# Secure Octane

> Secure Octane is a VC fund in San Francisco backing Software and Security. See 40 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 40
- Last investment: Feb 2025
- Lead investor: 3%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/mahendraramsinghani
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/secureoctane
- Website: http://www.secureoctane.com

Secure Octane is a VC fund in San Francisco focused on Software and Security. The Secure Octane Collective brings the world’s leading investors, security architects and thought leaders to fuel your startup.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 19 | 48% |
| Security | 13 | 33% |
| Cyber Security | 12 | 30% |
| Information Technology | 9 | 23% |
| Network Security | 7 | 18% |

37 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 22 | 55% |
| Series A | 13 | 33% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 3% |
| Series B | 1 | 3% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 3% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 32 | 80% |
| India | 1 | 3% |
| Canada | 1 | 3% |
| Colombia | 1 | 3% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mahendra Ramsinghani | Managing Director | 16 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mahendra-ramsinghani-2 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Anagram | Anagram offers AI-driven phishing simulations and interactive, personalized training that engages and educates staff members, going beyond conventional techniques like antiquated movies and quizzes to give a human-driven security platform that produces tangible results. | $10M | Series A | Feb 26, 2025 |  |
| Anagram | Anagram offers AI-driven phishing simulations and interactive, personalized training that engages and educates staff members, going beyond conventional techniques like antiquated movies and quizzes to give a human-driven security platform that produces tangible results. | $10M | Series A | Feb 26, 2025 |  |
| StackGen | Founded in 2023 by serial entrepreneurs Sachin Aggarwal and Asif Awan, StackGen (formerly appCD) automatically generates Infrastructure from Code (IfC) based on application code with golden standards applied. Unlike manual Infrastructure as Code (IaC) creation or "golden templates" that quickly become outdated, StackGen generates IaCautomatically from the application code, without requiring any code changes, and applies preset standards. StackGen provides seamless, full-stack infrastructure solutions that enhance the developer experience and enforce industry standards. Built for platform engineers and DevOps teams tasked with improving the developer experience and enforcing standards, StackGen reduces software development lifecycle (SDLC) bottlenecks, minimizes liabilities, and eliminates cognitive overload. StackGen is backed by notable venture capital firms Thomvest Ventures, WestWave Capital, FireBolt Ventures, and Secure Octane. For further information, please visit www.stackgen.com. | $12.3M | Seed | Sep 10, 2024 |  |
| Lineaje | Lineaje solves critical Software Supply Chain security problems faced by every organization that builds, uses or sells software. | $20M | Series A | Jul 30, 2024 |  |
| appCD | appCD generates Infrastructure as Code automatically from application code with golden standards applied. | $6M | Seed | Mar 05, 2024 |  |
| AppMap | Observe and map your application’s running behavior with one command. Always up-to-date data. Get AppMap where you code.Observability insights delivered before you make a pull request and way before production. Find runtime performance, security, and stability problems while you code.Collaborate on a team member’s application behavior problemwithout having to replicate their environment. Share AppMaps with your team.Automate AppMap generation in CI, get alerts for performance and security flaws, and compare observability and alerts across branches and teams. Run AppMap in CI to automate observability, create OpenAPI docs, and much more. | $10M | Venture - Series Unknown | Nov 07, 2023 |  |
| Gradient | Gradient transforms how enterprises adopt AI, enabling the creation and deployment of domain-focused LLMs for finance, healthcare, and law. It offers full model ownership, rapid LLM creation, and state-of-the-art expert models. Trusted by product teams and ML engineers, Gradient supports AI applications across industries while ensuring privacy andcompliance. | $10M | Seed | Oct 05, 2023 |  |
| Synqly | Synqly is an Integration-as-a-Service Platform that provides seamless and speedy integration of infrastructure and security technologies. | $4M | Seed | Oct 03, 2023 |  |
| HiddenLayer | HiddenLayer helps enterprises safeguard the machine learning models. | $50.2M | Series A | Sep 19, 2023 |  |
| Riscosity | Riscosity is a supply chain data management platform. | $7M | Seed | Apr 25, 2023 |  |

10 of 40 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Firebolt Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/firebolt-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Madrona](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/madrona-venture-group) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Preface Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/preface-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Ten Eleven Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ten-eleven-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Tau Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tau-ventures-e0e2) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Wipro Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wiproventure) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Secure Octane invest in?

Secure Octane invests primarily in Software, Security and Cyber Security startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 40 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Secure Octane?

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### Who are the partners at Secure Octane?

The team at Secure Octane includes Mahendra Ramsinghani (Managing Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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