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Firms / Nightdragon Management Company, LLC
Nightdragon Management Company, LLC
NightDragon is the leading venture capital firm for cybersecurity, security, safety, and privacy. We turn missions into market forces.
growth or late-stage vehicles only
Importance
48
elevated
Active deployment
55
elevated
Emerging
0
low
Completeness
69
high
Freshness
100
high
Research priority
21
moderate
Identity and regulatory footprint
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, CAadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Office address
- 101 SECOND STREET, SUITE 1275, San Francisco, CA, 94105adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Business phone
- 415-658-7778adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Website
- https://nightdragon.com/
- SEC adviser type
- exempt reporting adviseradviserinfo.sec.gov
- SEC exemption claimed
- venture capital fund adviseradviserinfo.sec.govItem 2.B(1): advises solely venture capital funds
- Latest Form ADV
- Mar 27, 2026
- Private funds reported
- 3 (3 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Private fund gross assets
- $681Madviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder
- business phone
- 415-658-7778adviserinfo.sec.govpublished by the subject
Stated thesis versus observed behaviour
18 observed deals
Stated (the firm’s website)
- Sectors
- ai, energy, defense, cybersecurity, quantum
- Stages
- not stated or not yet read
- Geography
- global
- Check size
- not stated; DFX does not estimate checks from round sizes
Observed (from deals on record)
Stage at participation
series d plus 100%
Stage at first entry
series d plus 100%
Sectors
unknown 88%Other 6%Other Technology 6%
lead rate 0%follow-on rate 0%new logos, 12 months 18
Funds and vehicles
3 reported
| Vehicle | Type | Vintage | Lifecycle | Reported GAV | Owners | Form D sold | Latest Form D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NDGII Special Opportunities, L.P. | Opportunity fund | 2024 form d first sale | Early deployment | unknown | unknown | $0 of $15.0M | Sep 25, 2024 |
| Nightdragon Growth II, L.P. | Growth fund | 2022 form d first sale | Fundraising | $0 Mar 6, 2024 | 0 | $435M | Jun 3, 2025 |
| Nightdragon Growth I, L.P. | Growth fund | unknown | Unknown | $536M Mar 6, 2024 | 700 | $0 | Sep 2, 2020 |
GAV is the gross asset value the adviser reported on Form ADV for the vehicle, never the fund’s committed size and never dry powder. Form D sold is the amount sold as of the latest filing, never a final close.
Investment team
86 current, 1 departed
John Hibbs
AssociateBoard Advisor, Technology Start-up Advisor and Investor, Fortune 500 CISO
Shawn Mucklai
AssociateAssociate
Barbara Massa
Board or advisoryAdvisor
Kara Wilson
Board or advisorySenior Advisor, KKR; Former CMO, FireEye, Rubrik, Okta
Katherine Hennessey
Board or advisoryAdvisor
Omar Mir
Board or advisoryInternational Board Member, WWT, Advisor EMEA, Advisory Board Member
Ronald Greenberg
Board or advisorySenior Advisor at Brown & Weinraub, PLLC
Adam Gladsden
Founder or executiveCo-Founder and CEO, ConfigRisk Group
Darren Argyle
Founder or executiveCo-Founder and Board Chairman, Cyber Leadership Institute
Dave Baumgartner
Founder or executiveCEO & Founder, CounterMeasure Security
Jesse Whaley
Founder or executivePresident, CTO & CISO, Digital Cyber Forge
Jim Alkove
Founder or executiveCEO & CO-Founder, Oleria; Former Chief Trust Officer, Salesforce
Jimmy Sanders
Founder or executivePresident, ISSA International
Karen Robinson
Founder or executiveCEO and Founder, KWR Strategies
Kate Bell
Founder or executiveFounder, Kate Bell Strategies
Lisa Aaron
Founder or executiveFounder, Lisa Aaron Consulting
Mark Carney
Founder or executivePresident, Evolve Security
Marshall Heilman
Founder or executiveCEO, Dtex Systems; Former EVP and CTO, Mandiant
Raja Patel
Founder or executivePresident, Sophos
Russ Matijevich
Founder or executiveCEO, Matijevich International LLC
Troy Wilkinson
Founder or executiveFounder & Strategic Advisor, CISO Mentor, Kyber Technology; Founder and CEO, CYPRO
Courtney Dombek
Investor relationsHead of Investor Relations and Capital Formation
David Dewalt
Managing partnerManaging Member · since Sep 1, 2019
Kenneth W Gonzalez
Managing partnerManaging Member · since Sep 1, 2019
Nadav Zafrir
Managing partnerCEO, Checkpoint Software, Former Managing Partner, Team8 & Former Commander of Unit 8200
Nick Shevelyov
Managing partnerCEO and Managing Partner at vCSO, Former Chief Security Officer, Silicon Valley Bank
Jeff Zygmunt
OtherHead of IT Cybersecurity, Enstar Group
John Kindervag
OtherChief Evangelist, Illumio; Creator of Zero Trust
Alan Rosenburg
PartnerPartner, Hollis Public Affairs
Amy De Salvatore
PartnerSenior Partner, Business Development
Dorin Baniel
PartnerPartner, Israel
Hannah Huffman
PartnerPartner, Defense & Aerospace
Ken Gonzalez
PartnerManaging Director
Matthew Martin
PartnerCIO and Privacy Officer, Western Carolina University
Morgan Kyauk
PartnerManaging Director
Scott Howitt
PartnerCISO Advisor, Evolve Security; Former CIO, McAfee
Sharon Schusheim
PartnerCIO & VP Technical Services, Check Point Software Technologies
Almon Tse
Platform and operationsChief Information Officer, Saks Global (Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus, Bergdorf Goodman)
Audrey Laginess
Platform and operationsSenior Associate, Business Development and Platform
Barbara Helen Massa
Platform and operationsChief Operating Officer · since Jan 1, 2024
Dr. Christoph Peylo
Platform and operationsChief Cyber Security Officer, Bosch
Gerhard Eschelbeck
Platform and operationsChief Security Officer, Kodiak Robotics
Grant Bourzikas
Platform and operationsChief Security Officer and SVP, Cloudflare
Jairo Orea
Platform and operationsGlobal Chief Information Security Officer, Royal Caribbean Group
Jason Lish
Platform and operationsGlobal Chief Information Security Officer, Cisco
Kurt John
Platform and operationsChief Information Officer and Chief Security Officer, Con Edison
Michael Montoya
Platform and operationsChief Technology Operations Officer, F5
Michael Morgan
Platform and operationsChief Information Security Officer, Phillips 66
Noopur Davis
Platform and operationsGlobal CISO & Chief Product Privacy Officer & Corporate EVP, Comcast
Paul Stapleton
Platform and operationsChief Product Security Officer & Vice President Cyber Security Engineering, Dexcom
Prabhath Karanth
Platform and operationsSVP, Chief Security & Trust Officer, Greenlight
Ramy Houssaini
Platform and operationsChief Cyber Solutions Officer, Cloudflare, The Cyber Poverty Line Institute
Sarah Kuranda Vallone
Platform and operationsVP, Marketing
Sebastian Goodwin
Platform and operationsChief Trust Officer, Autodesk
Sridhar Jayanthi
Platform and operationsFormer CTO and Head of Engineering, NightDragon
Steve Pugh
Platform and operationsChief Information Security Officer, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE)
Therese Coutermarsh
Platform and operationsDirector of Operations
Tony Chow
Platform and operationsChief Compliance Officer · since Jan 1, 2024
Tony Chow
Platform and operationsHead of Finance
Vijay Bolina
Platform and operationsFormer Chief Information Security Officer, Google DeepMind
Dr. Bilyana Lilly
PrincipalDirector, Cyber Strategy Practice, Accenture
Fotis Papazafeiropoulos
PrincipalGroup Chief Information Security Officer / Group Cyber Security & Privacy Director, Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company
Julie Cullivan
PrincipalBoard Director
Renee Guttmann
PrincipalFounder & Principal-CISO, HIVE; Former CISO, Coca-Cola, Campbells Soup Company, Royal Carribean Cruises
Skip Sorrels
PrincipalField CTO/CISO, Claroty; Former Director of Cyber Security, Ascension
Tim Roemer
PrincipalCEO, GMI; Former Director of Homeland Security and CISO for the State of Arizona
Admiral Mike Rogers
Venture partnerVenture Partner
Chris Deverell
Venture partnerVenture Partner
Thomas Pompidou
Venture partnerVenture Partner
Brad Jones
Vice presidentCISO and VP of Information Security, Snowflake
Bradley J. Schaufenbuel
Vice presidentVice President and Chief Information Security Officer, Paychex, Inc.
Christopher D. Roberti
Vice presidentSenior Vice President for Cyber, Space, and National Security Policy, U.S. Chambers of Commerce
Dave Ruedger
Vice presidentBISO, VP of Product Security, Precisely
Demetrius Comes
Vice presidentVP Security, CISO, Squarespace
Dr. Adrian M. Mayers
Vice presidentVice President, Chief Information Security Officer, Premera Blue Cross
Dr. Ron Layton
Vice presidentExecutive Vice President and Global CSO, AEG
Edna Conway
Vice presidentFormer VP Chief Security & Risk Officer, Azure Infrastructure, Microsoft
Gary Hayslip
Vice presidentVP, Senior Security Advisor, Field CISO, Halcyon; Former Global CISO, Softbank Investment Advisors
Hanan Szwarcbord
Vice presidentVP, Chief Security Officer, Micron Technology
Jen Vasquez
Vice presidentVice President and Chief Information Security Officer, Evernorth Health Services
Jim Rabuck
Vice presidentVP, Business Development, National Security and Defense
John Sapp
Vice presidentVP, Information Security and CISO, Texas Mutual Insurance Company
Neil Boland
Vice presidentSenior Vice President of Technology, CISO, Major League Baseball (MLB)
Raynor Dahlquist
Vice presidentSenior Vice President, Cyber Security Leader, Booz Allen Hamilton
Rishi Tripathi
Vice presidentVP & Chief Technology & Security Officer, Mount Sinai
Vijaya Kaza
Vice presidentVP/GM, App & Ecosystem Trust, Google
1 departed (kept with end dates)
- Steven Simonian · Chief Compliance Officer, Chief Financial Officer · Sep 1, 2019 to Nov 27, 2023 Inference
Investments on record
18 edges, 17 companies, 0 partner-attributed
“This investor” is the amount disclosed for this investor alone; it is unknown unless a source said it. The round size is the whole round.
Co-investors
34 relationships from shared deals, counted for the whole firm
DCVC 3 shared · recurringSpace Angels 2 shared · recurringValor Equity Partners 2 shared · recurringGlynn Capital Management, LLC 2 shared · recurringCenter15 Capital LLC 2 shared · recurringCanaan Partners 2 shared · recurringPA Capital Management LLC 1 shared · one timeCity Light Capital Management III, LLC 1 shared · one timemark vc 1 shared · one timeXYZ Venture Capital 1 shared · one time137 Ventures Management, LLC 1 shared · one timeDenver Angels 1 shared · one timeHakluyt Capital Limited 1 shared · one timeDorm Room Fund 1 shared · one timeAdit Ventures Management, LLC 1 shared · one timeVenrex Investment Management LLP 1 shared · one timeSpark Growth Ventures 1 shared · one timeSeraphim Space Manager LLP 1 shared · one timeShield Capital, LLC 1 shared · one time · they led 1Prime Movers Lab LLC 1 shared · one timeAlleycorp Advisers, LLC 1 shared · one timeInstitutional Venture 1 shared · one timeTEN Eleven Ventures, LLC 1 shared · one timeWestly Group 1 shared · one timeEmergence Equity Management, Inc 1 shared · one timeECV Il Manco Limited 1 shared · one timeCross Creek Advisors, LLC 1 shared · one timeActivate Capital Partners 1 shared · one timeOpulentia Ventures M LLC 1 shared · one timeEnlightenment Capital 1 shared · one timePoint72 Ventures 1 shared · one time · they led 1Allegis Capital 1 shared · one timeMac Venture Capital 1 shared · one timeSVB Capital 1 shared · one time
Limited partners
0 disclosed
No LP commitment on record. An LP edge needs a public disclosure with a quote: a pension report (see Limited partners for the plans read), a fund announcement naming the LP, or a Form ADV owner. The fund page carries the LP’s reported performance.
Timeline
7 dated events
- Jan 1, 2024Barbara Helen Massa joined Schedule A of Nightdragon Management Company, LLC as Chief Operating Officer
- Jan 1, 2024Tony Chow joined Schedule A of Nightdragon Management Company, LLC as Chief Compliance Officer
- Nov 27, 2023Steven Joseph Simonian (Chief Compliance Officer, Chief Financial Officer) no longer on Schedule A of Nightdragon Management Company, LLC
- Nov 8, 2022Nightdragon Growth II, L.P. first reported on Form ADV by Nightdragon Administrative LLC (Venture Capital Fund)Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactNightdragon Growth II, L.P.SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Oct 28, 2020Nightdragon Administrative LLC first filed Form ADV (ERA, venture capital fund adviser exemption)First SEC adviser filingOrganizationFactSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Oct 28, 2020Nightdragon Growth I, L.P. first reported on Form ADV by Nightdragon Administrative LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $215,037,113Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactNightdragon Growth I, L.P.SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Sep 1, 2019Steven Joseph Simonian joined Schedule A of Nightdragon Administrative LLC as Chief Compliance Officer, Chief Financial Officer
Classification history
- Sep 12, 2026Growth investor (confirmed, 95%, cls-1)growth or late-stage vehicles only
Evidence
50 observations from 3 sources