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Sean Cunningham

Managing Director at ForgePoint Capital

San Francisco Bay Area

Overview 

Sean Cunningham is the Managing Director at ForgePoint Capital, with a strong background in private equity, venture capital, and angel investing. He has served on the boards of several successful companies and has made impactful investments in companies like Secure Code Warrior and ReversingLabs. Sean's career highlights include leading investments in high-growth companies like Secure Code Warrior in Series C and ReversingLabs in Series B, demonstrating his expertise in identifying and supporting successful ventures.

Work Experience 

  • Managing Director

    2015 - 2024

    ForgePoint Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage companies leveraging emerging technologies in cybersecurity. The firm is focused on addressing the most pressing cybersecurity challenges facing individuals, businesses and governments. Mr. Cunningham currently is an investor and Board Member of Zero Fox ZFOX, Anitian, DeepSee.ai, Cloudentity, Reversing Labs and Secure Code Warrior (Board Observer). Formerly BoD and investor in Prevoty (acquired by Imperva), Appthority (acquired by Symantec) and ID Experts (Acquired by ZFOX)

Forgepoint Capital is a venture capital management company to invest in cybersecurity startups mainly in Europe, Latin America and Israel.

  • Board of Director, Observer

    2019 - 2024

  • Board Member

    2019 - 2024

Delivering the fastest path to security and compliance in the cloud.

Raised $76,000,000.00 from Forgepoint Capital and Sageview Capital.

  • Member Board Of Directors

    2017 - 2024

ReversingLabs is the Trusted Name in File and Software Security

Raised $81,000,000.00 from Crosspoint Capital Partners, Prelude Fund and Forgepoint Capital.

  • Member Board Of Directors

    2021 - 2023

DeepSee.ai is an AI-powered Knowledge Process Automation company.

Raised $22,600,000.00 from AllegisCyber, Forgepoint Capital and Signal Peak Ventures.

  • Board Member

    2020 - 2023

  • Member Board Of Directors

    2022 - 2023

  • Member Board of Directors

    2016 - 2022

    Acquired by ZFOX

IDX is a consumer privacy platform that enables consumers to take control of their privacy and identity.

Raised $47,000,000.00 from Comerica Incorporated and Escalate Capital Partners.

  • Member Board of Directors

    2016 - 2018

    Acquired by Symantec

Appthority is the global leader in enterprise mobile threat protection. We keep security teams informed, employees productive and enterpr

Raised $25,250,000.00 from Forgepoint Capital, U.S. Venture Partners, Bluecoat, Venrock, U.S. Venture Partners, Bluecoat and Venrock.

  • Member Board Of Directors

    2017 - 2018

    Acquired by Imperva

DevOps-oriented application security solution.

Raised $23,400,000.00 from Trident Capital and U.S. Venture Partners.

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