Chris Nickerson

CEO, Founder, Advisor, Investor, Executive, Cybersecurity leader, TEDx Alumni.

📍 United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 2 investments📅 5 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2022
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Private Investor
Jan 2022
runZero delivers the most complete security visibility possible, providing you the ultimate foundation for successfully managing exposures and compliance. Top rated on Gartner Peer Insights, our cyber asset attack surface management (CAASM) platform starts delivering insights in literally minutes, with coverage for both managed and unmanaged devices across the full spectrum of IT, OT, IoT, cloud, mobile, and remote assets. With a world-class NPS score of 82, we have been trusted by more than 30,000 users to improve security since being founded by industry veteran HD Moore, creator of Metasploit. To discover the runZero Platform for yourself, start a free trial today - no credentials, credit cards, or sales calls required!
Private Investor
Mar 2021
Thirstie is the leading e-commerce solution for beverage alcohol brands. Established in 2014 by Co-Founders, Devaraj Southworth and Maxim Razmakhin, Thirstie’s patented technology increases online consumer interactions for the world’s most iconic alcohol companies. Thirstie delivers a compliant end-to-end full customer experience with its e-commerce, retailer, data, and gift card solutions. Thirstie’s national network of licensed retailers seamlessly fulfills online orders funneled through a branded webstore that are routed to them through the company’s proprietary algorithm. Thirstie’s suite of best-in-class data capabilities helps brands better understand and target their customers. In 2021, the company launched the industry-first alcohol branded gift card solution, enabling brands to further drive online retail revenue.
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2022
Private Investor
Jan 2022
runZero delivers the most complete security visibility possible, providing you the ultimate foundation for successfully managing exposures and compliance. Top rated on Gartner Peer Insights, our cyber asset attack surface management (CAASM) platform starts delivering insights in literally minutes, with coverage for both managed and unmanaged devices across the full spectrum of IT, OT, IoT, cloud, mobile, and remote assets. With a world-class NPS score of 82, we have been trusted by more than 30,000 users to improve security since being founded by industry veteran HD Moore, creator of Metasploit. To discover the runZero Platform for yourself, start a free trial today - no credentials, credit cards, or sales calls required!
2021
Private Investor
Mar 2021
Thirstie is the leading e-commerce solution for beverage alcohol brands. Established in 2014 by Co-Founders, Devaraj Southworth and Maxim Razmakhin, Thirstie’s patented technology increases online consumer interactions for the world’s most iconic alcohol companies. Thirstie delivers a compliant end-to-end full customer experience with its e-commerce, retailer, data, and gift card solutions. Thirstie’s national network of licensed retailers seamlessly fulfills online orders funneled through a branded webstore that are routed to them through the company’s proprietary algorithm. Thirstie’s suite of best-in-class data capabilities helps brands better understand and target their customers. In 2021, the company launched the industry-first alcohol branded gift card solution, enabling brands to further drive online retail revenue.
2008
Founder
May 2008
Lares is a security consulting firm that helps companies secure electronic, physical, intellectual, and financial assets through a unique blend of assessment, testing and coaching. We are committed to identifying the key assets of your unique business and creating a customized strategy to protect you in todays volatile business environment and beyond. Our approach allows our clients to make informed decisions about their information security programs and effectively "secure what matters most"​. Lares maintains a comprehensive staff of highly qualified technical professionals around the world. Our consultants are professionally and institutionally trained in the field of Information Security. Each of our staff members have a proven track record with Fortune-ranked companies, ranging from financial institutions, retail merchants, health care organizations, major utilities, transportation companies, international distributors, research laboratories, higher education, and more. Lares requires that all of our consultants maintain accredited certifications to provide the highest degree of professionalism, ethics and technical expertise that our clients demand.
Founder
May 2008
Damovo is an international ICT service provider supporting business customers across the world on their path to digitization. Our portfolio includes solutions in the areas of Unified Communications & Collaboration, Enterprise Networks, Contact Centre, Security, Cloud Services and Global Managed Services. We enable seamless connection across people, processes and systems - creating transparency and agility, whilst providing the network stability and security that our customers require in todays business environment. We have a regional presence across Europe, the Americas and APAC, with a global support capability spanning over 150 countries. Working with enterprises across the world to explore their business challenges, we deliver completely integrated technology solutions that will continually improve business performance and end user experience. Explore more at www.damovo.com Imprint: https://www.damovo.com/en/meta/imprint