# Citizens National Bank

> Citizens National Bank is a VC fund backing Banking and Compliance. See 1 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Fort Worth, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Sep 2015
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cnbtn1973/
- X (Twitter): https://x.com/cnbtn
- Website: https://www.cnbtn.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cnbtn1973

Citizens National Bank is a community bank located in Henderson, Tyler, Longview, Corsicana, Lufkin, Huntsville, Palestine and other Texas.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Citizens National Bank. Shizune tracks 2 team members at Citizens National Bank. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/citizens-national-bank?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Banking | 1 | 100% |
| Compliance | 1 | 100% |
| Cyber Security | 1 | 100% |
| Cloud Data Services | 1 | 100% |
| Information Technology | 1 | 100% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Carol CHerman | Vice President | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carol-cherman-b2aa |
| Jason Holliman | President | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jason-holliman-79ac |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DefenseStorm | DefenseStorm is a network security company that provides a cloud-based cybersecurity management platform. Its platform offers a bank, management oversight, and reporting, smart threat response, security expert, big data, and community intelligence solutions. The company combines and automates in real-time cybersecurity and cyber compliance builtfor banking, so financial institutions can achieve cyber safety and soundness according to regulations and their own policiesEdgardo Nazario, Harold Brewer, Jeffrey Lunsford, and Sean Cassidy founded Praesidio on May 1, 2014, that became DefenseStorm in June 2016. It has its headquarters in Seattle in Washington. | $3.1M | Angel | Sep 17, 2015 | https://www.defensestorm.com/ |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Live Oak Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/live-oak-banking-company) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- Washington Trust — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Citizens National Bank invest in?

Citizens National Bank invests primarily in Banking, Compliance and Cyber Security startups, most often at Angel 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.

### How do I contact Citizens National Bank?

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### Who are the partners at Citizens National Bank?

The team at Citizens National Bank includes Carol CHerman (Vice President) and Jason Holliman (President). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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