Gerhard Eschelbeck
Chief Security Officer @ Kodiak Robotics
San Francisco, United States
Gerhard Eschelbeck is a seed investor at Kodiak Robotics in San Francisco focused on Cyber Security and Software. Gerhard Eschelbeck
- Total investments:
- 19
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 5%
Last updated:
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Industries Gerhard Eschelbeck invests in
Stages Gerhard Eschelbeck invests in
Countries Gerhard Eschelbeck invests in
Round sizes
Round size
- Seed
- $4M–$12M
- Series A
- $9M–$200M
- Series B
- $29M–$100M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Cyber Security 10 (53%)
- Software 6 (32%)
- Artificial Intelligence 6 (32%)
- Security 5 (26%)
- Network Security 5 (26%)
Stage
- Seed 11 (58%)
- Series A 4 (21%)
- Series B 3 (16%)
- Series C 1 (5%)
Country
- United States 10 (53%)
- Israel 3 (16%)
- Canada 1 (5%)
- Uruguay 1 (5%)
- United Kingdom 1 (5%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Archestra.AI
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Build powerful, safe, interconnected AI agents without the technical overhead. | $10M / Seed / Jun 02, 2026 | |
Empirical Security
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Empirical builds mathematical models for security data. | $11.9M / Seed / Jul 17, 2025 | |
Terra Security
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Terra Security is the first agentic-AI platform built for web application penetration testing. Offered as a managed service, Terra deploys a swarm of fine-tuned AI agents, controlled by a human-in-the-loop mechanism, to simulate real adversaries at scale. The platform delivers accurate, context-aware results based on each organization’s uniquebusiness logic.By combining the creativity of ethical hackers with the scalability of Agentic-AI, Terra replaces outdated, point-in-time pentests with a continuous, proactive approach built for today’s dynamic web environments. | $8M / Seed / Apr 22, 2025 | |
Knostic
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Knostic provides need-to-know access controls for Large Language Models (LLMs). Its knowledge-centric capabilities enable enterprises to expedite the deployment of LLMs and drive AI-powered innovation while maintaining value, security, and safety. | $11M / Seed / Mar 05, 2025 | |
Cyberhaven
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Cyberhaven is the data security company revolutionizing how companies protect their important information from theft and misuse.Security products only recognized and protected a limited range of data types because they relied on finding patterns in the content itself. Data tracing technology analyzes billions of events surrounding every piece ofdata to better understand and classify it, allowing for the protection of a broader range of sensitive data in any form, anywhere it goes. | $88M / Series C / Jun 11, 2024 | |
Sweet Security
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Sweet’s Cloud Runtime Security Suite delivers first-to-market capabilities for defending cloud workloads, shifting cloud security right. Founded by retired, elite IDF commanders with prodigious expertise in offensive and defensive cloud security, Sweet’s approach elevates the ability of security teams to shut down cloud attacks when they occur,where they occur, with maximum precision and minimal business disruption. | $12M / Seed / Aug 09, 2023 | |
DevOcean
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devOcean Technology Ltd is a Vancouver Island-based oceanographic tech support company. | $6M / Seed / Mar 12, 2022 | |
Fleet Device Management
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Fleet builds open source software to manage and secure computing infrastructure: employee laptops, cloud servers, and more. Our technology helps IT and security teams build trust within their organization, while getting their jobs done more effectively. | $5M / Seed / Jan 20, 2022 | |
Zenity
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Zenity is the first and only governance and security platform for low-code/no-code applications. It creates a win-win environment where IT and information security can give business and pro developers the independence they want to move the business forward while retaining full visibility and control. | $5M / Seed / Nov 18, 2021 | |
1Password
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1Password is a secure, convenient password manager, providing businesses and families a safe way to share passwords, credit cards, and documents. It keeps important information secure with AES 256-bit encryption. With 1Password, users can keep all kinds of information easily organized with convenient categories and tags and find what they need witha customizable search.Founded in 2005, 1Password remembers and fills web forms with passwords, credit card information, and addresses—with a single click. It is focused on making security convenient and keeping customers happy. It is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario in Canada. | $100.1M / Series B / Jul 27, 2021 | |
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Co-Investors
About Kodiak Robotics
Kodiak Robotics develops autonomous technology for long-haul trucking. It specializes in the fields of autonomous vehicles, information technology, software, logistics, and robotics. It was founded in 2018 and headquartered in Mountain View, California.
Kodiak Robotics Contacts
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Andreas Wendel
Chief Technology Officer
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Don Burnette
Co-Founder & CEO
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Don Lepard
Director Of Operations and Site Operations Manager
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Gerhard Eschelbeck
Chief Security Officer
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Ken Williams
Head of Information Technology
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FAQ
What does Gerhard Eschelbeck invest in?
Gerhard Eschelbeck invests primarily in Cyber Security, Software and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 19 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Gerhard Eschelbeck's check size?
Gerhard Eschelbeck typically joins rounds of $4M–$12M at Seed, $9M–$200M at Series A and $29M–$100M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Gerhard Eschelbeck participates in.
When did Gerhard Eschelbeck last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Gerhard Eschelbeck closed in Jun 2026. Shizune tracks 19 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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