# Noah Carr

> Noah Carr is a seed investor at Vertex Ventures US backing Software and Cyber Security. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Vertex Ventures US](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vertex-ventures-us)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Apr 2024
- Lead investor: 83%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/noah-carr-36baa722/

Noah Carr is a seed investor at Vertex Ventures US in San Francisco focused on Software and Cyber Security. Noah joined Bain Capital Ventures in 2013 and focuses on venture and growth-stage opportunities in software. He enjoys working with passionate entrepreneurs to help grow their companies.Prior to joining Bain Capital Ventures, Noah was an analyst in the Technology Investment Banking Group at Deutsche Bank focused on helping software companiesraise capital and explore strategic alternatives. During Noah’s time at Deutsche Bank he worked closely with the Eloqua, Bazaarvoice and Tangoe management teams on their IPOs.Noah graduated from Hamilton College with degrees in Computer Science and Economics. While at Hamilton, he was an active leader for the campus outing club and competed in C4 canoe races in the Adirondacks. Noah also spent a semester backpacking on New Zealand’s South Island.An avid hiker and photographer, Noah has brought back thousands of photographs from multi-week backpacking trips in Alaska, Norway, New Zealand, Costa Rica, and on Baffin Island.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 33% |
| Cyber Security | 2 | 33% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 33% |
| Analytics | 1 | 17% |
| Compliance | 1 | 17% |

10 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 67% |
| Series A | 2 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Permiso Security | Permiso Security delivers an identity-based cloud detection and response solution for cloud infrastructures. Permiso simplifies cloud security so that technology and security professionals can protect the cloud like a pro. Permiso's solution matches key events to key identities, allowing clients to see who is doing what with a quick alert inplain English and a response plan. | $18.5M | Series A | Apr 03, 2024 |  |
| Distributional | Distributional makes AI safe, reliable and secure. | $11M | Seed | Dec 14, 2023 |  |
| Abbey Labs | Abbey is a platform for security teams to automate and secure access to sensitive data. With Abbey, you can improve your security and compliance programs by automatically controlling and right-sizing permissions so the risks around unauthorized access is limited in the event of a breach. | $5.3M | Seed | Aug 01, 2023 |  |
| The Prospective Co. | The Prospective Co. provides fast, interactive analytics & data visualization product for large datasets. | $6M | Seed | Jul 18, 2023 |  |
| Permiso Security | Permiso Security delivers an identity-based cloud detection and response solution for cloud infrastructures. Permiso simplifies cloud security so that technology and security professionals can protect the cloud like a pro. Permiso's solution matches key events to key identities, allowing clients to see who is doing what with a quick alert inplain English and a response plan. | $10M | Seed | Jan 18, 2022 |  |
| Lucidum | Lucidum is the asset discovery company that eliminates blind spots across cloud, security and IT operations. Fortune 500 companies rely on the Lucidum platform and its patent-pending machine learning to discover, triangulate and identify all assets – even previously unknown unknowns – delivering visibility essential to truly secure, manage, andtransform your enterprise. Backed by GGV Capital and Silicon Valley CISO Investors (SVCI), Lucidum is based in San Jose, California. | $15M | Series A | Nov 10, 2021 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andreessen-horowitz) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Notable Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/notable-capital-e2dd) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [11.2 Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/112capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Angel Collective](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acof) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Altimeter Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/altimeter-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Willowtree Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amara-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Vertex Ventures US

VC Fund · Palo Alto, United States

Vertex US is taking a unique approach to early-stage investments by investing early and often first. The firm intentionally makes a select number of investments each year to be true partners to startups from Day One to 100 and beyond.

5 contacts available at Vertex Ventures US.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Domenic Perri | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/domenic-perri-3 |
| Insik Rhee | Founder and General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/in-sik-rhee |
| Jonathan Heiliger | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jonathan-heiliger |
| Megan Reynolds | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/megan-reynolds |
| Noah Carr | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/noah-carr |

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## FAQ

### What does Noah Carr invest in?

Noah Carr invests primarily in Software, Cyber Security and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 6 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 Noah Carr last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Noah Carr closed in Apr 2024. Shizune tracks 6 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?

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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