Investing Profile

Gerhard Eschelbeck

InvestorAngel
Cybersecurity Executive, Advisor, Board Member
San Francisco Bay Area
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Current Investing Position
Angel
Investment Range
$5K - $50K
Sweet Spot
$25K
Investments On Record
19

Gerhard Eschelbeck is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Gerhard Eschelbeck's Investments On Record (15)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Empirical Security
SeedJul 2025$12M
$12M
Co-investors: John Cowgill (Costanoa Ventures)
Terra Security
SeedApr 2025$8M
$38M
Co-investors: Gil Zimmermann (2048 Ventures), Jay Leek (Syngenta Ventures), Shai Horovitz (Cyberstarts VC), Ohad Bobrov (Cyberstarts VC), Ofer Ben-Noon (Cyberstarts VC), Brian Devaney (Underscore VC), Yossi Matias
Knostic
SeedMar 2025$11M
$14M
Co-investors: Raj Shah (Shield Capital), Jeremy Yap (Causal), Kevin Mahaffey (Lookout), Reshma Sohoni (Seedcamp)
Cyberhaven
Series CJun 2024$88M
$230M
Co-investors: Satish Dharmaraj (Redpoint Ventures), Fred Wang (Trinity Ventures), Ethan Choi (Khosla Ventures), Jake Flomenberg (Wing Venture Capital), John Cowgill (Costanoa Ventures), In Sik Rhee (Rembrandt Venture Partners), Joe Raczka (York IE), Kyle York, Alex Stamos
Sweet Security
SeedAug 2023$12M
$120M
Co-investors: Kobi Samboursky (Glilot Capital Partners), Richard Seewald (Evolution Equity Partners)
DevOcean
SeedMar 2022$6M
$6M
Co-investors: Kobi Samboursky (Glilot Capital Partners), Arik Kleinstein (Glilot Capital Partners), Zohar Alon (Cyberstarts VC), Ariel Maislos (Coho AI)
Fleet Device Management
SeedJan 2022$5M
$52M
Co-investors: Reid Christian (CRV), Mike Arpaia (Moonfire Ventures), Kevin Mahaffey (Lookout), Michael Sutton (Blu Venture Investors), Cindy Bi (CapitalX - Early Stage VC), Nico Waisman, David Kalt, Augusto Marietti, Zack Kanter, Guillermo Rauch, Dylan Field
Zenity
SeedNov 2021$5M
$60M
Co-investors: Sunil Kurkure (Intel Capital)

Gerhard Eschelbeck's Experience

Board Member Terra SecurityPresent
Board Member Crash OverridePresent
Board Member CraniumPresent
Chief Security Officer KodiakPresent
Board Member Acalvio TechnologiesPresent
Venture Advisor and Investor SVCI - Silicon Valley CISO InvestmentsPresent
Digital & Technology Advisor - Tokyo 2020, Paris 2024 International Olympic Committee – IOCPresent
Board Member OnapsisPresent
Chief Security Officer AuroraPresent
Member Of The Supervisory Board Deutsche BankPresent
Vice President Security & Privacy Engineering (CISO) GooglePresent
CTO & SVP SophosPresent
CTO & SVP Engineering WebrootPresent
CTO & VP Engineering QualysPresent
SVP Engineering McAfeePresent
VP Engineering McAfeePresent

Gerhard Eschelbeck's Education

Johannes Kepler Universität Linz MSc Computer Science