# Nicole Perlroth

> Nicole Perlroth is a Series A investor at The New York Times backing Security and Cyber Security. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [The New York Times](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/newyorktimes)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/nicoleperlroth
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/nicoleperlroth

Nicole Perlroth is a Series A investor at The New York Times in San Francisco focused on Security and Cyber Security. Nicole Perlroth - Cybersecurity Reporter @ The New York Times

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Security | 3 | 60% |
| Cyber Security | 3 | 60% |
| SaaS | 1 | 20% |
| Privacy | 1 | 20% |
| Software | 1 | 20% |

6 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 2 | 40% |
| Seed | 1 | 20% |
| Series C | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kibu | Kibu is a DC-based platform that helps individuals and organizations verify and understand who they’re interacting with when it matters most. | $10.5M | Seed | Apr 27, 2026 |  |
| Sublime Security | Open, adaptable email security. | $150M | Series C | Oct 28, 2025 |  |
| Sublime Security | Open, adaptable email security. | $150M | Series C | Oct 28, 2025 |  |
| Zip Security | Zip Security's goal is to make cybersecurity accessible and inexpensive for these companies, as well as the data of their clients. Zip Security facilitates the deployment, configuration, and management of essential security tools, such as endpoint detection and response (EDR), cross-platform device management (MDM), and others. | $13.5M | Series A | Jul 14, 2025 |  |
| BreachRx | The BreachRx incident management platform enables customers to leverage our expert library of regulatory best practices, actionable, automatically tailored incident response plans, and streamlined incident and breach response processes that reinforce legal privilege. Organizations can then get proactive with privacy and cybersecurity to prepare,respond and recover faster—saving millions of dollars in costs, time, and reputational damage. | $15M | Series A | May 19, 2025 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [IVP](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/institutional-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Slow Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/slow-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [01 Advisors](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/01-advisors-01) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Avenir](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/avenir-growth-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Ballistic Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ballistic-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Citi Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/citi-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About The New York Times

VC Fund · New York, United States

The New York Times creates, collects, and distributes news, information, and entertainment through a daily newspaper and a website.The New York Times has more than 50 websites and publishes 18 newspapers, including the The company previously owned The New York Times newspaper has won 98 Pulitzer Prizes, more than any other newspaper, and it is organized into sections: News, Opinions, Business, Arts, Science, Sports, Style, and Features. The New York Times website is rated as one of the most popular websites online, receiving over 14 million unique visitors in August 2008.The New York Times is headquartered in New York.

5 contacts available at The New York Times.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alex Rainert | Head of Audio Product | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-rainert |
| Doreen Toben | Member of the Board of Directors | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/doreen-a-toben |
| Jim Motavalli | Auto Blogger | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jim-motavalli |
| Michael Young | Director of Machine Learning Engineering | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-young-7 |
| Nicole Perlroth | Cybersecurity Reporter | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nicole-perlroth |

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## FAQ

### What does Nicole Perlroth invest in?

Nicole Perlroth invests primarily in Security, Cyber Security and SaaS startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 5 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 Nicole Perlroth last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Nicole Perlroth closed in Apr 2026. Shizune tracks 5 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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