# Bill Karpovich

> Bill Karpovich is a seed investor at Early Works (Baltimore) backing Security and Software. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Early Works](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/early-works)
- Location: Baltimore, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Sep 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wkarpovich
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/wkarpovich
- Website: https://x.com/wkarpovich
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wkarpovich

Bill Karpovich is a seed investor at Early Works in Baltimore focused on Security and Software. Bill Karpovich is based out of Baltimore, Maryland and is the CEO, Investor and Board Member of Synaptic. Bill previously worked at Sonatype as an EVP. Bill Karpovich attended Duke University. Bill Karpovich has been awarded EY Entrepreneur of Year 2011, Maryland Emerging Companies.

## Investment focus

### Industry

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

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sicura | Sicura automatically enforces and remediates technical security controls in a DevSecOps platform to bridge the gap between security and engineering teams. Sicura provides premium enterprise compliance profiles, support for Windows and Linux operating systems, and real-time scan status of the environment via data console, thereby improvingefficiency, energizing compliance teams, and advancing threat readiness across industries. |  | Seed | Sep 14, 2021 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Squadra Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/squadra-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [BlueWing Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bluewing-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Inner Loop Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/innerloop-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Early Works

VC Fund · Annapolis, United States

A multidisciplinary studio building companies from the ground up while creating everything in-house.

5 contacts available at Early Works.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bill Karpovich | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bill-karpovich |
| Chris Sleat | Co-Founder, Head of Product | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-sleat |
| Irene Alvarado | Co-Founder, Head of Engineering | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/irene-alvarado |
| Isaac Blankensmith | Co-Founder, Head of Design | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/isaac-blankensmith |
| Jennifer Klepper | Co-Founder, Head of Operations | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jennifer-klepper-cd7f |

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## FAQ

### What does Bill Karpovich invest in?

Bill Karpovich invests primarily in Security, Software and Cyber Security startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Bill Karpovich last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Bill Karpovich closed in Sep 2021. 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.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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