# Tom Kemp

> Tom Kemp is a seed investor in Santa Clara backing Cyber Security and Software. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Santa Clara, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Apr 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/tomkemp
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/thomasrkemp

Tom Kemp is a seed investor in Santa Clara focused on Cyber Security and Software. Tom Kemp is co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Centrify Corporation, a software and cloud security provider that is the leader in securing enterprise identities against cyberthreats that target today’s hybrid IT environment of cloud, mobile and on-premises. The Centrify Identity Platform protects against the leading point of attack used indata breaches ― compromised credentials — by securing an enterprise’s internal and external users as well as its privileged accounts. Under his leadership Centrify has become one of the fastest growing security vendors in the industry and has amassed over 5000 customers including half of the Fortune 50. Prior to Centrify Kemp held various executive, technical and marketing roles at NetIQ Corporation, Compuware, EcoSystems Software, and Oracle. Mr. Kemp was also an Entrepreneur in Residence at Mayfield, a leading venture capital firm. He is an avid blogger on the Centrify website (http://www.centrify.com/blogs/tomkemp/overview.asp). He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science and in history from the University of Michigan.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $932k–$4M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cyber Security | 3 | 60% |
| Software | 2 | 40% |
| Network Security | 2 | 40% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 40% |
| Web Browsers | 1 | 20% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 80% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 40% |
| France | 1 | 20% |
| Israel | 1 | 20% |
| Poland | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Amplifier Security | Amplifier Security utilizes AI-powered technology to enable security teams to modernize their approach. The company offers security solutions for enterprises, uniting technology and human expertise to enhance an organization's security posture. | $3.3M | Pre-Seed | Apr 24, 2024 |  |
| ShareID | ShareID is a digital trust platform specialized in digital security, compliance and fraud prevention. The solution enables real-time identity verification using government-issued IDs and biometric liveness detection. The company provides a privacy-first authentication solution, including document verification, biometric verification, and stronguser authentication (MFA). It allows regulated institutions to comply with technical regulations such as eIDAS 2.0, GDPR, PSD2, and MICA. | $2.2M | Seed | Jan 25, 2023 |  |
| SURF SECURITY | Founded in London, UK in 2022, SURF Security is an endpoint protection Browser-SASE (secure access service edge) cybersecurity company that has created the world’s first enterprise zero-trust browser and extension with security at its core. These two products capitalise on the rise of both the working-from-home phenomenon, and ‘software as aservice’ or SaaS platforms that are used through a browser. SURF secures the browser itself, either replacing or augmenting consumer browsers such as Chrome, Edge, or Safari. This approach helps ensure compliance, defends organisations from breaches and protects users from social engineering attacks such as phishing—all on the user’s device. www.surf.security SURF provides users with freedom of work, letting them interact with applications, data, and each other securely. It addresses the critical business asset neglected by security experts for years: The browser.The browser is the access frontier for everything: users, data, corporate assets, applications, development activities - and cyber criminals, too. SURF Security has transformed the browser into your strongest security asset while providing complete end-user privacy – all with full compliance. Through this centralized platform, SURF insists on identity-first access to all SaaS and corporate assets to guarantee a secured and frictionless user experience. SURF enhances security, performance, and productivity for end-users and applications – faster than ever before. |  | Seed | Nov 07, 2022 |  |
| PilotGo | PilotGo is a digital assistant for car workshops that handles what nobody likes: phone calls, notes, orders, and quotes. It learns from every conversation, order, and repair to automate repetitive tasks — so staff can focus on fixing cars, helping customers, and growing the business. - Phone calls and scheduling - Quoting and parts ordering -Repair management - Client relationship management | $932K | Seed | Sep 22, 2022 |  |
| Sunday Security | Sunday is a personal cybersecurity platform, built to protect executive teams beyond the enterprise perimeter | $4M | Seed | May 11, 2022 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

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- [Cota Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cota-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [ff Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ff-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Tom Kemp invest in?

Tom Kemp invests primarily in Cyber Security, Software and Network Security startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Tom Kemp's check size?

Tom Kemp typically joins rounds of $932k–$4M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Tom Kemp participates in.

### When did Tom Kemp last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Tom Kemp closed in Apr 2024. Shizune tracks 5 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?

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