Bill Wood Ventures
VC Fund
Austin, United States
Bill Wood Ventures is a venture capital investment firm that invests in the information technology sectors.
- Total investments:
- 15
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 67%
Last updated:
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Industries Bill Wood Ventures invests in
SoftwareCyber SecuritySecurityInformation TechnologyIdentity Management
Stages Bill Wood Ventures invests in
SeedSeries AVenture - Series Unknown
Countries Bill Wood Ventures invests in
United States
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Andrew Nerlinger
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 5 (33%)
- Cyber Security 5 (33%)
- Security 4 (27%)
- Information Technology 4 (27%)
- Identity Management 3 (20%)
Stage
- Seed 7 (47%)
- Series A 5 (33%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (7%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Bill Wood
Founder & General Partner
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Founder & General Partner | Total investments: 11 | Find email | |
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Andrew Nerlinger
Venture Partner
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Venture Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
Handraise
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Handraise is a software development company that makes public relations professionals look like rock stars.Handraise allows brands and agencies, for the first time ever, to leverage the credibility of their earned media against the power of paid advertising - without needing an ad team. Easily deploy earned media ads on your own with no prioradvertising experience.Founded by Matt Allison in 2022 and is located in Austin, Texas. | $6.4M / Seed / Nov 12, 2023 | |
Sevco Security
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Sevco Security is a provider of cybersecurity services and products for cyber experts. The company designs solutions to solve hard problems associated with discovering the context of network-connected devices related to a user's network, thereby enabling cyber experts to improve cybersecurity situational awareness.It was founded in 2020 andis headquartered in Austin, Texas. | $17M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jun 28, 2023 | |
443ID
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443ID brings OSINT data to Identity Security professionals on any digital platform. Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) provides important, outside context about an identity which can be leveraged at key points of engagement. This additional context helps organizations make better decisions about the risk a user brings, how they should be registered,authenticated, what MFA factor is safest, identity verification and other identity security interactions.OSINT also helps determine what levels of friction should be added or safely removed from user engagement to reduce the risk of fraud. The 443ID platform makes OSINT actionable at the point of engagement through a simple API, integrated with key IAM platforms and at a price anyone can afford. | $8M / Seed / Jun 08, 2022 | |
443ID
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443ID brings OSINT data to identity security professionals on any digital platform. Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) provides important, outside context about an identity, which can be leveraged at key points of engagement. We believe this additional context helps organizations make better decisions about the risk a user brings, how they should beregistered and authenticated, what MFA factor is safest, and identity verification and other identity security interactions. | $8M / Seed / Jun 08, 2022 | |
443ID
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443ID brings OSINT data to identity security professionals on any digital platform. | $8M / Seed / Jun 08, 2022 | |
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443ID
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443ID brings OSINT data to Identity Security professionals on any digital platform. Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) provides important, outside context about an identity which can be leveraged at key points of engagement. This additional context helps organizations make better decisions about the risk a user brings, how they should be registered,authenticated, what MFA factor is safest, identity verification and other identity security interactions.OSINT also helps determine what levels of friction should be added or safely removed from user engagement to reduce the risk of fraud. The 443ID platform makes OSINT actionable at the point of engagement through a simple API, integrated with key IAM platforms and at a price anyone can afford. | $8M / Seed / Jun 08, 2022 | |
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443ID
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443ID brings OSINT data to Identity Security professionals on any digital platform. Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) provides important, outside context about an identity which can be leveraged at key points of engagement. This additional context helps organizations make better decisions about the risk a user brings, how they should be registered,authenticated, what MFA factor is safest, identity verification and other identity security interactions.OSINT also helps determine what levels of friction should be added or safely removed from user engagement to reduce the risk of fraud. The 443ID platform makes OSINT actionable at the point of engagement through a simple API, integrated with key IAM platforms and at a price anyone can afford. | $8M / Seed / Jun 08, 2022 | |
Verosint
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Verosint's Threat Detection, Investigation and Response platform provides real-time, intelligent ITDR for both workforce and customer identities.-Fastest MTTD & MTTR: Detect and respond to Identity based threats faster than anyone else in the industry-Detect Advanced Threats: Spot session hijacking, credential stuffing, accounttakeovers and more-Investigate Efficiently: Our customers say investigating incidents has gone from days to minutes with our AI Insights, unparalleled visibility and intelligence-Remediate Quickly: Automatically resolve identity threats with our integrated remediation playbooks-Easy to Deploy: Deploys in 60 minutes | $8M / Seed / Jun 08, 2022 | |
Cyvatar.ai
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Cyvatar is an automated cybersecurity management platform that enables startups and small businesses to effectively deploy and maintain data security while building trust, gaining transparency, and accelerating business growth.Cybersecurity can seem overwhelming and expensive for small businesses, and many end up deferring it. Cyvatar makescybersecurity accessible, achievable, and cost-effective for our members by eliminating complex tasks with automation, centralizing their technologies, and reducing their risk, in one simple subscription. We believe businesses of every shape and size deserve access to world-class security, and we’re always ready to deliver it. Learn more and get started with effortless cybersecurity at cyvatar.ai. | $9M / Series A / Jun 11, 2021 | |
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Sevco Security
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Sevco Security is a provider of cybersecurity services and products for cyber experts. The company designs solutions to solve hard problems associated with discovering the context of network-connected devices related to a user's network, thereby enabling cyber experts to improve cybersecurity situational awareness.It was founded in 2020 andis headquartered in Austin, Texas. | $15M / Series A / May 20, 2021 | |
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FAQ
What does Bill Wood Ventures invest in?
Bill Wood Ventures invests primarily in Software, Cyber Security and Security startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 15 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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Who are the partners at Bill Wood Ventures?
The team at Bill Wood Ventures includes Bill Wood (Founder & General Partner) and Andrew Nerlinger (Venture Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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