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Sid Trivedi

Co-Founder

San Francisco, California, United States16 yrs 4 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • Partner at a leading venture capital firm.
  • Extensive experience in cybersecurity investments.
  • Co-founded a community for aspiring founders.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cybersecurity and Venture Capital expert with a focus on early-stage technology investments.

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Skills

Core Skills

Venture CapitalCybersecurity

Other Skills

Enterprise SoftwareValuationFinancial AnalysisMergers & AcquisitionsDue DiligenceBloombergCapital IQEconomicsStataThomson OneIBISWorldMatlabHTML/XMLAdobe Creative SuiteFactset

About

Siddhant (Sid) is currently a Partner at Foundation Capital where he works with entrepreneurs to build the next generation of leading enterprise software companies. Sid’s experience has run the gamut from public to growth to early-stage, affording him a unique perspective on how brand leaders are built and sustained. He started on Wall Street at Barclays Capital, advising tech, media and telecom companies and spending time on both the buy-side and sell-side of major deals, from mergers and takeovers to corporate debt and equity financings. He then worked as an investment professional at Symphony Technology Group, a Palo Alto-based private equity firm investing in software, technology-enabled and data analytics companies. Before arriving at Foundation Capital, Sid was an investor at Omidyar Technology Ventures where he invested in and counseled early-stage enterprise software companies. Outside of work, Sid serves on the advisory council for Entrepreneurship at Cornell and serves as a board member of the Cornell Venture Capital Club, which he co-founded during college.

Experience

16 yrs 4 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 11 mos
Average Tenure
2 yrs
Current Experience

Rodium

Board

Oct 2025Present · 7 mos · San Francisco Bay Area · Hybrid

Aegis ai security

Board

May 2025Present · 1 yr · San Francisco Bay Area

Pulse security ai, inc.

Board

Dec 2024Present · 1 yr 5 mos · Mountain View, California, United States · Remote

Inside the network

Podcast Co-Host

May 2024Present · 2 yrs

  • Welcome to the inside track of cybersecurity entrepreneurship. We bring you the best founders, operators, and investors building the future of cybersecurity. I created and co-host the podcast alongside Ross Haleliuk and Mahendra Ramsinghani

Primesec

Board

Dec 2023Present · 2 yrs 5 mos · New York, New York, United States

Airmdr, inc.

Board

Jun 2023Present · 2 yrs 11 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

Neurelo

Board

Jul 2022Present · 3 yrs 10 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

Devzero

Board

Dec 2021Present · 4 yrs 5 mos · Seattle, Washington, United States

Permiso security

Investor

Apr 2021Present · 5 yrs 1 mo · San Francisco Bay Area

Cyberseed

Co-Founder

Mar 2021Present · 5 yrs 2 mos

  • CyberSeed is a forum where over 1,700 early-stage and aspiring founders share the highs and lows of building security startups. We bring our community together via monthly virtual events and also manage an active Slack group.

Levo.ai

Board

Feb 2021Present · 5 yrs 3 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

Stacklet

Board

Jun 2020Present · 5 yrs 11 mos · Arlington, Virginia, United States

Foundation capital

2 roles

Partner

Promoted

Jan 2019Present · 7 yrs 4 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Early-stage venture capital firm with $5B+ of cumulative capital commitments and 30 years of history backing technology leaders like Netflix, Cerebras, ForgeRock, Venafi, Solana and Turing. I invest across the enterprise stack and lead our focus on cybersecurity & IT infrastructure.
  • Companies I work with today: Stacklet, AirMDR, Prime Security, Aegis AI, DevZero, Pulse Security AI, Nimble Security, Neurelo, Levo, Permiso, Wisdom AI**, Ahum AI**, Anvilogic, Fortanix
  • Fund investments: Secure Octane Fund (LPAC), Aviso Ventures, Cortical Ventures, Step Function, Modern Technical Fund, Heavybit
  • Former companies: Attivo Networks* (acq. SentinelOne), Phenom*, Respond Software (acq. FireEye), CloudKnox (acq. Microsoft), MistNet (acq. LogRhythm)
  • Note: * = investment made prior to joining Foundation Capital; ** = personal investment
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareVenture CapitalValuationFinancial AnalysisMergers & Acquisitions+1

Senior Associate

Jan 2018Jan 2019 · 1 yr · San Francisco Bay Area

Mistnet

Board

Jan 2019Jan 2021 · 2 yrs

  • Acquired by LogRhythm in January 2021

Cloudknox security inc. (acquired by microsoft corporation)

Board

Jun 2018Jul 2021 · 3 yrs 1 mo

  • Acquired by Microsoft in July 2021

Respond software

Board

Jun 2018Nov 2020 · 2 yrs 5 mos

  • Acquired by Mandiant in November 2020

Phenom people

Board

Jan 2017Jun 2018 · 1 yr 5 mos · Ambler, PA

  • I sourced the investment while at Omidyar Technology Ventures and served as an observer on the Board of Directors, where I provided strategic counsel to the CEO and senior management team.

Attivo networks, inc.

Board & Advisor

Dec 2016Mar 2022 · 5 yrs 3 mos · Fremont, CA

  • I sourced the investment while at Omidyar Technology Ventures and served as an observer on the Board of Directors, where I provided strategic counsel to the CEO and senior management team. After leaving Omidyar, I remained an advisor to the CEO and senior management through the sale to SentinelOne in March 2022.

Omidyar technology ventures

Investment Associate

Jan 2016Jan 2018 · 2 yrs · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Omidyar Technology Ventures is a Silicon Valley-based investment firm created and solely funded by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar.

Symphony technology group

Private Equity Associate

Jan 2015Jan 2016 · 1 yr · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Symphony Technology Group (STG) is a strategic private equity firm focused on transforming high-potential data analytics and SaaS companies into definitive market leaders. STG currently has $2bn of assets under management. The firm's portfolio companies generate a total of ~$2.7bn in revenue and employ ~17,000 people.
  • Selected Investment Experience:
  • System C's acquisition of The Learning Clinic (TLC)

Barclays capital

2 roles

Investment Banking Analyst - Global TMT Group

Promoted

Jan 2013Jan 2015 · 2 yrs · New York City Metropolitan Area

  • Global Technology, Media and Telecommunications Group (Corporate Finance and M&A)

Investment Banking Summer Analyst

May 2012Aug 2012 · 3 mos · New York City Metropolitan Area

  • Corporate Finance and M&A - Technology, Media and Telecommunications Group

Hsbc global banking and markets

Summer Analyst, Global Banking & Markets

Jun 2011Jul 2011 · 1 mo

  • Global Investment Research - Equities (Automobiles & Consumer Goods)

Tula technology inc. (in association with sequoia capital)

Project Manager (Cornell Venture Capital Team)

May 2011Sep 2011 · 4 mos

  • Manage 10 interns on a project with Tula Technology (a company funded by Sequoia Capital) through the Cornell Venture Capital Club's Internship program
  • Four-month project involved working with the CEO and the Vice President for Business Development, to develop a market strategy for the launch of the company's new product

Ubs investment bank

UBS Sophomore Symposium 2011

May 2011May 2011 · 0 mo · New York City Metropolitan Area

Cornell venture capital

Co-Founder and President

Jan 2010Jan 2013 · 3 yrs · Tompkins County, New York, United States

  • Currently sit on the advisory board as President Emeritus
  • President (October 2011 - May 2013):
  • Lead projects to deliver market research, strategy, due diligence, and investment analysis for VC firms including Sequoia Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, and New Enterprise Associates
  • Developed Johnson School academic credit based system for project work completed by our teams

Goldman sachs

Young Leaders Summit 2009

Jul 2009Jul 2009 · 0 mo · Hong Kong SAR

Education

Cornell University

B.A — Economics and Biology

UWC South East Asia

International Baccalaureate Diploma (High School)

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