Investing Profile

Dave DeWalt

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Founder & Managing Director at NightDragon

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Networks Dave is a member of

Katapult Accelerator Network

1196 CONNECTIONS

University of Delaware Network

25 CONNECTIONS

University of Delaware Network

25 CONNECTIONS

Team8 Network

24 CONNECTIONS

McAfee Network

23 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position

NightDragon Managing Director

Investment Range

$25.0M - $60.0M

Sweet Spot

$25.0M

Investments On Record

Dave DeWalt is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Analytics (Series B)Analytics (Series A)Cloud Infrastructure (Series B)Cloud Infrastructure (Series A)Analytics (Seed)Cloud Infrastructure (Seed)San Francisco Bay Area Cybersecurity (Series B)Cybersecurity (Seed)Cybersecurity (Series A)

Dave DeWalt's Investments On Record (19)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Horizon3.ai	Series EAug 2026$250M	$530M
Co-investors: Aaron Jacobson (New Enterprise Associates (NEA)), Ilya Kirnos (SignalFire), Alexander Rosen (Ridge Ventures (Formerly known as IDG Ventures USA)), Alex Rosen (Ridge Ventures (Formerly known as IDG Ventures USA)), Kevin Gabura (Craft Ventures), Dorin Baniel (NightDragon)
Blackbird.AI	Series BJan 2026$28M Series UnknownJul 2024	$48M
Co-investors: Dave Palmer (Ten Eleven Ventures)
HawkEye 360	Series EDec 2025$150M Series CApr 2021$55M	$690M
Co-investors: Mark Spoto (Razor's Edge Ventures), Steve Pann (Hotmail), John Serafini (Shield Capital), Matt Thoms (Bolt), Sunny Midha (Greycroft), Chad Anderson (Space Capital), Ludwig Schulze (Castor Ventures (an Alumni Ventures Fund)), Peter Bordes (Trajectory Ventures), Jeremy Hitchcock (New North Ventures), Andrew Padilla (Alumni Ventures Group)
Human Security	Series UnknownOct 2024$50M Series UnknownJan 2022$100M	$280M
Co-investors: Eric Anderson (Scale Venture Partners), Sam Baker (Scale Venture Partners), Ariel Tseitlin (Scale Venture Partners), Joydeep Bhattacharyya (Canaan Partners), Jay Leek (Syngenta Ventures), Kevin Marcus (WestCap), Steve Fredrick (Grotech Ventures), Philip Eliot (Paladin Capital Group), Gibb Witham (Hack The Box), Shelley Zhuang (11.2 Capital)
Rhombus Systems	Series CJul 2024$45M	$87M
Co-investors: Sharon Wienbar (Scale Venture Partners), Michael Stoppelman (Self-employed), Bobby Yazdani (Cota Capital), Lolita Taub (Ganas Ventures)
RapidSOS	Series CMar 2024$75M Series CSep 2022$75M	$350M
Co-investors: Sameer Reddy (Energy Impact Partners), Louis Beryl (Andreessen Horowitz), Nikitas Koutoupes (Insight Partners), Michael Madden (Alumni Ventures ), Dan Nova (Highland Transcend Partners), Dillon McDonald (Enjoy The Work), Julius Genachowski (The Carlyle Group), Mike Jackson (Earthshot Ventures), Tom Meyer (Castor Ventures (an Alumni Ventures Fund)), Timothy Wang (Keymaker), Ludwig Schulze (Castor Ventures (an Alumni Ventures Fund)), Chris Sklarin (Castor Ventures (an Alumni Ventures Fund)), Anton Simunovic (Moving Capital), Brian Keil (Chestnut Street Ventures), Todd Cozzens (Transformation Capital), Tom Porter (aCrew Capital)
Immuta	Series EJun 2022$100M	$260M
Co-investors: Mark Rostick (Intel Capital), Stefan Williams (Snowflake Ventures), Daniel Docter (Dell Technologies Capital), Jed Leidheiser (March Capital), Mark Bailey (Venrock), Will Szczerbiak (Greycroft), Andrew Jenks (Drive Capital), Victoria Cheng (PruVen Capital), Mark Hatfield (Ten Eleven Ventures)
ThriveDX	Series UnknownJan 2022$80M	$80M

Dave DeWalt's Media (1)

Former McAfee CEO ups the cybersecurity ante with $750M venture fund | PitchBook

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Dave DeWalt's Experience

Founder & Managing Director NightDragon2017 - Present

Partner, Investor, & Board Member Team82017 - Present

President & CEO Katapult AcceleratorPresent

Vice Chairman IllusivePresent

Board Advisor CallsignPresent

Vice Chairman Optiv IncPresent

Vice Chairman Of The Board Phantom CyberPresent

Managing Director AllegisCyber CapitalPresent

Vice Chairman SafeGuard Cyber – Digital Risk ProtectionPresent

Vice Chairman ObserveITPresent

Vice Chairman JASK (now Sumo Logic)Present

Chairman SAM Seamless NetworkPresent

Chairman Airspace Systems Inc.Present

Vice Chairman ibossPresent

Vice Chairman Onapsis Inc.Present

Vice Chairman Cybereason, A LevelBlue CompanyPresent

Vice Chairman White OpsPresent

Vice Chairman, CISA Advisory Council, Department of Homeland Security U.S. Department of Homeland SecurityPresent

Member Board of Directors ExelonPresent

President & CEO DocumentumPresent

President & CEO McAfeePresent

Chairman & CEO FireEye Inc.Present

Chairman & CEO FireeyePresent

Founder & CEO NightDragonPresent

Founder & Executive Chairman Momentum CyberPresent

Dave DeWalt's Education

University of Delaware Doctorate of Science (Honorary 2015) Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services

University of Delaware Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science

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