The Syndicate Group
VC Fund
Los Angeles, United States
The Syndicate Group is a VC fund in Los Angeles focused on Cyber Security and Information Technology. The Syndicate Group was created to help startups scale faster by organizing exclusive investment access for their channel partners.
- Total investments:
- 21
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 14%
Last updated:
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Industries The Syndicate Group invests in
Cyber SecurityInformation TechnologyArtificial IntelligenceSaaSSoftware
Stages The Syndicate Group invests in
Series BSeries CSeries DVenture - Series UnknownSeries E
Countries The Syndicate Group invests in
United StatesIsrael
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Chad Cardenas
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4 more contacts available
Investment Focus
Industry
- Cyber Security 13 (62%)
- Information Technology 8 (38%)
- Artificial Intelligence 8 (38%)
- SaaS 7 (33%)
- Software 7 (33%)
Stage
- Series B 6 (29%)
- Series C 3 (14%)
- Series D 3 (14%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 3 (14%)
- Series E 2 (10%)
Country
- United States 16 (76%)
- Israel 1 (5%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Chad Cardenas
Founder, CEO
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Founder, CEO | Total investments: 7 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
Veza
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Veza is the data security platform built on the power of authorization. We are building SaaS based security products in a dynamic and fast moving world of cybersecurity with ideas rooted in the era of privacy for the cloud. We are well-funded and backed by top-tier VCs and CEOs as angel investors. The founders are serial entrepreneurs who haveexperience in the full 0-to-1 journey with a successful exit with an acquisition. We are looking for founding engineers (summer interns also welcome!) with strong interests in security / cloud-native systems / identity / SaaS. | Sep 12, 2023 | |
Grip Security
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Grip Security brings comprehensive visibility across an enterprise’s entire SaaS portfolio—known or unknown for SaaS applications, users, and their interactions—with extreme accuracy and deployment in minutes. Grip assists businesses in modernizing their security architecture to meet the needs of today's SaaS acquisition and use. The SaaSSecurity Control Plane (SSCP) solution is a fundamentally different approach that enables security teams to embrace a business-led IT strategy in a safe and secure manner. | $41M / Series B / Aug 22, 2023 | |
Symmetry Systems
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Symmetry Systems operates as a data and AI security company delivering a security-first platform called DataGuard, designed for visibility and governance of sensitive data across hybrid environments. It employs AI-driven scanning to discover, classify, and map structured and unstructured data across cloud and on-prem systems, then continuouslymonitors access patterns, detects anomalies, and enforces data governance policies without compromising custody of the data. The platform can be deployed in high-assurance and air-gapped environments, handles sensitive data even in restricted settings, and integrates with existing security stacks to support compliance and security teams in implementing data-centric zero-trust models. | $17.7M / Series B / Aug 09, 2023 | |
Abnormal AI
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Abnormal Security is an email security company that protects enterprises from targeted email attacks. The Abnormal Security platform takes a data science approach to provide everything needed for comprehensive email protection, detection, and response. Abnormal Behavior Technology (ABX) models the identity of both employees and external senders,profiles relationships, and analyzes email content to stop attacks that lead to account takeover, financial damage, and organizational mistrust. Though one-click, API-based Office 365, and G Suite integration, Abnormal sets up in minutes and does not disrupt email flow.Abnormal Security was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | Venture - Series Unknown / Mar 29, 2023 | |
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Grip Security
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Grip Security brings comprehensive visibility across an enterprise’s entire SaaS portfolio—known or unknown for SaaS applications, users, and their interactions—with extreme accuracy and deployment in minutes. Grip assists businesses in modernizing their security architecture to meet the needs of today's SaaS acquisition and use. The SaaSSecurity Control Plane (SSCP) solution is a fundamentally different approach that enables security teams to embrace a business-led IT strategy in a safe and secure manner. | Venture - Series Unknown / Mar 13, 2023 | |
AppOmni
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AppOmni is a leading provider of SaaS Security Management software. The company was founded by a team of security veterans from top SaaS providers and cybersecurity vendors, and its customer base includes global leaders across technology, healthcare, banking, and finance as well as many of the most well-known cybersecurity providers.Its patentedtechnology scans APIs, security controls, and configuration settings to compare the current state of enterprise SaaS deployments against best practices and business intent. The solution offers fast deployment, instant visibility, and makes it easy for security and IT teams to secure their entire SaaS environment from each vendor to every end-user. As SaaS applications evolve, AppOmni stays current with all updates and releases to keep customer environments secure over time.Co-founders Brendan O'Connor and Brian Soby headquartered AppOmni in San Francisco, California in 2018. | Series C / Dec 14, 2022 | |
Drata
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Drata is an advanced security and compliance automation platform with the mission to help companies earn and keep the trust of their users, customers, partners, and prospects. Drata helps companies streamline their SOC 2 compliance through continuous, automated control monitoring and evidence collection, resulting in lower costs and time spentpreparing for annual audits.Drata was founded in 2020 by Adam Markowitz, Daniel Marashlian, and Troy Markowitz and is based in San Diego, California, United States. | $200M / Series C / Dec 07, 2022 | |
oak9
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Cybersecurity SaaS Platform for Developers | $8M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jun 29, 2022 | |
Spectro Cloud
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Spectro Cloud is an enterprise software company that develops an AI infrastructure and cloud-native infrastructure management platform for enterprises and public sector organizations. It helps organizations deploy, manage, govern, and scale Kubernetes, virtual machines, edge computing, and AI infrastructure across public cloud, private cloud, baremetal, and edge environments through a unified control plane.The company's flagship platforms, Palette and PaletteAI, provide Kubernetes lifecycle management, AI infrastructure orchestration, GPU resource management, virtual machine modernization, edge computing management, policy-based governance, security, and infrastructure automation. The platforms enable organizations to provision and manage infrastructure from operating systems to applications and AI models, automate cluster operations, enforce security and compliance policies, optimize GPU utilization, and operate distributed environments, including air-gapped and sovereign deployments, at enterprise scale. | $40M / Series B / Mar 23, 2022 | |
Noname Security
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Noname Security is a security platform that allows enterprises to see and secure managed and unmanaged APIs. With Noname Security, users can protect their APIs from data leakage, authorization issues, abuse, misuse, and data corruption with no agents and no network modifications.The company was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Palo Alto,California. | $135M / Series C / Dec 15, 2021 | |
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FAQ
What does The Syndicate Group invest in?
The Syndicate Group invests primarily in Cyber Security, Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Series B and Series C stage. Most of the 21 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 The Syndicate Group?
The team at The Syndicate Group includes Chad Cardenas (Founder, CEO). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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