Ballistic Ventures
About
Ballistic Ventures Ballistic Ventures launched in 2021 as a cybersecurity-exclusive VC and has quickly scaled to $600M across Fund I ($300M, 2022) and Fund II ($300M, 2024), with an additional $100M being raised in 2025. The partnership is remarkable: Ted Schlein brings 25 years at Kleiner Perkins and 35+ years in cybersecurity, Kevin Mandia founded Mandiant (the world's most prominent cyber incident response firm), and Barmak Meftah rounds out the team. With 59 portfolio startups and a standout
Industries
Stage focus
Pre-SeedSeed
Geography
USGlobal
Notable investments
- Talon
- Veza
- Pangea
- SpecterOps
- Oligo
- Nudge Security
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