Lytical Ventures
New York, New York · Invests in US · Website
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Every enterprise needs a technological advantage to survive. We invest in early-stage cybersecurity and data technologies essential to enterprise survival, not nice-to-have features.
Likely not a fit for
No hype plays with weak products, one-time solutions without sustainability, or teams lacking relevant cybersecurity/data domain expertise
How they invest
- Lead or follow
- Usually leads
- Typical decision
- ~2 weeks
- Warm intro
- Not required
- Involvement
- Takes a board seat
- Fund status
- Actively deploying
- Decision process
- Investment Committee
Partners & team
4 contacts on file
Portfolio
RAD Security provides an AI-driven security platform that automates security processes and enhances evidence-based security management.
ThreatKey is a leading SaaS and cloud security provider specializing in providing advanced security posture management solutions to businesses and organizations across industries. Our team of seasoned cybersecurity experts is dedicated to helping our clients identify and mitigate potential cyber threats before they can cause harm. At ThreatKey, we understand the critical importance of staying ahead in today's digital landscape. That's why we leverage cutting-edge technology and data analytics to
LimaCharlie is a cloud-native SecOps platform that empowers security teams by providing modular, on-demand cybersecurity capabilities such as endpoint protection, log ingestion, detection, automation, and response. It focuses on transparency, flexibility, and practitioner control, allowing for rapid deployment and seamless integration.
HackNotice delivers real-time, operational intelligence on the threats targeting your organization, your employees, and your entire supply chain. It provides actionable intelligence to prevent account takeover and enhance cybersecurity posture.
TrueFort is the real-time zero trust application protection platform that is purpose-built to secure dynamic and complex application environments cloud-to-ground, leveraging CrowdStrike telemetry, advanced behavioral analysis, machine intelligence and automation to reduce excessive trust and related risks.
Automated vCISO Platform Powered by AI, providing services like Cyber Resilience Management, Compliance Automation, and Risk Management.
Paperspace is a cloud platform for building and scaling AI applications, providing GPU-powered virtual machines and a Kubernetes-based container service.
Switchboard is an enterprise-grade data integration platform that unifies fragmented data from various sources, creating a strong, trustworthy single source of truth for data-driven decisions. It empowers teams to focus on strategy and impact, not data wrangling.
Coginiti provides a Semantic Intelligence Platform that enhances data operations for individual data professionals and enterprise teams, offering features such as AI agents, analytics catalog, and collaboration tools.
Graylog is the AI-powered SIEM and log management platform built for security and IT operations. The platform centralizes and analyzes event data from across complex environments to help teams detect threats faster, investigate smarter, and control data costs—without compromise.
Recent activity
- Jan 2026
MontyCloud
Series B · Participated
- Jan 2026
RiskFront
Pre-Seed · Lead
- Nov 2025
Truffle Security
Series B · Participated
- Dec 2024
Senteon
Seed · Participated
Lytical Ventures in the news
GeekWire
Seattle-area startup MontyCloud raises Series B round to boost cloud operations software
7 months ago
Technical.ly
DC’s public venture fund taps San Francisco and NYC firms to manage and invest
8 months ago
Hypepotamus
Humanly Acquires Sprockets to Build AI Hiring Platform
10 months ago
Hypepotamus
Seattle Company Acquires Charleston Startup Sprockets to Build "End-To-End AI Hiring Solution"
10 months ago
Indian Startup News
MontyCloud aims to double engineering team in India, raises funding in a Series A round
Feb 2025
AlleyWatch
The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report: 2/12/24
Feb 2024
Pulse 2.0
LimaCharlie: Security Operations Cloud Platform Company Raises $10.2 Million
Feb 2024
Indiatimes
Limacharlie raises 10 2 mn in series a funding to transform security operations
Feb 2024
AI Insider
Arcanna.ai Announces $3.5M Investment to Advance Decision Intelligence Platform
Dec 2023
Newswire.com
Arcanna.ai Announces $3.5M Investment to Advance Decision Intelligence Platform
Dec 2023
Intelligence Online
United States RP Eddy, whose firm Ergo worked for Uber, advises Lytical Ventures, which criticised his former client
Dec 2022
Hypepotamus
Backed By Y Combinator, This Asheville Startup Looks To Be The "Superhighway" Connecting The Cloud
Oct 2022
Hypepotamus
Backed By Y Combinator, This Asheville Startup Looks To Be The "Superhighway" Connecting The Cloud
Oct 2022
TechCrunch
Netmaker connects servers spread across multiple locations with WireGuard
Oct 2022
Axios
Exclusive: Careviso gets $17M to boost health care transparency
Sep 2022
Purdue University
Purdue Foundry invests in Senteon, a cybersecurity startup
Sep 2022
Business Insider
Clausematch: Regulation Tech Startup Raises $10.8 Million
Jun 2022
Help Net Security
HackNotice raises $7 million to help companies fight against cyber threats
Jun 2022
Retail Brew
Bold Metrics, which helps online shoppers order the right size, scores $8 million in funding
May 2022
Hypepotamus
With Fresh Series A Funding, Charleston-Based Sprockets Demonstrates Southeast's Strong WorkTech Scene
Mar 2022
PR Newswire
Sprockets Raises $10 Million to Fix a Hiring Process Plagued by Inefficiencies and Bias
Mar 2022
The Business Journals
The Funded: Chinese investors led a new $66M round for a Bay Area lidar startup — at a precarious time for such deals
Aug 2021
TechCrunch
Baffle lands $20M Series B to simplify data-centric encryption
Aug 2021
The Business Journals
A Falls Church startup that helps get insurance coverage for lab tests just raised $10M
Mar 2021
Hypepotamus
With Fresh Rebrand and New Venture Raise, Charleston-based AI Startup Is Streamlining The Hiring Process For Hourly Workers
Jan 2021
SC Media
Lisa Markey: applying expertise across verticals
Oct 2020
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