Damien Henault

Managing Director & Partner, Forgepoint Capital International

📍 London, England, United Kingdom🔄 Updated September 2026💼 28 investments📅 10 years investing🗓 Last invested Apr 2026
VC🌍 United Kingdom20+ investmentsInvested this year
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Board Member
Apr 2026
Every AI Agent Needs a Guardian. We Built It. AI agents are the most powerful and most ungovernable workforce your organization has ever deployed. They write code, access databases, make API calls, and take autonomous action across your most sensitive systems. They move fast. They dont ask permission. And when they go rogue, no one sees it coming. Until now. Capsule Security is the runtime security platform for AI agents. Our Guardian Agent technology monitors every action an AI agent takes in real time and enforces security policies before damage is done. No proxies. No gateways. No SDKs. Just seamless, native integration that gives your security team full visibility and real-time control without slowing anything down. We dont scan. We dont log after the fact. We enforce. What makes us different: → Patented fine-tuned small language models that understand agent intent, not just tokens → Native hooks and API-level integration with leading AI platforms → Real-time policy enforcement that stops threats mid-action → Full visibility into the complete agent action chain → Zero friction for engineering teams. No code changes, no architectural rework Capsule was named a Representative Vendor in Gartners inaugural Market Guide for Guardian Agents. Our research team has disclosed zero-day vulnerabilities in AI Agent platforms, because we believe the industry deserves to know what AI agents are actually capable of. Backed by LAMA Partners and ForgePoint Capital International and advised by leading security leaders. Your AI agents are already inside your perimeter. The question is: whos watching them? We are.
Investor
Aug 2025
Maisa’s agentic process automation platform helps enterprises automate complex, decision-heavy processes that traditional automation can’t handle and GenAI can’t be trusted with. We enable organizations to scale operations, resist hallucinations, and bring end-to-end visibility and control to your most complex processes. Powered by a new kind of computing platform, Maisa combines AI-driven problem solving with programmatic execution, so every action is reliable, auditable, and built for enterprise scale. From compliance and finance to onboarding, legal intake, or issue resolution, Maisa’s Digital Workers are tailored to the unpredictable, exception-heavy work where decisions matter most. Easy to deploy and adaptable to your tools and data, they act with clarity, not guesses, delivering automation that earns trust from day one.
Board Member
Jun 2025
Multiverse Computing is an AI model provider leader in AI model compression. Its compressed AI models use techniques derived from quantum computing, enabling the smooth implementation of large AI language models and other systems with more than half the cost and energy consumption without sacrificing performance. With a global presence, its headquarters are located in Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain, with offices in Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, and the United States. Multinational companies such as Iberdrola, Moodys Analytics, the Bank of Canada, and Telefonica have used Multiverse Computings products. In 2025, they were named one of the “100 Most Promising Companies in AI” by CB Insights, and Digital Europe awarded them the “Future Unicorn 2024 Award.”
Board Member
Apr 2025
Qevlar AI turns security operations into a self-improving defense system. It investigates every alert across your entire security stack and turns each outcome into intelligence that strengthens response, detection engineering, threat hunting, and vulnerability management. Every case compounds into knowledge the next one can use, so your defense gets harder to attack the longer it runs. Live in production in 1,500 companies globally. Are you next?
Investor
Jun 2023
Tessian was acquired by Proofpoint. View the press release: https://www.proofpoint.com/us/newsroom/press-releases/proofpoint-closes-acquisition-tessian. To see what’s new, visit https://www.linkedin.com/company/proofpoint/. Tessian is a leading cloud email security platform that intelligently protects organizations against advanced threats and data loss on email, while coaching people about security threats in-the-moment. Using machine learning and behavioral data science, Tessian automatically stops threats that evade legacy Secure Email Gateways, including advanced phishing attacks, business email compromise, accidental data loss and insider threats. Tessian’s intelligent approach not only strengthens email security but also builds smarter security cultures in the modern enterprise. Founded in 2013, Tessian is backed by legendary investors such as March Capital, Sequoia, Accel and Balderton, and has been recognized as one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies for 2022. Request a demo here: https://www.tessian.com/book-demo/
Investor
Jun 2023
Make complex security toolstacks a thing of the past and gain efficiency with SenseOn, a consolidated cyber defence system. SenseOn is the single piece of software security stack, combining the capabilities of EDR, NDR, SOAR, SIEM, and AV into a single platform. By alerting accurately on genuine threats in a single system, SenseOn dramatically reduces noise from rapidly-increasing volumes of data, consolidates your security stack, and gives you full visibility into your cloud and on-prem IT infrastructure. The SenseOn platform captures all endpoint and network data natively in a consistent format and automatically contextualises this data, providing security teams with the necessary context to thoroughly understand and remediate threats. This unique approach to cybersecurity means that security teams can use a single system to capture rich data from across their estate in one unified data model without incurring the resource, inefficiency and financial costs associated with using several disparate security tools or from tools which are simply integrating disparate data under the hood. Founded in 2017 by David Atkinson, the first cyber specialist in the United Kingdom’s specialist military units, SenseOn brings together cyber security experts, former government cyber operatives and applied machine learning specialists. Pioneering a new approach to security, SenseOn was named the “Cybersecurity Innovation of 2019” by the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET) and a World Economic Forum (WEF) Technology Pioneer in June 2021.
Investor
Jun 2023
Dedrone is the global leader in smart airspace security. Hundreds of commercial, government and military customers around the world rely on Dedrone’s comprehensive, command and control (C2) solution to protect against the persistent and escalating threat from drones while enabling “good” drones to fly. By leveraging AI/ML, Dedrone is the only solution that provides continuous, autonomous interrogation and verification of drones that enables both multi-sensor and multi-mitigation options onto a single fused "pane-of-glass". Whether on-premise / air-gapped or in the cloud, Dedrone customers can easily detect, track, identify, analyze, and mitigate drone threats. Established in 2014, Dedrone is headquartered just outside of Washington, D.C., and has offices in San Francisco, CA, Phoenix, AZ, Columbus, OH, Bristol, United Kingdom and Kassel, Germany. For more information on drone-related activity visit our global incident center or to reach our airspace security experts, visit dedrone.com and follow us on X, Vimeo, and LinkedIn.
Investor
Jun 2023
BlueVoyant’s Cyber Defense Platform (CDP) integrates MDR, TPRM, and DRP into a seamless, scalable solution. Our cloud-native platform offers real-time threat monitoring for networks, endpoints, and supply chains, extending to the clear, deep, and dark web. Combining advanced AI technology with expert human insight, we deliver extensive protection and swift threat mitigation. Trusted by more than 1,000 clients around the globe and recognized as the 2024 Microsoft Worldwide Partner of the Year, BlueVoyant sets the standard for modern cyber defense.
Investor
Jun 2023
Panaseer helps organizations cut audit preparation time by 75% and continuously reduce cyber risk with 250+ trusted security metrics. Our Continuous Controls Monitoring platform delivers actionable insights, intuitive dashboards, and proven compliance outcomes for CISOs and their teams.
Investor
May 2022
Token.io is the leading Pay by Bank infrastructure provider. Powering major Pay by Bank schemes in the UK and Europe, Token.io’s turnkey infrastructure makes it simple for banks, platforms and payment companies to grow revenue, reduce costs and expand to new markets with Pay by Bank. The first and most experienced provider to own and operate a Pay by Bank network, Token.io is a driving force for innovation as the single access point connecting businesses to the future of payments. Token.io combines unmatched domain expertise with the most flexible integration options to accelerate partners time to success. Best‑in‑class technology, unrivalled acceptance, industry‑leading conversion rates, and a uniquely collaborative partnership and distribution model make Token.io the market benchmark, as recognised by independent analysts. Partnering with three of Europe’s five largest financial institutions, Token.io is the leading Pay by Bank infrastructure provider for banks, and proudly powers a blue‑chip payments community that includes Mastercard, ACI Worldwide, Global Payments, Nuvei, and Paysafe. 🏆 Best Open Banking / A2A Payment Solution - Merchant Payment Ecosystem Awards, 2026 🌟 High Flier in Open Banking Solutions - CB Insights, 2026 🌟 #3 provider globally - Juniper Research Global A2A Payments Market Report 2025-2030 🏆 Best Open Banking Payment Project - Consumer - Open Banking Expo Awards 2025 🏆 Best A2A Payments Platform 2025 - Juniper Research Future Digital Awards 2025 🏆 Best Open Finance System: Leveraging Open Banking for A2A Payments - Banking Tech Awards 2024 🏆 Best Use of Open Banking for Payments - Merchant Payment Ecosystem Awards 2024
Investor
Dec 2020
Streetbees pioneered conversational research, leveraging AI to decode complex human behaviour over the last decade. By combining this deep expertise with the latest Large Language Models, we’ve now made it un-bee-lievably easy for you to get the bespoke insights you need to fuel your decisions with our agile insights platform, SBX. No more painful processes. No more unanswered questions. No more compromises. Since 2015, Streetbees has raised over $50 million in investment and has grown from 0 to 200 employees. The company was voted one of LinkedIn’s Top 15 UK Startups 2020 and 2021, was awarded ‘AI Product of the year’ by Computing Magazine in 2021 and won the MRS Best Innovation in Data Analytics Award in 2022. In 2024, we have been nominated as finalists for MRS Best data Solution, National Technology and Digital Transformation Awards. www.streetbees.com
Investor
Sep 2020
Banks, Fintechs and businesses everywhere can make bigger, better, bolder leaps with Currencycloud, a Visa solution. Currencycloud gives businesses the capability to move money across borders, and transact globally in multiple currencies, fast. Experts at what they do, their technology makes it easy for clients to embrace digital wallets, and to embed finance into the core of their business - no matter what industry they’re in. Since 2012, Currencycloud has processed more than $100bn to over 180 countries, working with banks, financial institutions and Fintechs around the world, including Starling Bank, Revolut and Lunar. Based in London with offices in New York, Amsterdam, Cardiff, and Singapore, Currencycloud works with partners including Visa, Dwolla, GPS and Mambu to deliver simple, clear cross-border infrastructure solutions for clients. They are regulated in the UK, Canada, US, the EU and Australia, and were acquired by Visa in December 2021. For more information on our regulation, please visit: https://www.currencycloud.com/legal/regulation/
Investor
Sep 2020
Imagine if your bank took 7% of every transfer you made. Sounds crazy, doesnt it? And yet its reality for hard-working people who send money abroad. Azimo was founded in 2012 with a strong social purpose: to make it cheaper and easier for people to support their loved ones back home.
Investor
Jul 2020
Acorns believes that anyone can achieve financial wellness — that’s why they’ve been building simple, powerful money tools for everyday Americans and their kids since 2014. Acorns is the app that makes it easy to spend smarter today, save for tomorrow, and invest for your future. Acorns Early is a smart money app and debit card that helps kids grow their money skills — and their money — while they grow up. Named one of Time’s “World’s Best Brands of 2024,” Acorns has helped over 13 million all-time customers save and invest over $22 billion dollars, much of it from spare change.
Board Observer
Jan 2020
CybelAngel is a global leader in cybersecurity solutions focused on External Attack Surface Protection and Management. As an early pioneer in ‘outside-in’ search technology, approaching cybersecurity just as an attacker would carry out infiltration, CybelAngel has developed the industry’s most extensive defense for external attack vectors, where the majority of cyber-attacks are initiated. Combining expanded discovery and analysis, CybelAngel finds unknown assets and exposures to preemptively diffuse attack vectors that cyber criminals use to breach systems and wreak havoc. CybelAngel proudly protects some of the largest global enterprises representing various sectors including the Pharmaceutical, Manufacturing, Retail, and Financial Services. CybelAngel’s Xtended External Attack Surface Management (EASMX) is the only solution comprehensive enough to protect an enterprise’s entire external attack surface, regardless of where assets reside.
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Board Member
Apr 2026
Every AI Agent Needs a Guardian. We Built It. AI agents are the most powerful and most ungovernable workforce your organization has ever deployed. They write code, access databases, make API calls, and take autonomous action across your most sensitive systems. They move fast. They dont ask permission. And when they go rogue, no one sees it coming. Until now. Capsule Security is the runtime security platform for AI agents. Our Guardian Agent technology monitors every action an AI agent takes in real time and enforces security policies before damage is done. No proxies. No gateways. No SDKs. Just seamless, native integration that gives your security team full visibility and real-time control without slowing anything down. We dont scan. We dont log after the fact. We enforce. What makes us different: → Patented fine-tuned small language models that understand agent intent, not just tokens → Native hooks and API-level integration with leading AI platforms → Real-time policy enforcement that stops threats mid-action → Full visibility into the complete agent action chain → Zero friction for engineering teams. No code changes, no architectural rework Capsule was named a Representative Vendor in Gartners inaugural Market Guide for Guardian Agents. Our research team has disclosed zero-day vulnerabilities in AI Agent platforms, because we believe the industry deserves to know what AI agents are actually capable of. Backed by LAMA Partners and ForgePoint Capital International and advised by leading security leaders. Your AI agents are already inside your perimeter. The question is: whos watching them? We are.
2025
Investor
Aug 2025
Maisa’s agentic process automation platform helps enterprises automate complex, decision-heavy processes that traditional automation can’t handle and GenAI can’t be trusted with. We enable organizations to scale operations, resist hallucinations, and bring end-to-end visibility and control to your most complex processes. Powered by a new kind of computing platform, Maisa combines AI-driven problem solving with programmatic execution, so every action is reliable, auditable, and built for enterprise scale. From compliance and finance to onboarding, legal intake, or issue resolution, Maisa’s Digital Workers are tailored to the unpredictable, exception-heavy work where decisions matter most. Easy to deploy and adaptable to your tools and data, they act with clarity, not guesses, delivering automation that earns trust from day one.
Board Member
Jun 2025
Multiverse Computing is an AI model provider leader in AI model compression. Its compressed AI models use techniques derived from quantum computing, enabling the smooth implementation of large AI language models and other systems with more than half the cost and energy consumption without sacrificing performance. With a global presence, its headquarters are located in Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain, with offices in Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, and the United States. Multinational companies such as Iberdrola, Moodys Analytics, the Bank of Canada, and Telefonica have used Multiverse Computings products. In 2025, they were named one of the “100 Most Promising Companies in AI” by CB Insights, and Digital Europe awarded them the “Future Unicorn 2024 Award.”
Board Member
Apr 2025
Qevlar AI turns security operations into a self-improving defense system. It investigates every alert across your entire security stack and turns each outcome into intelligence that strengthens response, detection engineering, threat hunting, and vulnerability management. Every case compounds into knowledge the next one can use, so your defense gets harder to attack the longer it runs. Live in production in 1,500 companies globally. Are you next?
Board Member
Mar 2025
Our purpose is to make the world safer by empowering the human mind with the right information at the right time. We combine technology with human intuition and expertise, focusing on transparency and ethics to reshape how organizations navigate and utilize the digital world. Our PAI & OSINT platform can empower your investigations, delivering timely, secure, and comprehensive intelligence to drive your decisions. Our company culture is driven by the core values of family first, nothing is impossible, and work hard, play harder. Interested in seeing our platform in action? Book a demo: https://tadaweb.com/contact/bookademo/
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