Key Takeaways
- • Cybercrime Magazine has named 15 venture capital firms it is following in 2026 as its list of leading cybersecurity investors, according to editor-in-chief Steve Morgan.
- • The list spans firms based in Silicon Valley, New York, Washington, D.C., West Palm Beach, Fla., and Tel Aviv, and includes Accel, Sequoia, Greylock, Insight Partners, Lightspeed Ventures and Evolution Equity Partners.
- • Evolution Equity Partners, led by founder and managing partner Richard Seewald, lists investments in Arctic Wolf, Pentera, ProtectAI, Quantexa, SecurityScorecard and SNYK.
- • Several entries, including AllegisCyber Capital, Ballistic Ventures, Ten Eleven, SYN Ventures and YL Ventures, describe cybersecurity as their primary or exclusive focus.
- • The article does not disclose fund sizes, assets under management or deal values; Cybercrime Magazine says it will expand coverage of venture capital firms and this list in 2027.
Summary
Cybercrime Magazine has published a list of 15 venture capital firms it is following in 2026, written by editor-in-chief Steve Morgan. The article says the list responds to frequent questions from cybersecurity startup founders and CEOs about who the key investors in the sector are. It notes that an exhaustive global list of VC firms is available in the publication's daily VC report, and that the firms highlighted lead or participate in funding rounds from early stage through growth.
Richard Seewald, founder and managing partner of Evolution Equity Partners, is described as a regular quarterly guest on Cybercrime Radio, where he provides market insights from an investor's perspective. According to the article, Evolution's investments include Arctic Wolf, Pentera, ProtectAI, Quantexa, SecurityScorecard and SNYK, among others. Thought leadership from other top cybersecurity VC firms has appeared on the publication's podcast and YouTube channel.
The list covers a range of generalist and specialist investors. Accel, based in Palo Alto, says it has backed companies including Atlassian, CrowdStrike, Dropbox, Slack, Spotify and UiPath over 35 years. Other listed firms include AllegisCyber Capital (Palo Alto), Ballistic Ventures (San Francisco), ForgePoint Capital (San Mateo), Greylock (Menlo Park), Insight Partners (New York), which describes more than 600 portfolio companies, Lightspeed Ventures (Menlo Park), NightDragon (San Francisco), Paladin Capital Group (Washington, D.C.), Sequoia (Menlo Park), SYN Ventures (West Palm Beach), Team8 (Tel Aviv), Ten Eleven (Burlingame) and YL Ventures (Tel Aviv). Several firms emphasize operating or national security backgrounds, including SYN Ventures, whose partners are described as former CISOs of Fortune 500 companies, and Paladin, which merges financial and national security expertise.
The article is editorial in nature and does not report fund sizes, returns or specific deal values for the firms listed. Cybercrime Magazine indicates it will expand its coverage of venture capital firms in the cybersecurity space in 2027.
Richard Seewald, founder and managing partner of Evolution Equity Partners, is described as a regular quarterly guest on Cybercrime Radio, where he provides market insights from an investor's perspective. According to the article, Evolution's investments include Arctic Wolf, Pentera, ProtectAI, Quantexa, SecurityScorecard and SNYK, among others. Thought leadership from other top cybersecurity VC firms has appeared on the publication's podcast and YouTube channel.
The list covers a range of generalist and specialist investors. Accel, based in Palo Alto, says it has backed companies including Atlassian, CrowdStrike, Dropbox, Slack, Spotify and UiPath over 35 years. Other listed firms include AllegisCyber Capital (Palo Alto), Ballistic Ventures (San Francisco), ForgePoint Capital (San Mateo), Greylock (Menlo Park), Insight Partners (New York), which describes more than 600 portfolio companies, Lightspeed Ventures (Menlo Park), NightDragon (San Francisco), Paladin Capital Group (Washington, D.C.), Sequoia (Menlo Park), SYN Ventures (West Palm Beach), Team8 (Tel Aviv), Ten Eleven (Burlingame) and YL Ventures (Tel Aviv). Several firms emphasize operating or national security backgrounds, including SYN Ventures, whose partners are described as former CISOs of Fortune 500 companies, and Paladin, which merges financial and national security expertise.
The article is editorial in nature and does not report fund sizes, returns or specific deal values for the firms listed. Cybercrime Magazine indicates it will expand its coverage of venture capital firms in the cybersecurity space in 2027.
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