Lockstep Ventures
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Lockstep Ventures is a venture capital firm founded by practicing CISOs that invests in early-stage cybersecurity, AI, and infrastructure startups. It provides hands-on guidance and network access to portfolio companies.
Lockstep Ventures is a venture capital firm headquartered in Palo Alto, United States. It invests directly in companies, from seed to Series A, in cybersecurity, AI and infrastructure.
“our mission is to harness our profound cybersecurity expertise and unparalleled network to identify and invest in innovative technologies that secure and advance the digital landscape.”
— Lockstep Ventures, own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Venture capital
- Headquarters
- Palo Alto, United States
- Sectors
- cybersecurity, AI, infrastructure
- How to reach it
- Its contact page on its own site
Team, as Lockstep Ventures publishes it
- Rinki Sethi Founding Partner & CISO
- Lucas Moody Founding Partner & CISO
- James Serassio Operating Partner
- Katelyn Ruby Head of Community & Engagement
Names and roles exactly as listed on lockstep.vc. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Most shared portfolio companies with
Derived from portfolio pages both investors publish themselves: each pair below lists at least one company in common. 12 investors with a shared portfolio company. A shared company is not proof they invested together in the same round.
- Amplify Partners 1 shared company: arxiv.org
- Ensemble VC 1 shared company: arxiv.org
- Grão 1 shared company: arxiv.org
- Lowercarbon Capital 1 shared company: arxiv.org
- Better Capital 1 shared company: matters.ai
- Endiya Partners 1 shared company: matters.ai
- Kalaari Capital 1 shared company: matters.ai
- Energy Impact Partners 1 shared company: vanishid.com
- Rally Ventures Management, LLC 1 shared company: vanishid.com
- Operator Collective Management, L.L.C. 1 shared company: glow.io
and 2 more — the graph.
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page Lockstep Ventures publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://www.lockstep.vc/name, is_investor, layer, type, thesis_quote, thesis_quote_page, description, status, confidence, approach_url, stage_min
- https://www.lockstep.vc/abouthq_country, hq_city, sectors, people
Record 8457 · added 2026-09-29 · link last verified 2026-10-21 · confidence high
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