Sid Trivedi, Partner at Foundation Capital on Cybersecurity Investing

Sid Trivedi is a Partner at Foundation Capital. ~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Verivend. If you’re a GP or LP looking to simplify the capital raising and deployment process, Verivend is here to help. Trusted by over 800 funds and managing more than $2 billion in transactions, Verivend offers a secure, streamlined payments platform designed specifically for private capital markets. Say goodbye to manual reconciliation and repeated follow-ups - raise and deploy capital faster and with greater transparency. Ready to make your fund operations smoother? Visit https://bit.ly/3GrB4Qj and see how easy it can be.~~~~~Sid leads early-stage investments in enterprise software and cybersecurity. With experience spanning Wall Street (Barclays Capital), private equity (Symphony Technology Group), and venture capital (Omidyar Technology Ventures), Sid brings a unique perspective to building category-defining companies. At Foundation Capital, he has backed market leaders including DevZero, Stacklet, Neurelo, AirMDR, Prime Security, Levo, Permiso, Anvilogic, and Fortanix, with notable exits including CloudKnox (acquired by Microsoft), Respond Software (acquired by FireEye), and MistNet (acquired by LogRhythm). Beyond investing, Sid curates Foundation's IT + Security Dinner Series for Fortune 2,000 executives, co-founded and co-hosts the Inside the Network podcast, and serves on advisory boards for Entrepreneurship at Cornell and the California Israel Chamber of Commerce. A Cornell University graduate (magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa) with a Bachelor's in Economics and Biological Sciences, Sid's global perspective was shaped by growing up across Asia during the mobile revolution, where his father's work at Nokia provided early exposure to transformative technology innovation.Topics:

• Why cybersecurity is the next trillion-dollar market
• The intersection of AI and cybersecurity
• What Fortune 2000 CIOs actually want from security startups

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