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Brightmind Partners

Venture Capital Firm · New York, United States · Founded 2024 · Website ↗

#10

Brightmind Partners

New York, United States

75.5/100
6Deals tracked
2Last 90 days
$171MDisclosed value
2026-09-29Latest deal
Deal flow 40%87
Capital 20%71
Momentum 20%82
Stage breadth 10%50
Portfolio quality 10%52
Website
brightmindpartners.com
HQ
New York, United States

What they've been doing

  • 2026-09-29 Rig Security Seed · $12M
  • 2026-07-20 Empirical Series A · $25M
  • 2026-06-10 Pi Early Stage · $24M
  • 2026-06-10 Aryon Series A · $29M
  • 2026-04-15 Artemis Seed & Series A · $70M
  • 2026-03-24 Onit Seed · $11M

Where they play

Seed (3) Series A (2)

Risk & Compliance (2) AI Agent Security (1) SecOps & IR (1) Application Security (1)

Median disclosed deal size in tracked deals: $25M

Frequent co-investors

Ten Eleven Ventures, First Round, Felicis, Hetz Ventures, Third Point Ventures

Their stated approach

Focus
Cybersecurity and AI infrastructure; operator-led
Stage
Seed and Series A

Co-founded in 2024 by cybersecurity operators Stephen Ward and Gur Talpaz; its first fund opened in October 2024. Some sources place its headquarters in Austin.

Sources: Crunchbase - Brightmind Partners · PitchBook - Brightmind Partners

Ranked #10 of 100 venture capitalists on tracked activity (2026-01-06 to 2026-10-01). See the full ranking and how scores work →