SYN Ventures
Status
ACTIVE
Global HQ
West Palm Beach, United States
Countries of investment
- United States
- Israel
- Australia
- United Kingdom
Investment stages
- Seed
- Series A
- Series B
Industries
- Cybersecurity
- Industrial Security
- Defense
About
SYN Ventures is a West Palm Beach-based venture capital firm focused on cybersecurity, industrial security, and national defense. Their focus spans privacy, regulatory compliance, and data governance across United States, Israel, Australia, and United Kingdom. The firm supports cybersecurity founders from seed through Series B.
SYN Ventures is a West Palm Beach-based venture capital firm focused on cybersecurity, industrial security, and national defense. Their focus spans privacy, regulatory compliance, and data governance across United States, Israel, Australia, and United Kingdom. The firm supports cybersecurity founders from seed through Series B.
Investment Thesis
SYN Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm deploying capital across cybersecurity, industrial security, national defense, privacy, and regulatory compliance sectors. They invest in disruptive, transformational solutions that reduce technology risk. The firm differentiates itself through 400+ years of combined security operating experience from former CISOs and founders.
Manager's Experience
Led by Jay Leek (Managing Partner), former CISO of Blackstone Group and former Senior Operating Partner at ClearSky Security. Brings 25+ years of CISO and operating experience. Patrick Heim (Operating Partner) is former CISO of Dropbox, Salesforce, and Kaiser Permanente, with 30+ years in enterprise cybersecurity leadership.
Team
Jay Leek - Managing Partner
Patrick Heim - Operating Partner
Eric Schwake - Director
Portfolio
Bfore.AI
Drata
Cybellum
Nudge Security
Wallarm
Push Security
SynSaber
Miggo
Lima Charlie