John Becker

Experienced technology CEO, Board Member, Advisor and Investor

📍 Herndon, Virginia, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 6 investments📅 12 years investing🗓 Last invested Apr 2022
Angel investor🌍 United States
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Board Member
Apr 2022
FileCloud is a hyper-secure EFSS (enterprise file sync and share) platform that provides industry leading compliance, data governance, data leak protection, data retention and digital rights management capabilities. Workflow automation and granular control of content sharing across most enterprise platforms are fully integrated into the complete EFSS stack. FileCloud is a leader in content governance and collaboration for unstructured data, trusted and used worldwide across Global 1000 enterprises, educational institutions, government organizations, and service providers. Granular control of content sharing is fully integrated into the stack through comprehensive audit logs and access permissions, and the Compliance Center helps with regulations like GDPR, HIPAA, and NIST 800-171 (among others). FileCloud also provides Zero Trust File Sharing® an industry first innovation that allows users to share sensitive data via an encrypted zip file that cannot be accessed by unauthorized users, even in the event of a data breach. FileCloud helps customers solve complex challenges in enterprise file sharing, privacy, compliance automation and governance across public, private, and hybrid cloud environments. In addition to its enterprise file sharing solution, FileCloud’s product portfolio also includes Signority (acquired in May 2024), a Canadian-based e-signature and document workflow platform. The platform offers powerful file sharing, sync, and mobile access capabilities on public, private, and hybrid clouds. FileCloud is headquartered in New York City, and is used by millions of users around the world, including top Global 1000 enterprises, educational institutions, government organizations, and managed service providers.
Board Member and Investor
Aug 2021
Kion is a cloud enablement solution designed to help organizations simplify management and governance activities to realize the full benefits of the cloud. Wherever you are on your cloud journey, Kion empowers organizations to go farther, faster. Kion is a privately held company based in Fulton, MD. For more information, visit our website at www.kion.io and follow us on Twitter at @kionsoftware.
Board Member and Investor
Apr 2021
Don’t let collaboration become a security nightmare. Unstructured data from collaboration platforms such as Slack, Teams, and Zoom is the largest and fastest-growing data set across the enterprise. Managing this data set is a massive challenge for organizations. Enterprises are faced with unknown risks, lack of real-time visibility, missing context, and data sprawl. Like email, collaboration is a breeding ground for sensitive data loss, noncompliance, and human risk. Aware stops collaboration risks in their tracks with real-time, AI-powered solutions purpose-built to reduce your threat exposure. - Centralize collaboration data management - Implement granular, bidirectional retention policies - Reduce time to detect and mitigate with 24/7 visibility and control Aware’s scalable SaaS solution uses proprietary NLP designed and built for this dataset, and responsible AI/ML models that produce near-human results without compromising your data. Consistently recognized by Gartner and Forrester analysts as a market-leading vendor, Aware’s technology is trusted by the world’s most iconic companies to protect their people, brand, and business. Aware was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.
Board Member
Jan 2017
ThreatConnect provides solutions to enable cyber defenders to continuously manage threat exposure and improve cyber resilience. Our threat and risk-informed defense products give defenders the advantage over adversaries with rich context, risk-based prioritization, and the ability to quickly and precisely act on emerging threats. Our products span threat, risk, and security operations, and come together in a single intelligence hub. More than 250 global enterprises rely on ThreatConnect every day to contextualize and prioritize emerging threats and automate defenses. To learn more visit: www.threatconnect.com.
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2022
Board Member
Apr 2022
FileCloud is a hyper-secure EFSS (enterprise file sync and share) platform that provides industry leading compliance, data governance, data leak protection, data retention and digital rights management capabilities. Workflow automation and granular control of content sharing across most enterprise platforms are fully integrated into the complete EFSS stack. FileCloud is a leader in content governance and collaboration for unstructured data, trusted and used worldwide across Global 1000 enterprises, educational institutions, government organizations, and service providers. Granular control of content sharing is fully integrated into the stack through comprehensive audit logs and access permissions, and the Compliance Center helps with regulations like GDPR, HIPAA, and NIST 800-171 (among others). FileCloud also provides Zero Trust File Sharing® an industry first innovation that allows users to share sensitive data via an encrypted zip file that cannot be accessed by unauthorized users, even in the event of a data breach. FileCloud helps customers solve complex challenges in enterprise file sharing, privacy, compliance automation and governance across public, private, and hybrid cloud environments. In addition to its enterprise file sharing solution, FileCloud’s product portfolio also includes Signority (acquired in May 2024), a Canadian-based e-signature and document workflow platform. The platform offers powerful file sharing, sync, and mobile access capabilities on public, private, and hybrid clouds. FileCloud is headquartered in New York City, and is used by millions of users around the world, including top Global 1000 enterprises, educational institutions, government organizations, and managed service providers.
2021
Board Member and Investor
Aug 2021
Kion is a cloud enablement solution designed to help organizations simplify management and governance activities to realize the full benefits of the cloud. Wherever you are on your cloud journey, Kion empowers organizations to go farther, faster. Kion is a privately held company based in Fulton, MD. For more information, visit our website at www.kion.io and follow us on Twitter at @kionsoftware.
Board Member and Investor
Apr 2021
Don’t let collaboration become a security nightmare. Unstructured data from collaboration platforms such as Slack, Teams, and Zoom is the largest and fastest-growing data set across the enterprise. Managing this data set is a massive challenge for organizations. Enterprises are faced with unknown risks, lack of real-time visibility, missing context, and data sprawl. Like email, collaboration is a breeding ground for sensitive data loss, noncompliance, and human risk. Aware stops collaboration risks in their tracks with real-time, AI-powered solutions purpose-built to reduce your threat exposure. - Centralize collaboration data management - Implement granular, bidirectional retention policies - Reduce time to detect and mitigate with 24/7 visibility and control Aware’s scalable SaaS solution uses proprietary NLP designed and built for this dataset, and responsible AI/ML models that produce near-human results without compromising your data. Consistently recognized by Gartner and Forrester analysts as a market-leading vendor, Aware’s technology is trusted by the world’s most iconic companies to protect their people, brand, and business. Aware was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.
2017
Board Member
Apr 2017
Cyren protects more than a 1 billion users around the world from sophisticated and emerging email, malware, and web attacks every day. Our embedded threat detection, threat intelligence and inbox security solutions help enterprises, service providers, and technology companies prevent breaches and eliminate countless hours of incident response. Learn more at www.cyren.com.
Board Member
Jan 2017
ThreatConnect provides solutions to enable cyber defenders to continuously manage threat exposure and improve cyber resilience. Our threat and risk-informed defense products give defenders the advantage over adversaries with rich context, risk-based prioritization, and the ability to quickly and precisely act on emerging threats. Our products span threat, risk, and security operations, and come together in a single intelligence hub. More than 250 global enterprises rely on ThreatConnect every day to contextualize and prioritize emerging threats and automate defenses. To learn more visit: www.threatconnect.com.
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