Brightmind Partners

#10

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

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