Security Leadership Capital
5655 Silver Creek Valley Rd., #550, San Jose, CA, 95138, United States
Overview
SLC invests in early-stage companies where cybersecurity will be a critical enabler for success. The firm seeks to partner with a wide range of what would be considered “standalone” cybersecurity companies as well as other sectors that require a strong cybersecurity foundation to differentiate their offering, e.g. fintech, healthcare IT, blockchain, and cloud/datacenter infrastructure.
- Total investments
- 1
- Lead investments
- 0
- Investments · 12mo
- 0
- Active investors
- 1
Sector focus
- Cyber Security
Investment portfolio
- DeepFactor
Participated · Series A · Sep 2021
DeepFactor offers a self-hosted observability platform that inspects telemetry events in threads, processes, and containers to surface code anomalies and security risks in running applications. The product integrates with tools like CircleCI, Slack, and Jira and stores telemetry in a portal with user-specified retention for trend analysis and investigations. The company positions its solution as developer-friendly, aiming to reduce alert fatigue and provide application-contextual insights missing from many first-generation container security tools. DeepFactor claims more than 20 enterprise clients across media, IT, SaaS, and public sector verticals. The startup employed about 20 people in the U.S. and India and plans to expand to around 30, prioritizing engineering, sales, and marketing hires. Financially, the company has raised capital to support ongoing product development and the planned launch of a software-as-a-service offering.
Team
Sathvik Krishnamurthy
Founder, Managing Partner
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