#150 Ballistic Ventures’ General Partner, former Managing Director at Lightspeed, Jake Seid

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Jake Seid is the Co-Founder and General Partner at Ballistic Ventures, a VC firm focused on early-stage cybersecurity and security-related venture investments, with a debut fund of $300M. Before working at Ballistic, Jake was a Managing Director at Lightspeed Venture Partners and founder and Managing Director at Stone Bridge Ventures—his portfolio includes Blend, Brex, Bolt, Abnormal Security, Carta, Cresta.ai, Drata, and more.

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Investing trends in the cybersecurity space
Starting and building a successful fund
How to attract the best founders

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