NightDragon

Venture Capital Active San Francisco, United States Est. 2012
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Last updated 2026-06-18
Portfolio
5
in our dataset
Rounds participated
6
Rounds led
1
Rounds' value
$202.0M
total disclosed, rounds participated
Stages
G Round, D Round, B Round, C Round, F Round, E Round

About

NightDragon is an investment and advisory firm focused on investing in growth and late-stage companies within the cybersecurity, safety, security, and privacy industry. NightDragon is unique in providing deep operational expertise in cybersecurity gained by its founders Dave DeWalt and Ken Gonzalez from years serving as senior executives leading technology companies such as Documentum, EMC, Siebel Systems (Oracle), McAfee, Mandiant, Avast, and FireEye. NightDragon seeks to close the gap between offense and defense by deploying capital and expertise towards companies providing leading solutions to better protect governments, organizations and individuals. Companies can use the firm's NightScale platform that creates value and advances growth around talent, go-to-market, marketing, government and more.

Portfolio · 5

Source Defense
Third-party Attack Protection for Websites
1 round $27.0M committed Latest: 2022-04
Thrive DX
Cybersecurity Education Platform
Led ★ 1 round Latest: 2022-01
SAM Seamless Network
Cybersecurity Solution for Home and Small Business Networks
2 rounds $32.0M committed Latest: 2021-05
ObserveIT
Insider Threat Detection and Mitigation Solutions
1 round $33.0M committed Latest: 2018-07
Classiq Technologies
Quantum Computing Software
1 round $110.0M committed

Q&A

What is NightDragon's investment focus?
NightDragon is an investment and advisory firm focused on investing in growth and late-stage companies within the cybersecurity, safety, security, and privacy industry.
What stages of investment does NightDragon typically participate in?
NightDragon participates in G, D, B, C, F, and E Rounds of investment.
Where is NightDragon headquartered?
NightDragon is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.
When was NightDragon founded?
NightDragon was founded in 2012.
What unique expertise does NightDragon offer to its portfolio companies?
NightDragon provides deep operational expertise in cybersecurity, gained by its founders Dave DeWalt and Ken Gonzalez from years serving as senior executives leading technology companies such as Documentum, EMC, Siebel Systems (Oracle), McAfee, Mandiant, Avast, and FireEye.
How does NightDragon support the growth of its portfolio companies?
Companies can use NightDragon's NightScale platform, which creates value and advances growth around talent, go-to-market, marketing, and government.
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