# Richard Reiner

> Richard Reiner is a seed investor in Toronto backing Software and SaaS. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Toronto, Canada
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Jun 2019
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/richardreiner
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/richardreiner
- Website: http://www.richardreiner.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/richardreiner

Richard Reiner is a seed investor in Toronto focused on Software and SaaS. Dr. Richard Reiner is a serial entrepreneur and company builder, active as an executive, investor, mentor, and Board member with many high-growth companies at the intersection of cybersecurity, AI, and blockchain, a space in which I've built and successfully exited several companies, and in which I hold numerous patents.He is Executive Chairof dfuse, the leading platform for developers building the decentralized Web 3.0, as well as Chair of Cybeats Technologies, a venture-funded IoT security company building a full-lifecycle immune system for IoT devices.He is also Founding Partner at CC Stratus Capital, an innovative investment firm that helps early-stage technology companies succeed in fast-growing markets, with a strategic focus on cybersecurity, blockchain, identity, and IoT (Internet of Things).He was formerly Chief Technology Officer - Safe Identity in Intel's Security Group, and VP Safe Identity at McAfee. He was President of PasswordBox, the leading digital identity company, leading up to the acquisition of PasswordBox by Intel.Previously he was Executive Chair of Fluent.ai, a venture-backed company building a revolutionary AI-based speech recognition platform, and Chairman and CEO of Enomaly, a pioneer and leader in the cloud computing and cloud security space, culminating in the acquisition of Enomaly by Virtustream in 2011. Virtustream was in turn acquired by EMC, and then Dell.Before that he was the founder and CEO/CTO of Assurent Secure Technologies, a cybersecurity SaaS company that was acquired in 2006. Subsequent to the acquisition of Assurent, he served as Chief Security & Technology Officer at TELUS.Since 2006, he has served on the Boards and Advisory Boards of many highly regarded early-stage companies in the cybersecurity, cloud infrastructure, and SaaS sectors, such as Fluent.ai, Immunio, PasswordBox, Elliptic Technologies, Veracode, Enomaly, NetClarity, Virima, Stonewall Software, and Fonolo.He is often quoted by the press, and have appeared on the cover of CIO Magazine, as well as frequent appearances in media such as the New York Times, CBS, NBC, USA Today, etc. and hundreds of technology publications.He holds a Ph.D. and numerous patents in the fields of cloud and software security.He also climbs the occasional mountain.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 100% |
| SaaS | 1 | 50% |
| Web3 | 1 | 50% |
| Internet | 1 | 50% |
| Blockchain | 1 | 50% |

8 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| StreamingFast | StreamingFast builds massively scalable open-source software for processing and indexing blockchain data. Founded by a team of serial tech entrepreneurs, the company has deep expertise in large scale data science. Its core innovation, the Firehose, is a files-based and streaming-first approach to processing blockchain data that enables highperformance indexing on high throughput chains. | $3.5M | Seed | Jun 26, 2019 | https://streamingfast.io/ |
| Cybeats Technologies | Cybeats Technologies is a leading software supply chain security company that helps organizations gain trust, visibility, and control over their software and digital products. Its flagship platform, SBOM Studio, empowers Fortune 500 enterprises and critical infrastructure providers across medical, industrial controls, and automotive sectors toefficiently manage, monitor, and secure their software components from development through deployment. As governments and industries worldwide adopt software transparency regulations, Cybeats is positioned at the center of this transformation, turning compliance into a competitive advantage. With proven success and expansion among global industrial and technology leaders, Cybeats represents one of the most promising growth stories in modern software supply chain security. |  | Seed | Jan 15, 2018 | https://www.cybeats.com |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [BoxOne Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/boxone-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Diagram Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/diagram-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Inovia Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/inovia-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Intel Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/intel-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Maple Leaf Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maple-leaf-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Multicoin Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/multicoin-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Richard Reiner invest in?

Richard Reiner invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Web3 startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Richard Reiner?

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### When did Richard Reiner last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Richard Reiner closed in Jun 2019. Shizune tracks 2 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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