Sathvik Krishnamurthy
Managing Partner at Security Leadership Capital
San Diego Metropolitan Area
Overview
Work Experience
Founder, Managing Partner
2019 - Current
As a boutique seed-stage venture capital firm, SLC invests in early stage companies where cybersecurity will be a critical enabler for success. We are typically among the first institutional investors in a company when we get involved.
Seed stage venture capital focused on cybersecurity
Member of Board of Directors
2016
Chair, Audit Committee, Cyber Risk Subcommittee Entrust issues 10M+ secure identities every day, manages billions of secure transactions annually and the technology to issue a majority of the word’s financial cards. The company has $1B+ in annual revenue, 2,500+ employees in 50 worldwide locations, and sales, service and support covering 150+ countries.
Entrust offers identity-based security software and services.
Investor, Advisor
2023
Developer platform to seamlessly source, secure & fine-tune, and scale Generative AI models for enterprise applications. First institutional investor, alongside Seedcamp.
Bookend is the all-in-one development platform for business developers looking to choose, secure, and grow generative AI.
Raised $3,150,000.00 from Seedcamp and Security Leadership Capital.
Investor, Advisor
2019
Developer security platform for cloud native application development. First institutional investor. Company announced acquisition by Cisco in August 2024.
DeepFactor enables developers to ship secure code without sacrificing productivity by observing application telemetry events.
Raised $15,000,000.00 from Security Leadership Capital, Tricentis, Emergent Ventures and Insight Partners.
Investor, Board of Directors
2019
Plug & play secure endpoint and gateway edge for the remote / roaming workforce, IIoT, and connected devices. First institutional investor.
Investor, Advisor
2021
DevSecOps automation platform to secure the software supply chain.
Co-founder, Investor
2019
Music Royalty Intelligence platform for the Creator Economy. Company incubated within Security Leadership Capital.
Investor, Advisor
2016
Unified API security platform for discovery, posture management, and threat protection.
Cequence is an API security and bot management company that protects customers’ applications against attacks, targeted abuse, and fraud.
Raised $101,500,000.00 from Hewlett Packard Pathfinder and Prosperity7 Ventures.
Investor, Advisor
2016
Real-time, AI driven, identity fraud, authorization & authentication platform
Investor, Advisor
2016
Smart packaging solutions for product authentication, supply chain traceability and consumer engagement
Education
Bachelor of Science
1986 - 1990