Last week, Forbes, Lightspeed and AWS Startups released the Fortune Cyber60 list, a list of 60 Cybersecurity companies they believe are “shaping the future of security”: https://lnkd.in/dY3M6GrQ We’re proud to share that 5 Georgian portfolio companies have made the list: Armis, Chainguard, Cyera, Island, Sublime Security. Congratulations on the recognition to you and your teams!
Georgian
Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
Toronto, On 14,606 followers
Georgian is a growth-stage investor that builds software to help our companies scale faster.
About us
Georgian invests in high-growth B2B software companies and builds software to help those companies scale faster. We seek to identify and accelerate leading growth-stage software companies in our thesis areas of Applied AI and Trust. Based in Toronto and founded in 2008, Georgian’s team brings together investors with machine learning professionals, software entrepreneurs and experienced operators.
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- Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
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- Toronto, On
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- Partnership
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- 2008
- Specialties
- Venture Capital, Software, Analytics, Security, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Applied Research, Software Engineering, Machine Learning, Trust, Conversational AI, Purpose, Generative AI, GenAI, Large Language Models, and NLP
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2 St Clair Ave West
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Toronto, On M4V 1L5, CA
Employees at Georgian
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Ron Park
Operating Partner, Board Member @ Otelier, Board Member @ Faria Education
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Vanessa DiMauro
Head of Community | Digital transformation strategy, operational alignment
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James Lamberti
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Karen Sage
CMO - Locally | Board Member | B2B Growth Marketer | Expert Brander, Strategist | SaaS GTM Advisor | A Catalyst for Transformation and Growth
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Today, Xanadu, creator of the Aurora photonic quantum system and PennyLane, a leading quantum software platform, announced that it had signed an agreement to “go public” through a SPAC transaction with Crane Harbor Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: CHAC). The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including stockholder approval. Georgian is proud to have backed Xanadu from its earliest rounds and to support its mission to make quantum computers useful and accessible everywhere. Congratulations @Christian Weedbrook and the Xanadu team!
We’re excited to announce that we’ve entered a definitive business combination agreement with Crane Harbor Acquisition Corp., setting the stage to list on the Toronto Stock Exchange and NASDAQ! This is the initial step in becoming the first publicly traded, pure-play photonic computing company in history. Xanadu was formed in 2016 with a mission to build quantum computers that are useful and available to people everywhere. This transaction will provide us with the capital necessary to accelerate that mission. We believe quantum computing represents the next major technological breakthrough, and we’re thrilled to continue building on years of momentum. For the full details on this announcement, see the announcement here. https://lnkd.in/gkHEZe2k
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We’re excited to announce that we’ve entered a definitive business combination agreement with Crane Harbor Acquisition Corp., setting the stage to list on the Toronto Stock Exchange and NASDAQ! This is the initial step in becoming the first publicly traded, pure-play photonic computing company in history. Xanadu was formed in 2016 with a mission to build quantum computers that are useful and available to people everywhere. This transaction will provide us with the capital necessary to accelerate that mission. We believe quantum computing represents the next major technological breakthrough, and we’re thrilled to continue building on years of momentum. For the full details on this announcement, see the announcement here. https://lnkd.in/gkHEZe2k
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“We’ve started to rip it up.” Georgian’s Emily Walsh says old metrics no longer cut it as #AI has completely changed how VCs evaluate startups, even if a bubble is coming. #CDNTech #VC #StartupFunding
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NEW IN-HOUSE OPPORTUNITY Our client, Georgian, is seeking an Associate General Counsel to join its dynamic team. Reporting to the Chief Legal Officer & Chief Compliance Offer, Megan Vesely, you will work closely across the entire business, from investments, operations, fundraising, marketing and research and development, to advise on legal, regulatory and compliance issues in connection with Georgian’s role as a manager to private funds. The ideal candidate will have 12-15 years of experience in corporate, transactional, compliance, regulatory, and/or litigation roles, with time spent at a top-tier law firm and within an in-house legal team (preferably in asset management, technology, or financial services). To learn more about this exciting opportunity and how to apply, check out the link below. https://lnkd.in/g6FmFCFh
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Following yesterday’s announcement of Sublime Security's Series C fundraise, we're excited to share more about why we led the round and why we believe Sublime's approach to email security is compelling in today's ecosystem. 👉 Read more on why we invested in Sublime: https://lnkd.in/gd8GSKs9
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VC is a constant search for signals in the noise. At Georgian's AI Lab, Azin Asgarian and I explored whether Kumo could help us find high-potential startups faster—without the usual months of data wrangling and model building. Our KumoVC project showed it's possible: same graph, multiple use cases (funding predictions, fit scoring, advisor matching), all without manual feature engineering. Top 10 finish at Kumo's hackathon. The mantra that stuck with us: 'Don't build a model; ask a predictive question.' Full write-up below!
One of our KumoRFM August Hackathon finalists, Azin Asgarian and Frederik Dudzik from Georgian’s AI Lab, share how they built "KumoVC", a suite of predictive tools that helps identify high-potential startups, best-fit investments, and ideal advisors. In their post, they explain how KumoRFM enables: • Instant predictions from venture data • Faster deal discovery and investment decisions • Streamlined workflows without feature engineering • A single graph powering multiple predictive use cases Their work shows how KumoRFM transforms venture data into actionable insights, helping investors focus on the right opportunities at the right time. Read Azin and Frederik’s full blog: https://lnkd.in/dFDCEKuD
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We’re thrilled to announce that Georgian has led Sublime Security's $150M Series C alongside new investors Avenir, 01 Advisors and existing investors Index Ventures, IVP, Slow Ventures and Citi Ventures. Generative AI is reshaping the email threat landscape - and Sublime is redefining how we defend against it. We're proud to back Josh Kamdjou, Ian Thiel and the entire Sublime team as they build the future of email security. https://lnkd.in/g2PuvM7G
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We are pleased to announce that Georgian has led Sublime Security's $150 million Series C fundraise alongside new investors Avenir, 01 Advisors, and existing investors Index Ventures, IVP, Citi Ventures and Slow Ventures. Read more about the fundraise below or in The Wall Street Journal’s exclusive article on Sublime Security’s raise: https://lnkd.in/gZNM575W
We’re excited to announce that Sublime has raised $150M in a Series C led by Georgian, joined by new investors Avenir, 01 Advisors, Jon Oberheide, and Nicole Perlroth, and existing investors Index Ventures, IVP, Slow Ventures, and Citi Ventures. This year we launched ASA and ADÉ, our AI agents that autonomously triage threats and auto-adapt coverage, freeing security teams from repetitive work and delivering rapid, tailored defenses. We’ve grown our customer base 4x since the beginning of the year while maintaining zero enterprise customer churn since company inception. This funding accelerates our vision to deliver autonomous email security that adapts to each organization's unique needs, stopping sophisticated attacks while eliminating the manual work and vendor bottlenecks of legacy solutions. Thank you to our customers, partners, and investors for being on this journey with us. 🔗 Read more: https://lnkd.in/g_y_PJhE
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Georgian is pleased to announce our investment in Clerk.com, participating in the Company’s $50 million Series C fundraise alongside Menlo Ventures, Anthropic's Anthology Fund and returning investors. Learn more about why we invested in Clerk 👉 https://lnkd.in/gPiA-GMX
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