Nightdragon Management Company, LLC
NightDragon is the leading venture capital firm for cybersecurity, security, safety, and privacy. We turn missions into market forces.
In the firm's own words, from its website.
81 additional team members, 37 additional co-investors and affiliates, 14 additional investments, funds and LPs, 3 events, 4 verified contacts (3 professional url, 1 firm phone)
Every relationship, signal and contact on this record, with the source on each.
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What matters now
- 3 dealswith DCVC
Invests most often alongside DCVC (3 shared deals) and Center15 Capital (2 shared deals).
pair last observed on record 1 Oct 2026, not a deal date · The firms it syndicates with are the likeliest to see the same deals and to fill out its rounds.
Measuredshared rounds and portfolio companies on recordFor Founders building a round, co-investorsCo-investors →
People to know
View all people- CIO and Privacy Officer, Western Carolina UniversityWhy: Chief investment officer: owns the allocation decisionNo route on file yet
- Managing MemberWhy: Named with investment responsibilityNo route on file yet
- Managing MemberWhy: Named with investment responsibilityNo route on file yet
Relationship network
145 connected entities7 observed rounds2 repeat counterparties1 dated round shown here, 2025
From financing rounds and every investor named in them, Form ADV and Form D filings, the firm's funds and team, and disclosed LP commitments in the venture capital graph. A round's amount is the size of the round, not money that moved between two investors.
Some relationships on this record are counted rather than named here. They open with the full profile.
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›How strength and recency are read
Co-investors are read from the rounds: three or more shared rounds is a strong observed relationship, two a repeat co-investor, one a single round. Funds and people are structural. Nothing is scored that a reader cannot check.
Darker lines were active in the last 24 months or are current; lighter lines are older or undated.
How am I connected?
Name your firm, a company or a person, and DFX finds the published routes to Nightdragon Management Company, LLC: a shared portfolio company or board, a prior employer, a co-investor, a shared LP or service provider. Every step is a filed or published record with its source; none is a guess about who knows whom.
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Investing
17 companies on record, 0 new in 12 months
Investments on record
What these amounts mean“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.Acquired, Public, Exited and Active are what the firm’s own portfolio card says, read on the date shown when you hover the chip; they are not deal dates. A company with no chip is one whose card states no outcome: DFX does not assume it is active.| Company | Round | Role | Partner | Round size | This investor | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| armada.ai | portfolio listing | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Oct 1, 2026 | Fact Firm website |
| Capella Space | portfolio listing | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Oct 1, 2026 | Fact Firm website |
| Classiq | portfolio listing | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Oct 1, 2026 | Fact Firm website |
Stated thesis versus observed behaviour
- 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
Team
85 current, 1 departed
Decision makers
- Matthew Martin · CIO and Privacy Officer, Western Carolina UniversityWhy this person: Chief investment officer: owns the allocation decision; Named with investment responsibility
Ranked by the role the firm or its filing states, a route on file and deals led. Every reason is read from the record, never inferred. Routes are published by the person or the firm (their bio, the team page or a filing) and are revealed on a plan; data bought from a provider is never shown, and a route printed at a firm the person has since left is held back.
Investment team
How the team is orderedPartners who lead rounds first (rounds led, then deals attributed, then seniority), then the rest of the investment team, then investor relations, finance and operations. A person named by two sources under two spellings is shown once.- Managing Member · 6 deals attributed
- Managing Member
- CIO and Privacy Officer, Western Carolina University
1 departed (kept with end dates)
- Steven Simonian · Chief Compliance Officer, Chief Financial Officer · Sep 1, 2019 to Nov 27, 2023 Inference
Contacts
1 firm phone, 3 professional url on record, each with its source. Values open with the complete profile.
Funds and LPs
3 vehicles, 0 LPs disclosed
Funds and vehicles
What these amounts meanGAV 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.| 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 | $14.6M Mar 27, 2026 | 2 | $0 of $15.0M | Sep 25, 2024 |
| Nightdragon Growth II, L.P. | Growth fund | 2022 form d first sale | Fundraising | $152M Mar 27, 2026 | 564 | $435M | Jun 3, 2025 |
| Nightdragon Growth I, L.P. | Growth fund | unknown | Unknown | $514M Mar 27, 2026 | 700 | $0 | Sep 2, 2020 |
Limited partners
Known LPs and allocators
What these amounts and dates areEach commitment is counted once across the pension tape and the allocator graph. A commitment date prints only when the source printed one; otherwise the row carries the report date. A foundation’s 990-PF line is a holding at fair value, never a commitment. Rows without a fund on the venture graph are commitments to this manager.Relationships across DFX
41 co-investors · on 1 other DFX graph
Co-investors
- 2026-10-013 shared deals · recurring
- 2026-10-012 shared deals · recurring
- 2026-10-012 shared deals · recurring
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Across DFX and the capital chainon 1 other DFX graph ShowHide
- The same institution is held on RIA and Wealth, matched by identifier. See which records
Nightdragon Management Company, LLC is the same institution as 1 record in RIA and Wealth.
The joined record opens with the product, beside every other relationship on this page.
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Evidence and history
8 dated events, 72 observations from 4 sources
Timeline
- Mar 27, 2026Ndgii Special Opportunities, L.P. first reported on Form ADV by Nightdragon Management Company, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $14,639,691
- Jan 1, 2024
- Jan 1, 2024Barbara Helen Massa joined Schedule A of Nightdragon Management Company, LLC as Chief Operating 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)
Identity and regulatory footprint
Address, phone, Form ADV filing and ownersForm ADV filed Mar 27, 2026 · 3 private fundsShowHide
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, CAadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Office address
- unknownadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Business phone
- unknownadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Website
- 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, adviser total
- $681Madviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder
Classification history
Classification history
Every classification this record has carried1 on recordShowHide
- Sep 12, 2026Growth investor (confirmed, 95%)Growth or late-stage vehicles only
Evidence
Every observation behind this profile, with its source, date and class
| Fact | Value | Effective | Class | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Why admitted | VC exemption, VC funds reported | Mar 27, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC exemption claimed | Venture capital fund adviser | Mar 27, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC exemption claimed | Venture capital fund adviser | Mar 6, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC adviser type | Exempt reporting adviser | Mar 27, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC adviser type | Exempt reporting adviser | Mar 27, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC adviser type | Exempt reporting adviser | Mar 6, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| First Form ADV filing | 2020-10-28 | Mar 27, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| First Form ADV filing | 2020-10-28 | Mar 6, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Adv history loaded | adv-hist-1+panel:2026-09-30 | Oct 1, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Adv history loaded | adv-hist-1+panel:2026-09-29 | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Adv history loaded | adv-hist-1+panel:2026-09-25 | Sep 26, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Adv history loaded | adv-hist-1+panel:2026-09-23 | Sep 24, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Adv history loaded | adv-hist-1+panel:2026-09-21 | Sep 23, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Adv history loaded | adv-hist-1+panel:2026-09-22 | Sep 23, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Adv history loaded | adv-hist-1 | Sep 12, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Latest Form ADV filing | 2026-03-27 | Mar 27, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Latest Form ADV filing | 2026-03-27 | Mar 27, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Latest Form ADV filing | 2024-03-06 | Mar 6, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC status | ERA - Active | Mar 27, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC status effective | 2023-04-18 | Mar 27, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture share of reported funds | 1 | Mar 27, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture share of reported funds | 1 | Mar 6, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Business phone | Mar 27, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Business phone | Mar 6, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Contact page url | Oct 1, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Contact page url | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Description | Oct 1, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Description | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Description | Sep 15, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Headquarters | San Francisco, CA | Mar 27, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, CA | Mar 6, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Office address | Mar 27, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Office address | Mar 6, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Legal form | Limited Liability Company | Mar 27, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Legal form | Limited Liability Company | Mar 6, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Portfolio page | Oct 1, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Portfolio page | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Portfolio page | Sep 15, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Private funds reported | 3 | Mar 27, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private funds reported | 3 | Mar 27, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private funds reported | 2 | Mar 6, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private fund gross assets (reported) | $681M | Mar 27, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private fund gross assets (reported) | $681M | Mar 27, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private fund gross assets (reported) | $536M | Mar 6, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Schedule a diff | sadiff-1 | Mar 27, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Stated geography | global “geography words on the home page” | Oct 1, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated geography | global “geography words on the home page” | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated geography | global “geography words on the home page” | Sep 15, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated sectors | AI, energy, defense, cybersecurity, quantum “sector words on the home page” | Oct 1, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated sectors | AI, energy, defense, cybersecurity, quantum “sector words on the home page” | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated sectors | AI, energy, defense, cybersecurity, quantum “sector words on the home page” | Sep 15, 2026 | Fact | |
| Team page | Oct 1, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Team page | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Team page | Sep 15, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Venture funds reported | 3 | Mar 27, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture funds reported | 3 | Mar 27, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture funds reported | 2 | Mar 6, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Website | Mar 6, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Site title | Oct 1, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Site title | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Site title | Sep 15, 2026 | Fact |
How this is scored
Scores, classification basis and filing advisersGrowth investor, confirmedShowHide
Growth or late-stage vehicles only
- importance
- gav: 0.56 · funds: 0.25 · people: 1 · investments: 0.51 · co investors: 0.65
- active deployment
- investments 12m: 0.13 · fund raising 18m: 0 · people joined 12m: 0 · vintage within 3y: 1 · latest investment at: 2025-12-18
- emerging manager
- fund count: 3 · reported gav: $681M · first adv filing: 2020-10-28 · years since first filing: 5.9
Fits, record history and connections
scored matches for this investor, every identity change, every edge
Record history
- Adviser's first ADV filing2020-10-28source on record
The ledger records every merge, rename and reclassification this record went through and the dated filings observed on it, so the identity on this page can be traced to the records it was built from. The ledger's own sentences name other records, so they show with the names.