•
Six Reasons Why Application Defense Doesn’t Always Belong at the Edge
Talks about DevOps, Security and Information Security
ZL
Zane Lackey
General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz
New York, New York
Overview
Zane Lackey is a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz, with a notable background as the co-founder of Signal Sciences and former CISO of Etsy. He has invested in a range of companies at various stages, focusing on sectors like cybersecurity, enterprise infrastructure, and developer tools.
Lackey's career highlights include co-founding Signal Sciences, which was acquired in 2020, and serving as the Chief Security Officer at Etsy. His current role as a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz allows him to invest in and support emerging companies in the cybersecurity and technology sectors.
Work Experience
General Partner
2022 - Current
Andreessen Horowitz is a stage-agnostic venture capital firm with assets under management across multiple funds.
Investor
2014
Advisor
2014
I enjoy helping out other founders, some of which are or have been: AtomicJar (acq. Docker), Capsule8 (acq. Sophos), CMD (acq. Elastic) , DevSentient, Etsy ($ETSY), Justworks, Material Security, RangeForce, Remediant (acq Netwrix), Semgrep
Co-Founder, Board Member, Chief Security Officer (acquired in 2020)
2014 - 2022
Signal Sciences is a software as a service platform providing security monitoring and defense for your web applications.
Raised $61,700,000.00 from CRV, Harrison Metal, Index Ventures, Oreilly AlphaTech Ventures and Lead Edge Capital.
Board Advisor
2017 - 2018
Program Committee - Security Conference
2016 - 2018
http://conferences.oreilly.com/security/network-data-security-ny
Advisor
2014 - 2015
CISO - Director of Security Engineering
2013 - 2014
Security Engineering Manager
2011 - 2013
Etsy is an e-commerce site and a smartphone application for buying and selling handmade and vintage items.
Raised $97,256,127.00 from Elliott Investment Management, Dragoneer Investment Group and TPG.
Senior Security Consultant
2007 - 2011
Security Consultant
2005 - 2007