Lookout Ventures
2 Wisconsin Circle, Suite 920, Chevy Chase, Maryland, 20815, United States
Overview
Lookout Ventures focuses on investing in early-stage companies, particularly from seed to Series A rounds. The firm primarily targets sectors such as cybersecurity, infrastructure software, managed service provider (MSP)/managed security service provider (MSSP) software, and vertical SaaS (software as a service) platforms.
- Total investments
- 5
- Lead investments
- 3
- Investments · 12mo
- 4
- Active investors
- 1
Sector focus
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Cyber Security
- Information Technology
- SaaS
- Software
Investment portfolio
- Platformr
Led · Safe · Jul 2026
Platformr provides an AI-enabled CloudOps platform purpose-built for AWS environments, combining a Foundation layer that automates delivery of Well-Architected AWS environments in minutes with an Optics AI suite that gives plain-English visibility into security posture, cost trends, compliance status, reliability, and resource health. The platform is aimed at helping MSPs and systems integrators scale services without scaling headcount by compressing discovery and accelerating time-to-value. Platformr reports partner-driven customer growth of 6X year over year. The company is investing the new funding to accelerate its AI roadmap and expand its presence across the AWS partner ecosystem. Customers and partners say the platform speeds onboarding and helps align goals and priorities before technical engagements. Platformr is headquartered in Bend, Ore.
- Arpio
Participated · Series A · Jun 2026
Arpio provides cloud-native recovery automation that enables enterprises to replicate, test, and recover cloud workloads automatically, aiming to replace manual, legacy disaster recovery approaches. Its platform allows customers to test recovery capabilities in minutes and outside maintenance windows to ensure recovery environments function properly. The company is led by CEO Doug Neumann and is headquartered in Durham, NC. Arpio plans to deepen integrations with AWS and Microsoft Azure and expand support to Google Cloud and other AI-native services. Financially, Arpio has just completed a $15M Series A round to fund this product and market expansion.
- Neo Agent
Led · Seed · Apr 2026
Neo Agent aims to be the first fully autonomous AI technician for MSPs, designed to work tickets, perform complex analysis, and communicate directly with end users. The product handles triaging, dispatching, running scripts, and can resolve tickets end-to-end without human intervention. It is trained to operate across the full MSP stack, including PSA, RMM, and Microsoft 365. The company reports more than 1 million workflow executions per month, reflecting meaningful operational usage. Neo Agent plans to use the seed funding to accelerate development, hire more people, and deepen its platform capabilities. Founder Nikhil Sehgal publicly announced the raise and credited early MSP customers for feedback and trust.
- Verisoul
Participated · Series A · Dec 2025
Austin-based Verisoul delivers an all-in-one fraud detection platform that combines real-time behavioral, device, network, and identity forensics to determine whether each user is “Real,” “Suspicious,” or “Fake.” Its spoof-resistant approach, scored by internally developed AI models and customer-specific rules, enables the company to win more than 80% of head-to-head technical evaluations against incumbent solutions. In just two years of commercialization the startup has grown from zero to 100+ customers, registering 6× year-over-year ARR growth and protecting clients such as Clay, Augment Code, and Morning Consult from hundreds of millions of AI-driven attacks. The product serves 12 industries, spanning advertising, market research, payments, and financial services. Verisoul was named Austin’s 2024 “Emerging Startup of the Year.” The company was founded by veterans of TransUnion, Meta, and Capital One and positions itself as the single source of truth for user integrity in high-growth businesses.
- Trustible
Led · Seed · Jun 2025
Trustible provides an AI governance platform that enables enterprises to identify, measure, and mitigate AI risk and accelerate safe, compliant AI adoption. The platform offers centralized oversight and control across internal and third‑party systems, integrated AI risk and compliance management with continuous monitoring and embedded workflows, and actionable intelligence and guided governance including taxonomies, recommendation models, and in‑app guidance. Trustible reports that 38% of its customers are from the Fortune 500, 62% are publicly traded companies, and over 87% have global operations; one Fortune 500 CPG customer doubled the number of AI use cases after adopting the platform. The company says it will scale its team and deepen product capabilities to support broader enterprise adoption. Headquartered in the Washington D.C. area, Trustible will use new capital to fuel its next stage of growth. Financially, the company announced a $4.6 million Series Seed financing to support these efforts. Trustible provides software to help organizations accelerate Responsible AI governance, aiming to maximize trust and manage risk as AI adoption grows. Founded by Gerald Kierce and Andrew Gamino-Cheong, the company empowers organizations to confidently adopt AI technologies amid evolving regulation. It is collaborating with a select group of pilot customers across the technology, financial services, and healthcare sectors. Trustible raised $1.6M in a First funding round to support its growth. The company intends to use the funds to scale its team, accelerate growth, and further develop its product.
Team
Matthew Bressler
Principal
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