# 408 Ventures

> 408 Ventures is a VC fund in Palo Alto backing Software and Cyber Security. See 24 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Palo Alto, United States
- Total investments: 24
- Last investment: Feb 2018
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bilogorskiy
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/408ventures
- Website: http://www.408ventures.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bilogorskiy

408 Ventures is a VC fund in Palo Alto focused on Software and Cyber Security. 408 Ventures invests in early stage companies that build data platforms, analytics, and tools that produce inherent network effects and actionable intelligence to support critical business decisions. They look for companies that are positioned to be market makers in a variety of data-rich sectors (e.g. health, finance, commerce, education) becausethey know how to build useful, high impact products and services from the smart application of the data stack.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $800k–$3M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 7 | 29% |
| Cyber Security | 6 | 25% |
| Security | 5 | 21% |
| Payments | 4 | 17% |
| Network Security | 4 | 17% |

60 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 12 | 50% |
| Seed | 9 | 38% |
| Angel | 1 | 4% |
| Series F | 1 | 4% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 18 | 75% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 8% |
| Israel | 1 | 4% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Artem Tokariev | Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/artem-tokariev |
| Aviram Jenik | Partner | 42 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aviram-jenik |
| Nick Bilogorskiy | Founder, Managing Partner | 36 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nick-bilogorskiy |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CryptoMove | CryptoMove is a software platform that provides a secure distributed datastore for keys, files, streaming video, or any other type of data. CryptoMove has invented a new form of data protection -- using dynamic movement, distribution, mutation, and re-encryption. | $500K |  | Feb 01, 2018 |  |
| Eclypsium | Eclypsium protects organizations from the foundation of their computing infrastructure upward, controlling the risk and stopping threats inside firmware of laptops, servers, and networking infrastructure. | $2.3M | Seed | Oct 19, 2017 |  |
| Quadient Accounts Receivable by YayPay | YayPay builds modern accounts receivables management software powered by data science for finance, credit and collections teams. It serves mid-market and enterprise customers through automation of the credit to cash process with credit assessment, invoicing, collections management, online payment portal, cash application and predictive analytics.The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in New York. | $5.3M |  | Sep 13, 2017 |  |
| Onion Id | Onion ID is a cloud-based solutions provides that enables businesses and teams to obtain access and control over their properties.Their solutions include infrastructure access management, dynamic privilege management, activity visibility, license management, invisible identity verification, and user management. In addition, they offer accesssecurity, real-time visibility, and automated auditing.Onion ID was founded in 2015 by Anirban Banerjee and is based in California. |  |  | May 01, 2017 |  |
| Onion Id | Onion ID is a cloud-based solutions provides that enables businesses and teams to obtain access and control over their properties.Their solutions include infrastructure access management, dynamic privilege management, activity visibility, license management, invisible identity verification, and user management. In addition, they offer accesssecurity, real-time visibility, and automated auditing.Onion ID was founded in 2015 by Anirban Banerjee and is based in California. |  | Seed | May 01, 2017 |  |
| CryptoMove | CryptoMove is a software platform that provides a secure distributed datastore for keys, files, streaming video, or any other type of data. CryptoMove has invented a new form of data protection -- using dynamic movement, distribution, mutation, and re-encryption. | $1.5M | Seed | Jan 19, 2017 |  |
| Time for Machine | Time 4 Machine are exclusive mechanical models made of metal. Each model can be assembled from parts that come in a set. Each model comes with detailed instructions for building. All you are going to need to create a true masterpiece are pliers. On June 27th 2017. Time 4 Machine, a Ukrainian team lead by Denis Okhrimenko, starts a 30-dayscrowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter.com"For about 4 years I have been working on the development of mechanical models from plywood. I chose metal and had to reconsider the whole concept. This material gives more possibilities for precise mechanics, but the main goal was to make the assembly easy for anybody, and it was achieved. I always loved creating mechanical machines, ones you build them and they start moving - you feel this amazing feeling of accomplishment and satisfaction– says Denis. |  |  | Nov 23, 2016 |  |
| VGS | VGS is a data security platform that enables allows users to collect, protect, and exchange sensitive data. Its SaaS solution provides users all the benefits of interacting with sensitive and regulated data without the liability of securing it.The company was founded in 2015 by two engineers who have a long history of payments andsecurity-focused engineering. VGS specializes in developing products that can literally disrupt fin-tech and data-security domains. | $1.4M | Seed | Oct 05, 2016 |  |
| Augmented Pixels | Augmented Pixels - a leader in precise 3D geolocation with the next generation of 3D maps crowdsourcing, on-cloud localization and AR navigation products on board. Proprietary technologies: - Real-time mono/stereo SLAM SDK with sensor fusion (Replacement of AR Kit / AR Core); - Navigation SDK (3D Maps crowdsourcing, on-cloudlocalization, etc.). Solutions: - CorpMap.AI. B2B solution for facility management and indoor logistics optimization, which utilize SLAM SDK and Navigation SDK to solve end-business use cases; - GlobalMap.AI. B2C solution for 3D maps crowdsourcing, which helps to create a ‘digital twin’ of Planet Earth, city or building with the lowest costs using unskilled workers like couriers, cleaners etc. |  |  | Sep 25, 2016 |  |
| People.ai | People.ai is an artificial intelligence (AI) platform for enterprise revenue.People.ai helps sales, marketing, and customer success teams uncover every revenue opportunity from every customer, by capturing all customer contacts, activity and engagement to drive actionable insights across all revenue teams.People.ai empowers sales leaders to bemore effective at managing their teams and growing revenue by giving them a complete picture of sales activities and leveraging AI to deliver sales performance analytics, personalized coaching, one-on-one feedback, and pipeline reviews.The People.ai platform identifies and targets the buying group, and gives marketers a clear visualization of whom sales has spoken with, and which campaign has been successful in each opportunity. Using this information, marketers are able to build personas and deal models in order to better target their marketing efforts and get better campaign ROI.Customer success and services teams use People.ai to ensure they are engaging with the right people when the customer is handed off to them, but more importantly, these post-sales teams are constantly looking to align their effort and activities with the right opportunities and customers, tracking the true cost to support each customer. | $3M | Seed | Aug 24, 2016 |  |

10 of 24 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [AVentures Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aventures-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Draper Associates](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/draper-associates-2) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Headline Asia (formerly Infinity Ventures)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/infinity) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Alchemist Accelerator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alchemist-accelerator) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [All Blue Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/all-blue-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does 408 Ventures invest in?

408 Ventures invests primarily in Software, Cyber Security and Security startups, most often at Funding Round and Seed stage. Most of the 24 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is 408 Ventures's check size?

408 Ventures typically joins rounds of $800k–$3M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds 408 Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact 408 Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at 408 Ventures?

The team at 408 Ventures includes Artem Tokariev (Partner), Aviram Jenik (Partner) and Nick Bilogorskiy (Founder, Managing Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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