Cybersecurity Venture Capital · Est. 2016

Investing in the infrastructure of trust.

Kayamora backs category-defining cybersecurity companies at the frontier of agentic AI, threat intelligence, and digital resilience — from seed through Series B.

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Cylance · acquired by BlackBerry
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Category-defining endpoint protection
Investment Thesis

We back the companies defending the digital world.

Three convictions guide every check we write. They are not categories — they are the forces reshaping cybersecurity from first principles.

01

AI-Native Security

We prioritize companies building security products where artificial intelligence is foundational, not bolted on — platforms that learn, adapt, and outpace threat actors at machine speed.

02

Emerging Attack Surfaces

From AI-generated social engineering to identity impersonation at scale, we focus on the threats that emerge ahead of the market — and the teams building the solutions that define new categories.

03

Enterprise Resilience

Downtime is no longer acceptable. We back platforms that deliver not just protection, but continuity — enabling enterprises to withstand and recover from attacks that penetrate existing defenses.

The Approach

Three pieces. One vault.

01 / Capital

Conviction Capital

We write the first or lead check, then keep showing up. Concentrated positions, long horizons, no committee theater — judgment over process, founders over decks.

02 / Network

Operator Network

Direct access to the CISOs, security architects, and platform leaders who set the bar at the world's most demanding enterprises — for design partners, hires, and category validation.

03 / Conviction

Frontier Conviction

We invest where the market hasn't yet drawn a line. Agentic AI defense. Identity at machine scale. Resilience as a primitive. The category that doesn't exist yet is the one we want to back.

Select Investments

Companies redefining
cybersecurity.

Operator-led backing for category-defining security, resilience, and enterprise infrastructure platforms — chosen for the rarest combination of vision, velocity, and craft.

Active
Halcyon.ai

The anti-ransomware platform built for enterprises that cannot afford to be compromised. Halcyon combines pre-execution detection, behavioral modeling, and automated decryption to stop ransomware at every stage of an attack.

Ransomware Endpoint AI Enterprise
Active
Jericho Security

AI-powered security awareness and phishing simulation purpose-built for the generative AI era. Jericho trains organizations to recognize and resist the next generation of social engineering — hyper-personalized, AI-generated attacks.

AI Phishing Human Risk Training
Active
Doppel

Digital risk protection at scale. Doppel uses AI to detect and take down brand impersonation, executive fraud, and counterfeit digital assets across the web, social media, and dark web — protecting organizations from threats they can't see coming.

Brand Protection Threat Intel AI
Active
SecurityScorecard

The global leader in cybersecurity ratings and supply chain detection. SecurityScorecard gives enterprises continuous, data-driven visibility into their own and their vendors' cyber risk posture — at scale, in real time.

Risk Ratings Supply Chain 3rd-Party Risk
Active
Cyware

The AI-powered threat intelligence platform enabling cyber fusion across the enterprise. Cyware unifies threat intel sharing, security orchestration, and automated response — transforming security operations for enterprises, MSSPs, and government agencies.

Threat Intel SOAR Cyber Fusion
Exited
Cylance

The pioneer of AI-native endpoint protection. Cylance's math-based approach to malware prevention — predicting and preventing threats before execution — redefined what endpoint security could be. A category-defining exit for the portfolio.

Endpoint ML Security AI Pioneer
Acquired by BlackBerry · $1.4B
Active
Klarytee

A data-centric governance platform enabling organizations to secure, control, and govern sensitive data across enterprise and government environments — built for sovereignty by design.

Data Security Governance AI
Active
Specular

An AI-driven attack surface management platform helping teams identify, prioritize, and remediate real-world exposures across modern environments — turning noise into action.

Attack Surface AI Enterprise
Active
Crush Security

A platform for managing security subscriptions, vendors, and coverage with data-driven insights and AI-powered analysis for enterprise security teams — unifying the security stack at the budget layer.

Security Ops AI Vendors
Investment Philosophy
"Agentic AI will drive the future of cybersecurity."
— Kayamora Ventures
Get In Touch

We invest in uncommon founders.

If you are building something that matters in cybersecurity — a new approach, a new category, a new way of thinking about trust — we want to hear from you. Reach out to start the conversation.

Direct
joe@kayamora.com
Stage
Seed → Series B
Geography
Worldwide
Response Time
Within 5 business days

Or email Joe directly