Investing Profile

Ken Elefant

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Managing Director, Ventures at Sorenson Capital

sorensoncapital.com/team_memb...Menlo Park, California

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Networks Ken is a member of

Harvard Business School Network

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The Wharton School Network

429 CONNECTIONS

Apple Network

166 CONNECTIONS

Intel Corporation Network

138 CONNECTIONS

Battery Ventures Network

73 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position

Sorenson Capital Managing Director

Investment Range

$3.0M - $5.0M

Sweet Spot

$4.0M

Investments On Record

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Ken Elefant's Investments On Record (17)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
VulnCheck	Series BFeb 2026$25M Series AMar 2025$12M SeedApr 2024$5M	$45M
Co-investors: Arun Chetty (Intel Capital), Mark Hatfield (Ten Eleven Ventures), Oliver Friedrichs (CrowdStrike), Katie Gray
Planera	Series AOct 2025$8M Series AAug 2024$14M SeedMay 2023$5M	$27M
Co-investors: Shashank Saxena (Bowery Capital), Kaustubh Pandya (Brick & Mortar Ventures)
StrongestLayer	SeedJul 2025$5M	$5M
SmartSuite	Series AFeb 2025$13M	$13M
Co-investors: Seth Corder (High Alpha), Scott Dorsey (High Alpha)
Talon Cyber Security	Series AAug 2022$100M SeedJan 2022$17M	$140M
Co-investors: David Gussarsky (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Zohar Zisapel (Radian Capital), Nadav Zafrir (Team8), Ravi Mhatre (Anthropic), Michael Shaulov (Cyberstarts VC), Yevgeny Dibrov (Cyberstarts VC), Richard Seewald (Evolution Equity Partners), Nadir Izrael (Cyberstarts VC), Jake Seid (Ballistic Ventures), Jay Leek (Syngenta Ventures), George Kurtz, Assaf Rappaport, Ameet Patel
Vectice	Series AJan 2022$13M	$16M
Co-investors: Phil Boyer (Crosslink Capital), Michael Neril (Spider Capital)
Evo Security	SeedJan 2022$4M	$5M
Co-investors: Chris Ahern (Strategic Cyber Ventures), Hank Thomas (Strategic Cyber Ventures), Justin Label
CyCognito	Series CDec 2021$100M Series BJul 2020$30M Series ANov 2019$18M SeedJan 2018$5M	$150M
Co-investors: Eric Wolford (Accel), John Thompson (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Arif Janmohamed (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Ashvin Bachireddy (SV Angel), Lia Cromwell (UpWest), Gil Ben-Artzy (UpWest), Shuly Galili (UpWest), Dan Scheinman (Scheinman Angel Fund), Larsen Jensen (Harpoon), William Allen (Harpoon), Umesh Padval (Thomvest Ventures)

Ken Elefant's Experience

Investor Sandfly Security2023 - Present

Investor VulnCheck2022 - Present

Investor Planera, Inc2022 - Present

Investor Evo Security2021 - Present

Investor Vectice2021 - Present

Investor Airgap Networks Inc.2021 - Present

Investor Talon Cyber Security2021 - Present

Investor Qualio2020 - Present

Investor Acceldata2020 - Present

Investor SupportLogic2019 - Present

Investor CloudKnox Security Inc2019 - Present

Investor Bridgecrew2019 - Present

Investor Paperspace2018 - Present

Investor CyCognito2018 - Present

Investor Octarine2017 - Present

Investor Openpath Security Inc.2017 - Present

Managing Director, Ventures Sorenson Capital2017 - Present

Investor Carbon Black, Inc.2015 - Present

Investor Venafi2015 - Present

Investor DocuSign2015 - Present

Investor Vectra Networks, Inc.2014 - Present

Investor Gigya2014 - Present

Investor ForeScout Technologies2013 - Present

Investor AlienVault2013 - Present

Investor BrightEdge2012 - Present

Business Development ApplePresent

Director, Int'l Sales & Marketing Radius Innovation & DevelopmentPresent

Managing Director & VP (Software & Security Groups) Intel CorporationPresent

Investor BrightedgePresent

Investor ForeScout Technologies Inc.Present

Investor Carbon BlackPresent

Investor Venafi, a CyberArk CompanyPresent

Investor DocusignPresent

Investor CloudKnox Security Inc. (Acquired by Microsoft Corporation)Present

Investor acceldataPresent

Investor Talon (by Palo Alto Networks)Present

Investor Airgap Networks Inc. (Acquired by Zscaler)Present

Investor Planera IncPresent

Investor MedopadPresent

Investor Vectra AIPresent

Investor Airgap Networks Inc., a Zscaler CompanyPresent

Partner and Co-Founder Sorenson CapitalPresent

Investor Fortscale2014 - 2018

Investor TrapX Security2015 - 2017

Investor Arrayent, Inc.2013 - 2017

Managing Director & VP (Software & Security Groups) Intel Capital2011 - 2017

Investor Prelert (acquired by Elastic)2014 - 2016

Investor AtHoc (acquired by Blackberry)2012 - 2015

Investor Prolexic (acquired by Akamai)2013 - 2014

Investor Solera Networks (acquired by Blue Coat Systems)2012 - 2013

General Partner Opus Capital2005 - 2011

Sr. Associate Lightspeed Venture Partners2001 - 2005

Kauffman Fellow and Senior Associate Battery Ventures1999 - 2001

Director, Int'l Sales & Marketing Radius Inc.1994 - 1997

Business Development Apple (Claris Corp)1991 - 1994

Ken Elefant's Education

The Wharton School BS Economics

Harvard Business School MBA Entrepreneurship

Investors who invest with Ken Elefant

Brick & Mortar Ventures

Scouts & Angels Affiliated With Ken Elefant

Evolution Equity Partners