# Dave Kennedy

> Dave Kennedy is a seed investor at Aspire Ventures backing Enterprise and Cyber Security. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Aspire Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aspireventures)
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Sep 2018
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Dave Kennedy is a seed investor at Aspire Ventures focused on Enterprise and Cyber Security. Dave Kennedy - Managing Director, Co-Founder @ Aspire Ventures

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Enterprise | 1 | 100% |
| Cyber Security | 1 | 100% |
| Risk Management | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SCYTHE | SCYTHE is the adversary emulation platform for the enterprise and cybersecurity market. The SCYTHE platform enables Red, Blue, and Purple teams to build and emulate real-world adversarial campaigns in a matter of minutes. SCYTHE allows organizations to continuously assess their risk posture and exposure. CTEM - continuous threat exposuremanagement. The platform automates real-world threat intelligence, validates technical security controls, and prioritizes vulnerabilities. | $3M | Seed | Sep 17, 2018 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Evolution Equity Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/evolution-equity-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Gula Tech Adventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gula-tech-adventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Paladin Capital Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paladin-capital-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [SaaS Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/saas-ventures-2) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [StoneMill Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stonemill-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Stony Lonesome Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stony-lonesome-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Aspire Ventures

VC Fund · Lancaster, United States

Aspire Ventures is an investment firm that focuses on transforming healthcare with breakthrough technologies. It leverages their capital, intellectual property, and domain expertise in the Internet of Things (IoT) to help solve today’s biggest problems. The firm was founded in 2014 and headquartered in Pennsylvania, United States.

5 contacts available at Aspire Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Dave Kennedy | Managing Director, Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dave-kennedy |
| Essam Abadir | President & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sam-abadir |
| Jeff Haley | Chief Commercial Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeff-haley-fda0 |
| Jeffrey Lehman | Managing Director, Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeffrey-lehman |
| Kim Ireland | Chief Information Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kim-ireland-a5c4 |

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## FAQ

### What does Dave Kennedy invest in?

Dave Kennedy invests primarily in Enterprise, Cyber Security and Risk Management 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 Dave Kennedy last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Dave Kennedy closed in Sep 2018. 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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