Lessons from 10 years running the first cyber-exclusive investment firm – Bob Ackerman – ESW #342
Bob Ackerman argues that, from an investment perspective, cybersecurity is like life sciences - a complex, nuanced field that is difficult field to invest in part-time. So his firm, Allegis Cyber, became one of the first to focus exclusively on investing in cyber startups. In this segment, we'll discuss one of Allegis's recent investments, SixMap, and Bob's other investment/accelerator vehicle, Data Tribe. Data Tribe sources investments from national intelligence, with examples like Dragos that came through this program.
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In founding AllegisCyber Capital, Bob’s mission was to build a seed and early-stage venture firm that would combine operational experience with an entrepreneurial spirit and a focus on forging true partnerships with portfolio companies to build successful and sustainable cybertechnology companies. With 20 years of successful cyber security investing, Bob has been recognized as a Fortune 100 cybersecurity executive, included on Forbes Midas List and named in the media as “CyberSecurity’s Money Man”. Bob is the co-founder of cybersecurity and data science Foundry – DataTribe, co-founder of CyberGRX, a cyber security risk management company and is the Chairman of the Global Cyber Innovation Summit. He serves on the Board of Directors of numerous cyber security companies.
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