Mike Denning
Partner at Blu Venture Investors
Washington DC-Baltimore Area
Overview
Work Experience
Partner
2018 - Current
At Blu we provide initial growth funding and active mentorship to early-stage companies, while delivering strong returns for our members and the entrepreneurs we support. We work in partnership to identify, screen, invest in, and assist our portfolio companies. We are actively engaged with our portfolio companies to help them grow and get to a successful exit.
Blu Venture Investors is a venture capital firm that supports early stage companies, primarily focused on cybersecurity.
Chief Executive Officer
2022 - 2024
SecureG is a company built to secure next generation networks. Internet of things and autonomous vehicles stress the requirements for security in wireless broadband networks. Current mobile broadband generation networks (4G) are reaching the limits of an architecture made for websites and apps on smart devices, not the networks to serve the emerging applications with needs for vastly increased broadband capacity, service to massive volumes of sensors and machines for the internet of things (IoT), and high assurance connections required by autonomous drones and cars.
SecureG is a company that develops universal security technologies for fifth generation wireless services.
Raised $7,339,998.00.
Board Member
2020 - 2022
Atomicorp is the developer of industry leading solutions for the protection and support of cloud.
Raised $1,050,000.00 from Blu Venture Investors and MACH37.
Board Member
2020 - 2022
Board Observer
2019 - 2022
Adlumin provides an enterprise-grade security operations platform to detect cyber threats and keep mid-market organizations secure.
Raised $101,300,000.00 from Washington Harbour Partners, SYN Ventures, First In, BankTech Ventures, Independent Community Bankers of America, SYN Ventures, BankTech Ventures, Leawood Venture Capital and First In Ventures.
Board Observer
2019 - 2022
RackTop Systems is defining the market for Cyber-converged data storage. The company sits at the confluence of high-performance software defined storage and advanced data security.
The leader in Cyberstorage and only data-centric cyber solution which stops ransomware in < 1 second without agents!
Raised $15,750,000.00 from Maryland Venture Fund, StoneMill Ventures, Blu Venture Investors, Grotech Ventures, Gula Tech Adventures and Razor's Edge Ventures.
Board Member
2018 - 2022
Chief Operating Officer
2016 - 2018
Lead the product management, software development, IT operations, support and service delivery for the company. Assist in the growth of ScienceLogic's market leading AI Ops platform as we execute on the vision of a fully integrated single pane of glass for world class service delivery organizations that need to manage hybrid IT operations.
ScienceLogic is a provider of AI-driven monitoring solutions for hybrid cloud management.
Raised $235,167,632.00 from Intel Capital, NewView Capital, Silver Lake Waterman and Goldman Sachs.
VP Global Security
2014 - 2016
Global security leader for Verizon Enterprise Solutions charged with protecting the largest and most sophisticated global IT environments and growing Verizon’s global security business. Responsible for managing more than 700 associates around the world, seven Security Operations Center (SOCs), the Verizon Cyber Security Intelligence Center (VCIC), with direct management responsibility for sales, product management, strategy, product development, service delivery and operations.
Verizon Solutions is a company that designs, builds, and operates the networks, information systems, and mobile technologies.
SVP General Manager - Security Business unit
2010 - 2014
Business Unit General Manager of the Security business unit within CA Technologies. Managed a globally diverse team of Product Mgmt, Engineering, and Strategy and Product Marketing professionals. Matrix responsibility for Sales, Support, and Services. Multiple acquisition integrations and board level investment business cases approved and implemented.
CA Technologies creates software that fuels transformation for companies.