VC  ForgePoint Capital

https://forgepointcap.com/





     Office Locations:

400 S El Camino Real
Suite 1050
San Mateo, CA 94402
Phone: 650-289-4400
Fax: 650-437-6112

 

Stages:

  • Early
  • Growth


 

Industries:

  • Software & Internet

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    Description:

    ForgePoint Capital (f.k.a. Trident Capital Cybersecurity) is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage and growth companies leveraging emerging technologies in cybersecurity. The firm is a spinout of Trident Capital, which was among the pioneers in cybersecurity venture capital investing, starting in 1998. Typical investment size is $5 million to $50 million per company. The firm closed its $300 million Trident Capital Cybersecurity Fund I, L.P. in February of 2017. To date, ForgePoint has made 38 investments and 24 exits.


     

    Funds:


      Fund Name


      Amount


      Date

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    Investment Firm Key

       VC = Venture Capital
       PE = Private Equity
       A = Angel
       I = Incubator
       MB = Merchant Bank
       VD = Venture Debt
       FI = Family Investment Office
       FOF = Fund of Funds
       ED = Economic Development Office   
       TT = Technology Transfer Office
       CVC = Corporate Venture Capital
       SEC = Secondary Purchaser
       HF = Hedge Fund/Mutual Fund
       
       
       
    COMPANY STAGEREVENUE
    Venture Capital
    Seed Stage
    (includes "pre-seed," or
    concept stage)
    No Revenue
    Early StageMinimal
    Revenue
    Growth Stage
    (also called Mid-stage)
    $2M-$7M
    Expansion Stage
    (also called Late-stage)
    $7M and greater
    Private Equity
    Lower Middle Market$10M-$249M
    Middle Market$250M-$499M
    Upper Middle Market$500M-$1B
    Large Cap>$1B
       
       
     

    Investment Team:


    Name   Title
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    Andrew McClure Managing Director
    Donald R. Dixon Co-founder and Managing Director
    Ernie Bio Managing Director
    J. Alberto Yepez Co-founder and Managing Director
    Lisa Lee CFO

     

    Recent Funding Events (trailing 12 months):


      Date


      Name


      State


      Amount


      Stage


      02/22/2024


      Synadia Communications


      CA


      $25,000,000


      Series B


      08/09/2023


      Symmetry Systems


      CA


      $17,700,000


      


      08/01/2023


      Converge Insurance


      NY


      $15,000,000


      Series A


      05/16/2023


      Huntress


      MD


      $60,000,000


      Series C


     

    Portfolio companies include:


      1Kosmos


      4iQ
        web link


      AppMap


      Area 1 Security
        web link


      BlueCat


      Cinchy


      Cloudentity
        web link


      Concourse Labs
        web link


      Converge Insurance
        web link


      CyberCube
        web link


      Cysiv
        web link


      DeepSee.ai
        web link


      Ermetic
        web link


      Huntress
        web link


      IronNet Cybersecurity
        web link


      Mocana
        web link


      Noname Security
        web link


      Prevoty


      Qualys


      Rafay


      Remediant
        web link


      Sphere


      Strata Identity
        web link


      Surefire Cyber
        web link


      Symmetry Systems
        web link


      Synadia Communications
        web link


      Uptycs


      Whistic
        web link


      Wirewheel


     

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