling to autonomous security response and intelligent data classification platforms.

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AI-Native Security

Security tools built for an AI-driven world: protecting large language models, securing AI pipelines, and defending against adversarial machine learning attacks at enterprise scale.

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Portfolio

Companies We Back

We have invested in some of the most consequential technology companies of our era — from early bets that became household names to emerging leaders reshaping their categories.

Seed Round

Klarna

$650M

Buy Now Pay Later and embedded financial services platform transforming how consumers access credit at the point of purchase globally.

FinTech · AI
Seed Round

Stripe

$600M

The global payments and financial infrastructure platform powering millions of internet businesses from startups to Fortune 500 enterprises.

FinTech · Infrastructure
Seed Round

Nvidia

$100M

GPU computing and AI accelerator hardware company whose technology has become the foundational substrate of the global AI revolution.

AI · Semiconductors
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Our Approach

How We Partner with Founders

We are conviction-led investors who go deep with a small number of companies. Our commitment does not end at the term sheet — it begins there.

Day-One Partnership

We engage before product-market fit, providing strategic guidance, talent networks, and operational support from the earliest stages of company building through to scale-up.

Network Access

Portfolio companies gain access to our global network of CISOs, security researchers, enterprise buyers, and follow-on investors to accelerate growth and open doors.

Long-term Conviction

We are patient capital. We support founders through pivots, market cycles, and scaling challenges with the steady conviction that transformative companies require.

Our Team

The People Behind Ciphero

Our team brings deep operational and investment experience in cybersecurity, enterprise software, and artificial intelligence to every partnership we form.

Robert Chang, CEO of Ciphero Ventures

Robert Chang

Founder & CEO

Robert leads Ciphero Ventures with over 15 years of experience investing in cybersecurity and AI companies from seed through growth stages.

Brandon Cole, Partner at Ciphero Ventures

Brandon Cole

Partner

Brandon focuses on enterprise security infrastructure investments and brings deep expertise from his background at leading security and intelligence organizations.

Aiden Cross, Senior Associate at Ciphero Ventures

Aiden Cross

Senior Associate

Aiden leads sourcing and due diligence for early-stage AI and machine learning security companies, with a research background in adversarial ML.

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Anchor Investor

Backed By

Ciphero Ventures is proud to be anchored by one of the world's most respected and successful venture capital firms.

Sequoia Capital

Our relationship with Sequoia Capital provides our portfolio companies with unparalleled access to networks, expertise, and follow-on capital as they scale.

Insights

Latest Thinking

Our perspectives on cybersecurity trends, AI developments, and the venture landscape shaping the technology industry.

Zero trust architecture enterprise security

The Case for Zero-Trust Architecture in the AI Era

As AI tools permeate enterprise environments, traditional perimeter defenses are no longer sufficient. We explore why zero-trust has become a non-negotiable foundation.

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LLM security landscape 2025

Mapping the LLM Security Landscape for 2025

Large language models introduce a new class of security vulnerabilities. We map the emerging attack surfaces and the startups building defenses.

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Seed stage cybersecurity investing

Why We Invest at Seed Stage in Cybersecurity

The security industry moves fastest at the edges. Our investment philosophy explains why we believe the best returns come from backing founders before the market catches up.

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Ready to Build the Future of Security?

We back exceptional founders at the seed stage. If you are building something transformative in cybersecurity or AI, we want to hear from you.

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