Hiro Rio Maeda
We partner with teams that are shaping industries and transforming the way we live and work
Hiro Rio Maeda
We partner with teams that are shaping industries and transforming the way we live and work
San Mateo, California
Overview
Work Experience
Managing Partner
2013 - Current
Finding and investing in great entrepreneurs who could disrupt the world. 3 active funds since 2011. Rio's portfolio companies: ------- Cylance (acquired by Blackberry) JASK (acquired by Sumo Logic) Simplivity (acquired by HP) Remotium (acquired by Avast) Fyde (acquired by Barracuda) Klout (acquired by Lithium Technologies) Gild (acquired) Ayasdi (acquired) JoyMode (acquired) ------- SOC Prime SafeBreach CloudNatix NeuraLegion AppDome Mitiga Query.AI Hom.ma Junify vArmour
Board Member
2021
SOC Prime is the only Threat Detection Marketplace where researchers monetize their content to help security teams defend against attacks easier, faster and more efficiently than ever. Powered by its Detection as Code platform, SOC Prime curates the most up-to-date Sigma-based threat detection content from over 300 researchers and natively delivers it via subscription to 20+ SIEM and XDR platforms to more than 6,000 enterprises, governments, and MDRs worldwide. Start for free at https://tdm.socprime.com/ Read more at https://my.socprime.com/en/tdm/
Board Member
2021
CloudNatix has created an hyperscale-grade DevOps automation platform that dramatically improves the efficiency of Cloud and On-prem infrastructure operations. The CloudNatix platform monitors infrastructure utilization, and automates optimization, across single and multiple Cloud providers. Our enterprise-grade solution (including HA, monitoring etc.) delivers a level of DevOps automation only seen in hyperscale tech companies for their internal operations. Using this platform, our customers have been able to reduce infrastructure spend by as much as 50%. At the same time, with a single management pane, Developer and DevOps teams can manage legacy and container / microservice-based applications in a more cohesive and scalable fashion.
Board Member
2021
NeuraLegion helps significantly improve application security at a lower cost by providing a no-false positive, AI powered DAST & Fuzzer solutions that are purpose built for modern development environments. We integrate into DevOps environments and enable you to run DAST scans as part of your CI/CD flows to identify a broad set of known (7,000+ payloads) and unknown (0-day) security vulnerabilities. We enable you to scan multiple protocols across Web, mobile & API and are built for developers to provide compliance on every build by providing remediation guidelines for every vulnerability identified.
Board Observer
2020
The unique risks of hybrid cloud environments require equally unique preparation to endure security incidents. Mitiga bolsters organizations’ security resiliency by navigating them through the Fog of War of an incident, and accelerates their bounce-back to Business-as-Usual, from days, down to hours
Board Member
2018
SafeBreach simulates malicious attacks automatically, continuously and safely to validate your security controls. SafeBreach customers minimize security exposure and improve remediation efforts - everyday.
Board Observer
2015
Appdome is the industry’s first no-code mobile integration platform. Appdome’s patented, Fusion technology and its AI-Digital Developer™, known as AMI, powers a self-service platform that allows anyone to complete the integration of thousands of mobile services, standards, vendors, SDKs and APIs in security, authentication, access, mobility, mobile threat, analytics and more, adding these services to any mobile app instantly. Leading financial, healthcare, government and e-commerce providers use Appdome to deliver rich mobile experiences, eliminating development complexity and accelerating mobile app lifecycles. For more information, visit www.appdome.com
Board Member
2017 - 2020
Fyde delivers a new line of defense against phishing, identity theft and account takeover attacks. It’s time to secure the way we live today. Machine-Driven. Human-enhanced.
Board Observer
2018 - 2019
Future of SIEM is here. JASK Autonomous Security Operations Center (ASOC) platform elevates threat detection and orchestration to improve contextual visibility, expose blind spots and initiate faster response times with advanced insights.
Board Observer
2015 - 2019
Education
BA
1994 - 1998