Option3Ventures
200 Park Ave Ste 1700, New York City, New York, 10166, United States
Overview
Option3Ventures is a venture capital firm that specializes in finding and developing the most attractive investments at the frontiers of cybersecurity. The firm also invests in, manages, and provides growth support to the highest quality companies in the information security, management, and analytics sectors. It also brings a unique perspective to these industries, integrating the expertise and experience of its management and advisors in the United States National Security Community with their extensive operations and investment expertise gained in the technology industry and on Wall Street. Option3Ventures' management team combines specialized experience from the U.S. government/intelligence community, commercial IT industry, and investment banking. It was founded in 2014 and is based in New York.
- Total investments
- 1
- Lead investments
- 1
- Investments · 12mo
- 0
- Active investors
- 7
Sector focus
- Cyber Security
- Information Technology
- Venture Capital
Investment portfolio
- Dellfer
Led · Series A · Oct 2021
Dellfer delivers a holistic cybersecurity solution for the automotive industry that provides high-level visibility and granular, actionable insights to detect and thwart intrusions in vehicles. The company offers an easy-to-deploy, out-of-the-box product with a user-friendly dashboard for continual over-the-cloud monitoring. Dellfer positions itself as the first and only provider with this level of holistic visibility and traceability for auto manufacturers. It is prioritizing acceleration to market in the core automotive sector while planning early introduction into other IoT sectors. Strategic partners are expected to support operational and sales-channel efforts as the company scales. The company recently announced an $8M Series A investment from DENSO and Option3. Dellfer is a San Francisco, California–based IoT and automotive cybersecurity startup led by CEO James Blaisdell. The company focuses on cybersecurity solutions to defend against "zero day" attacks within connected networks such as deployed IoT devices and, in the future, connected vehicles. Dellfer received a significant investment from Denso; the amount and terms were not disclosed in the article. The company said it will use the proceeds to build out its development team. Dellfer also plans to begin discussions with early adopter customers, including DENSO. No operating metrics or revenue figures were reported.