# Balazs Scheidler

> Balazs Scheidler is a pre-seed investor backing Security and Cyber Security. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Budapest, Hungary
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Dec 2020
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Sep 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bal%C3%A1zs-scheidler-5055b73

Balazs Scheidler is a pre-seed investor in Budapest focused on Security and Cyber Security. Experienced Chief Technology Officer, founder of Balabit, an organization in the IT security field, and acquired by Quest in 2018. In his tenure @Balabit, he helped to create and then delivered successful solutions to the market in the Log Management (syslog-ng), Proxy based firewalls (Zorp) and Privileged Access Management (Shell Control Box,later Safeguard Privileged Sessions) spaces.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Security | 1 | 100% |
| Cyber Security | 1 | 100% |
| Information Technology | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hackrate | HACKRATE is a bug bounty platform, which helps the companies to reduce cybersecurity risks by using the power of a global hacker community. Our platform helps to identify application vulnerabilities in a cost-efficient way. It provides a single, trusted view of ethical hacking project across the company. | $50K | Pre-Seed | Dec 07, 2020 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Hiventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hiventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- OXO Cybersecurity Lab — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [OXO Labs Ltd.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oxo-labs-ltd) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Balazs Scheidler invest in?

Balazs Scheidler invests primarily in Security, Cyber Security and Information Technology startups, most often at Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Hungary. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### When did Balazs Scheidler last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Balazs Scheidler closed in Dec 2020. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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