Manoj 'mj' Ramachandran
Investor at Forgepoint Capital
San Francisco, California
Overview
Work Experience
Investor
2022 - 2024
Runtime Code Analysis for Developers. Visualize your runtime code, identify problems, find solutions, right in your editor
Raised $10,000,000.00 from Dell Technologies Capital, Venture Guides, Unusual Ventures, Secure Octane, Forgepoint Capital, Uncorrelated Ventures, Work-Bench and Argon Ventures.
Board Member
2022 - 2024
LoginRadius is a SaaS-based CIAM platform that offers customer registration services, profile data storage, and cloud integration solutions.
Raised $19,327,769.00 from Forgepoint Capital, BDC Venture Capital, Real Ventures, Yaletown Partners and M12 - Microsoft's Venture Fund.
Investor
2021 - 2024
TruEra provides AI quality management solutions that test, optimize, and monitor machine learning models.
Raised $42,284,998.00 from Menlo Ventures, B Capital, Greylock, Conversion Capital, Forgepoint Capital, Zero Prime Ventures, Harpoon and Wing Venture Capital.
Board Observer
2021 - 2024
Board Observer
2021 - 2024
Verituity is a verified digital payments platform that connects banks, businesses, and payees to first-time and on-time digital payouts.
Raised $28,800,000.00 from Ardent Venture Partners, MTech Capital, Sandbox Industries and Forgepoint Capital.
Council Member - Fuqua Alumni Board
2019 - 2024
Board Observer
2019 - 2024
Delivering the fastest path to security and compliance in the cloud.
Raised $76,000,000.00 from Forgepoint Capital and Sageview Capital.
Principal
2018 - 2024
Promoted 3x. Associate (2018), Sr Associate (2019), Vice President (2020-2021), Principal (2022-2024) Forgepoint Capital is the premier venture firm for cybersecurity and infrastructure companies. Our mandate is broad & simple -- it's a rapidly digitizing, if not already digital, world where we work, collaborate, and transact. We want to partner with the best companies to help protect it. Investment experience: - AppMap, $4 Million Seed (Code Quality and Developer Experience) - TruEra, $25 Million Series B (AI Quality) - Rafay, $25 Million Series B (Kubernetes Operations Management) - Verituity, $10 Million Series A (Digital Payments / Payments Security) - Cloudentity, $13 Million Series A (API Authorization) - Area 1 Security, $25 Million Series D (Email Security) - Anitian, $11 Million Series A (Compliance Automation / Cloud Security) - Secure Code Warrior, $47.6 Million Series B (Secure Coding) - Bishop Fox, $25 Million Series A (Penetration Testing / Security Services) - NowSecure, $15 Million Series B (Mobile Application Security Testing)
Forgepoint Capital is a venture capital management company to invest in cybersecurity startups mainly in Europe, Latin America and Israel.
Board Observer
2020 - 2023
Board Observer
2020 - 2022
Area 1 Security is a performance-based cybersecurity company, changing how businesses protect against phishing attacks.
Raised $82,500,000.00 from Kleiner Perkins, Forgepoint Capital, Icon Ventures and Top Tier Capital Partners.