"Greetings! Welcome to Forgepoint Capital's January newsletter. We hope this edition finds you well and thriving amidst the challenges of the past year. As we kick off the new year, we wanted to share some of our insights, thoughts, and updates with you. In this edition, you will find updates on our portfolio companies, reflections on the current state of technology and venture capital, and a glimpse into the future as we see it. Our goal is to keep you informed, engaged and up-to-date on the latest developments in our ever-evolving industry. So sit back, relax, and enjoy this edition of Forgepoint Capital's January newsletter." 

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ICYMI, we released our 2022 Year in Review. Take a look back at all we achieved together across the Forgepoint Family and community. Thank you for your continued support and collaboration. 

Financings and M&A.

Strata, a leader in multi-cloud identity orchestration, announced $26M in Series B financing led by Telstra Ventures with the continued participation of Forgepoint and Menlo Ventures. View the announcement and coverage in TechCrunch, VentureBeat, and SCMagazine. Funding will go to scale the Maverics platform and accelerate go-to-market initiatives. 

On January 31st we held our inaugural National Cyber Innovation Forum, cohosted with Carahsoft in partnership with Microsoft and Forescout. Over 110+ industry leaders joined us for an discussions about our US security strategy, evolving regulation and compliance, software assurance and our software supply chain, the reality of Zero Trust and securing the federal enterprise, and the continued importance of public-private partnerships. Many thanks to Forgepoint Advisory Council Member Craig Abod and the Carahsoft team for co-hosting and the collaboration across all sponsors. Learn More >

Latest Headlines.

Alberto Yépez shared perspective with Crunchbase News in Forecast: Cybersecurity Likely To See Valuation Cuts, But Demand Still Strong. Read More >

Fortune Magazine recognized Alberto Yépez as one of the Top 13 VCs Dominating in Cybersecurity Investing. Read More >

Alberto Yépez met with BankInfo Security/ISMG to share insights via this interview Now is an Ideal Time to Invest in Cyber. Watch Now >

TAG Cyber released its inaugural Fifty People to Watch in Cyber 2023, recognizing Alberto Yépez and Don Dixon as well as these industry leaders from the Forgepoint portfolio and Advisory Council:

• Rita Gurevich, CEO & Founder, SPHERE
• Gary McAlum, CISO, AIG
• Kevin Mandia, CEO, Mandiant
• Barmak Meftah, Founding Partner, Ballistic Ventures
• Roger Thornton, Founding Partner, Ballistic Ventures
• Ken Xie, CEO, Fortinet

Portfolio Company Updates.

1Kosmos Extends Leadership Position in Passwordless and Digital Identity Market in 2022. Read More >

Bishop Fox explores what offensive security experts are adding to their hacker tool kits and skillsets this year, from AI to blockchain. Learn More >

CyberCube shared how the insurance market will see greater partnerships with ILS fund managers as it transitions to Property, Casualty & Cyber for first cyber cat bond. Learn More >

Cyberhaven was highlighted in Bloomberg: When Employees Leave, Sensitive Data Often Leaves With Them. Read More > 

Ermetic Enables Organizations to Protect Cloud Workloads from Breaches by Exposing and Remediating High Risk Threats. Read More >

Huntress was named by BuiltIn as One of the Best Places to Work in 2023! And they're hiring. Learn More >

KSOC launches live monthly demos! Learn More >

NowSecure revealed the top Mobile Health (mHealth) apps with Poor Security. Learn More >

ReversingLabs shared insights with SC Media: Three lessons for DevOps from the CircleCI breach. Read More >

SolCyber CEO Scott McCrady joined Joe South for this Security Unfiltered Podcast about Security-as-a-Service and what businesses need to look out for. Read More >

SPHERE continues to scale with multiple exciting career opportunities. Explore Roles >

Strata shared critical guidance on How to make the most out of your 2023 IAM budget. Learn More >

Surefire Cyber CEO Billy Gouveia and COO Jerry Bessette, COO, are the newest members of NetDiligence®'s Cyber Insurance Ransomware Advisory Group. Learn More>

Uptycs updated its Resource Center for Modern Defenders. Learn More >

Whistic Provides Vendors with Free, Automated Security Information-Sharing. Learn More >

2/9 (TODAY 11 am PT / 2 pm ET) Cyberhaven will hold a webinar on Data security reimagined: beyond DLP and insider risk. Tune In >

2/14 Bishop Fox will show you how to avoid security heartbreak on Valentines Day with red teaming...tune in to see how it can be the ultimate "sanity check" for security leaders. Tune In >

2/14 Strata will host a webinar with HYPR entitled I Heart Passwordless. Learn how and why you should embrace passwordless authentication for greater peace of mind and security. Tune In >

2/20-21 Surefire Cyber COO Jerry Bessette will be speaking on the Human Behavioral Risks panel at NetDiligence's Cyber Risk Summit in Fort Lauderdale. Learn More >

2/22 ReversingLabs will host a webinar on Secrets Revealed: CircleCI's Breach and Lessons Learned. Tune In >

2/23 1Kosmos webinar on 5 Ways to Modernize Customer Onboarding and Defeat Account Takeover. Tune In >

2/23 & 3/2 KSOC will host two webinars on Unlocking Kubernetes Security. Tune In >

3/8 CyberCube will host a webinar on its Global Threat Briefing H1 2023. Tune In >

3/15-17 SPHERE will host its annual 360 Summit at Universal Studios in Orlando. Tune In >

3/20-22 Ermetic will present Leveraging CIEM to Secure Cloud Identities and Entitlements at Scale at the Gartner AIM Summit. Register Now >

ON DEMAND Whistic webinar on Building Trust Through Vendor Risk Management (VRM) and Compliance Automation. Watch Now >

Portfolio Company Jobs.

Looking for your next career opportunity or know someone who is? Browse or share our portfolio company job board, with 300 open roles across 30 innovative startups. 

Thank You.

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