# Bina Kalola

> Bina Kalola is a Series B investor at Bank of America (New York) backing Big Data and Analytics. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Bank of America](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bank-of-america)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Sep 2014
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bina-kalola-365b405

Bina Kalola is a Series B investor at Bank of America in New York focused on Big Data and Analytics. Bina Kalola is the former Managing Director, Global Banking & Markets Financial Technology Innovation & Investments at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Big Data | 1 | 100% |
| Analytics | 1 | 100% |
| Cyber Security | 1 | 100% |
| Predictive Analytics | 1 | 100% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Versive | Versive finds the threats that matter inside the noise that doesn’t.The Versive Security Engine is the critical missing piece in a company’s security portfolio: it identifies bad actors who’ve breached or accessed the network by automatically understanding core activities they can’t avoid and linking them into readily actionable maps of unfoldingadversary campaigns, before it’s too late.Regardless of whether your assets are on-premises, in the cloud, or both, VSE acts as your network’s last line of defense, detecting the most difficult, dangerous internal and external adversaries regardless of what new tools, tactics, or exploits they use. | $13.5M | Series B | Sep 25, 2014 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Bloomberg Beta](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bloomberg-beta) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Formation 8](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/formation8) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Goldman Sachs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/goldman-sachs) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [New York Life Insurance](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/new-york-life-insurance-co) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Bank of America

VC Fund · Charlotte, United States

Bank of America is a financial institution serving individual consumers, small- and middle-market businesses, and large corporations with a full range of banking, investing, asset management, and other financial and risk management products and services. It offers industry-leading support to small business owners through a suite of innovative,easy-to-use online products and services. It is a wealth management company specializing in corporate and investment banking and trading across a broad range of asset classes, serving corporations, governments, institutions, and individuals.

5 contacts available at Bank of America.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Andrei Cotonet | Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrei-cotonet |
| Bina Kalola | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bina-kalola |
| Raul Anaya | President - Greater Los Angeles | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/raul-anaya |
| Alberto Garofalo | President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alberto-garofalo-c5c2 |
| Al McRae | President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/al-mcrae-5e36 |

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## FAQ

### What does Bina Kalola invest in?

Bina Kalola invests primarily in Big Data, Analytics and Cyber Security startups, most often at Series B 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 Bina Kalola last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Bina Kalola closed in Sep 2014. 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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