Sid Trivedi
Partner at Foundation Capital, leading the firm’s cybersecurity focus and investing early-stage across the enterprise software stack (applications to infrastructure).
Background
- Role: Partner at Foundation Capital (Palo Alto / San Francisco), focused on early-stage investments in cybersecurity, cloud infrastructure, developer tools, and IT operations.
- Prior experience: Investment professional at Omidyar Technology Ventures and at Symphony Technology Group (Palo Alto private equity in software/data analytics); started on Wall Street at Barclays Capital advising tech/media/telecom companies on M&A and debt/equity financings.^[single-source — earlier HSBC role per Evalyze]
- Investment focus: Seed to Series A early-stage, primarily cybersecurity and enterprise/IT infrastructure.
- Portfolio (current/active): DevZero, Stacklet, Neurelo, AirMDR, Prime Security, Levo, Permiso, Anvilogic, Fortanix.
- Notable exits: Attivo Networks (acquired by SentinelOne), CloudKnox (acquired by Microsoft), Respond Software (acquired by Mandiant/FireEye), MistNet (acquired by LogRhythm).
- Community: Curates Foundation Capital’s IT + Security Dinner Series, a recurring gathering of Fortune 2000 CTOs/CIOs/CISOs; co-founded CyberSeed (cybersecurity founder community); co-hosts the Inside the Network podcast; serves on advisory boards including Cornell Entrepreneurship, the California Israel Chamber of Commerce, and the Cornell Venture Capital Club (co-founder).
- Education: Cornell University (Phi Beta Kappa, magna cum laude).^[single-source]
- Writing: Contributor to TechCrunch on cybersecurity and IT risk topics.
Related
- Foundation Capital — the firm where Trivedi is a Partner.