# RedSeal

> RedSeal is a VC fund in Sunnyvale backing Big Data and Software. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sunnyvale, United States
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Oct 2016
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/25087
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/RedSeal_co
- Website: https://www.redseal.net/
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/RedSeal-Inc/362292577178874

RedSeal is a VC fund in Sunnyvale focused on Big Data and Software. RedSeal develops security risk management (SRM) software and solutions and helps companies eliminate cyber threats.RedSeal was founded in 2004, helps Global 2000 organizations defend their critical digital assets. RedSeal gets ahead of cyber criminals by calculating every possible internal and external “attack path” to the most valuable networkassets – before they do. Customers get a prioritized list of the most vulnerable paths to their most valuable assets. More than 200 corporations and government agencies worldwide have RedSealed their networks, including five of the top 50 financial institutions, all of the major security vendors, fifteen of the Fortune 100 retail companies, and a number of US government organizations including the US Army, US Navy, US Postal Service and the FAA. Key commercial customers include Nationwide, Oracle, Cisco and First Data.RedSeal partners with all of the top suppliers of network infrastructure (Cisco, Juniper Networks, Fortinet, Arista, Aruba, Check Point, Palo Alto Networks, F5). Its software integrates with all industry leading security solutions (McAfee, Symantec, Qualys, HP ArcSight, Rapid7, Splunk,Tripwire, MaxPatrol, nMap) as well as with major workflow vendors (ServiceNow, Remedy), providing the most comprehensive validation of network security.RedSeal is backed by prominent venture investors including Venrock, Leapfrog Ventures, Sutter Hill Ventures, JAFCO Ventures, Olympic Venture Partners and In-Q-Tel.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Big Data | 2 | 29% |
| Software | 2 | 29% |
| Cyber Security | 2 | 29% |
| Network Security | 2 | 29% |
| B2B | 1 | 14% |

20 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 3 | 43% |
| Seed | 1 | 14% |
| Series C | 1 | 14% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 14% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Gord Boyce | Senior Vice President, Commercial Sales | 0 | — |
| Greg Straughn | Chief Financial Officer | 0 | — |
| Hom Bahmanyar | VP of Engineering | 0 | — |
| J.T. Treadwell | Director | 0 | — |
| Kurt Van Etten | Chief Product Officer | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Virgil Security | Virgil Security provides easy-to-deploy and easy-to-use cryptographic software and services for use by developers and end-users. Virgil Security’s encryption libraries and services, along with an accompanying public key management infrastructure, ease the pain of developing, deploying, and using strong cryptography. Virgil Security enables a newgeneration of enhanced privacy and security for applications, cloud services, and the Internet of Things. | $4M | Series A | Oct 12, 2016 |  |
| Area 1 Security | Based in Redwood City, CA, Area 1 Security is developing a product focused on eliminating targeted, socially engineered cyber attacks. Founded by security experts from NSA and MIT, and data analytics specialists from NSA and Disney, the stealth mode startup has raised $25.5 million in total funding to date. Investors include Icon Ventures, KleinerPerkins Caufield & Byers, Allegis Capital, Cowboy Ventures; Data Collective (DCVC); First Round Capital; RedSeal Networks CEO and former Venrock partner Ray Rothrock; and Shape Security CEO Derek Smith. | $15M | Series A | Oct 14, 2015 |  |
| Colabo | Colabo provides a No-Code PaaS for creating and orchestrating AI-powered digital conversations. Business users can create frictionless employee-facing or customer-facing conversational channels in minutes by simply pointing to the relevant knowledge sources, service description, product catalogs, FAQ pages etc. Colabo's platform ingestunstructured and structured data and creates a knowledge graph that is used to answer a wide variety of natural language questions "out-of-the-box". In addition, when the platform encounters a request it can't find a proper answer for, it allows a human agent to show it the path to the relevant information and teach it on the fly. Colabo can be used for different use cases such as new user acquisition and on-boarding, service and product recommendation, customer support and employee support . | $7M | Series A | Jun 07, 2015 |  |
| Planet | Planet is a startup based in San Francisco and founded by former NASA employees that collects information about its changing planet via a fleet of compact, highly capable Earth-imaging satellites. The broad coverage and high frequency of Planet's satellite imagery will enable customers with unprecedented access to global and local insightsthat currently are either impossible or cost-prohibitive to obtain. It designs, builds, and operates the largest fleet of satellites, as well as online software, tools, and analytics needed to deliver data to users. Planet offers a diverse selection of imagery and analytic solutions, all made available online through our platform and web-based tools. They provide geospatial insights at the speed of change, equipping users with the data necessary to make informed, timely decisions.In addition to California, Planet has offices in Germany and Canada where they deliver market-leading geospatial imagery to a global network of customers and partners in over 100 countries. The Planet's mission is to image the entire Earth every day and make global change visible, accessible, and actionable. | $92.8M | Series C | Jan 20, 2015 |  |
| Area 1 Security | Based in Redwood City, CA, Area 1 Security is developing a product focused on eliminating targeted, socially engineered cyber attacks. Founded by security experts from NSA and MIT, and data analytics specialists from NSA and Disney, the stealth mode startup has raised $25.5 million in total funding to date. Investors include Icon Ventures, KleinerPerkins Caufield & Byers, Allegis Capital, Cowboy Ventures; Data Collective (DCVC); First Round Capital; RedSeal Networks CEO and former Venrock partner Ray Rothrock; and Shape Security CEO Derek Smith. | $8M | Series A | Dec 10, 2014 |  |
| Colabo | Colabo provides a No-Code PaaS for creating and orchestrating AI-powered digital conversations. Business users can create frictionless employee-facing or customer-facing conversational channels in minutes by simply pointing to the relevant knowledge sources, service description, product catalogs, FAQ pages etc. Colabo's platform ingestunstructured and structured data and creates a knowledge graph that is used to answer a wide variety of natural language questions "out-of-the-box". In addition, when the platform encounters a request it can't find a proper answer for, it allows a human agent to show it the path to the relevant information and teach it on the fly. Colabo can be used for different use cases such as new user acquisition and on-boarding, service and product recommendation, customer support and employee support . | $1.5M |  | May 07, 2014 |  |
| Colabo | Colabo provides a No-Code PaaS for creating and orchestrating AI-powered digital conversations. Business users can create frictionless employee-facing or customer-facing conversational channels in minutes by simply pointing to the relevant knowledge sources, service description, product catalogs, FAQ pages etc. Colabo's platform ingestunstructured and structured data and creates a knowledge graph that is used to answer a wide variety of natural language questions "out-of-the-box". In addition, when the platform encounters a request it can't find a proper answer for, it allows a human agent to show it the path to the relevant information and teach it on the fly. Colabo can be used for different use cases such as new user acquisition and on-boarding, service and product recommendation, customer support and employee support . | $1.5M | Seed | May 07, 2014 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [AllegisCyber](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/allegis-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [First Round Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/first-round-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [The Hive](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-hive-palo-alto-california) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Bloomberg Beta](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bloomberg-beta) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Blu Venture Investors](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blu-venture-investors) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Capricorn Investment Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/capricorn-investment-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does RedSeal invest in?

RedSeal invests primarily in Big Data, Software and Cyber Security startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### Who are the partners at RedSeal?

The team at RedSeal includes Gord Boyce (Senior Vice President, Commercial Sales), Greg Straughn (Chief Financial Officer) and Hom Bahmanyar (VP of Engineering), among 8 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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