83 cybersecurity investors in California, including 74 in the San Francisco Bay Area

Top 5 cybersecurity investors in California, ranked by recent fund activity

Among firms with a published profile and a dated fund or deal in the last 24 months. The rule: Activity score out of 100: recency of the latest fund filing or dated deal (35: full marks within 3 months, then stepping down at 6, 12 and 24 months), share of the observed portfolio in this sector (25; half of that when the sector is stated only), stated focus on the US (15: full marks when the firm names the US as where it invests, half when it says global), size of the fund on file on a log scale (15) and completeness of the public record (10). Regional focus is our research, not an SEC figure. It is a measure of activity and fit, not of quality or returns. The same rule orders the whole list; it is repeated in the method box.

1. Tribe Capital

   Type: VC firm · HQ: San Mateo, CA · Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B, Growth · Focus: Cybersecurity, AI, Crypto and Web3, Generalist · Latest activity: New fund, Oct 2026 · Fund size on file: $500M (SEC Form D, 2021)

   Latest fund filing dated Oct 2026; $500M fund on file (SEC Form D, 2021); states cybersecurity as a focus; names the US as where it invests; 8 named decision-makers on file.

2. Translink Capital

   Type: VC firm · HQ: Palo Alto, CA · Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B · Focus: Cybersecurity, AI, Developer Tools, Mobility · Latest activity: New fund, Sep 2026 · Fund size on file: $174M (SEC Form D, 2021)

   Latest fund filing dated Sep 2026; $174M fund on file (SEC Form D, 2021); states cybersecurity as a focus; names the US as where it invests; 8 named decision-makers on file.

3. Mindset Consulting (US)

   Type: VC firm · HQ: San Francisco, CA · Stages: Seed, Series A · Focus: Cybersecurity, B2B, AI, Fintech · Latest activity: Portfolio news, Sep 2026 · Private fund assets: $129M (SEC Form ADV)

   Portfolio news dated Sep 2026; $129M on file (SEC Form ADV); states cybersecurity as a focus; names the US as where it invests; 7 named decision-makers on file.

4. Forgepoint Capital

   Type: VC firm · HQ: San Mateo, CA · Stages: Seed, Series A · Focus: Cybersecurity, Future of Work, AI, Defense Tech · Latest activity: Portfolio news, Oct 2026 · Private fund assets: $1.2B (SEC Form ADV)

   Portfolio news dated Oct 2026; $1.2B on file (SEC Form ADV); states cybersecurity as a focus; 8 named decision-makers on file.

5. Leo Capital

   Type: VC firm · HQ: San Francisco, CA · Stages: Pre-seed, Seed · Focus: Cybersecurity, AI, Fintech, Insurtech · Latest activity: New deal, Oct 2026 · Fund size on file: $20M (SEC Form D, 2026)

   Dated new deal in Oct 2026; $20M fund on file (SEC Form D, 2026); states cybersecurity as a focus; names the US as where it invests; 8 named decision-makers on file.

First 25 of 83 cybersecurity investors in California

You are seeing 25 of 83. The full list adds 58 more investors and 425 named decision-makers.

74 cybersecurity investors in the San Francisco Bay Area

50 of the 74 have a fund filing or a dated deal in the last 12 months; the median fund size on file is $75M (SEC Form D, 58 firms); the most recent fund filings are from Ballistic Ventures (Nov 2026), U&I Ventures (Oct 2026) and White Rabbit (Oct 2026); of the 66 with a stage on file, seed (49), pre-seed (21) and Series A (20); the count covers the metro area, by city: San Francisco (23), Palo Alto (19) and Menlo Park (11); the paid file holds 393 named decision-makers for them.

The first 5 in list order: Tribe Capital, Translink Capital, Mindset Consulting (US), Forgepoint Capital and Leo Capital. They are ranked with the rest of the list, by the same rule.

How these 83 break down

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