Quincy Castro

CISO | Investor | Advisor

📍 United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 1 investments📅 3 years investing🗓 Last invested Jun 2023
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Jun 2023
Silicon Valley CISO Investments (“SVCI”) is a group of Chief Information Security Officers (“CISO”) that operate as an angel investor syndicate. Founded in 2019, SVCI is already successfully pursuing its mission of fuelling the next generation of cybersecurity innovation. The group identifies promising startups, invests in them and leverages its members’ unmatched industry expertise to help the companies thrive.
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2023
Investor
Jun 2023
Silicon Valley CISO Investments (“SVCI”) is a group of Chief Information Security Officers (“CISO”) that operate as an angel investor syndicate. Founded in 2019, SVCI is already successfully pursuing its mission of fuelling the next generation of cybersecurity innovation. The group identifies promising startups, invests in them and leverages its members’ unmatched industry expertise to help the companies thrive.
Board of Experts
May 2023
Glilot Capital Partners is a leading Israeli venture capital fund renowned for its impressive portfolio of innovative startups in Cybersecurity, AI, Cloud, DevOps, SaaS, and Fintech, driven by visionary entrepreneurs. Ranked consistently among the top five performing venture capital funds globally by Preqin, Glilots success lies in its hands-on approach. Through its unique Value Creation team, the fund provides personalized attention to each portfolio company, ensuring their growth into successful global entities. With Glilot Seed, the fund supports startups from their early stages and remains involved at the board level to facilitate business expansion. Glilot+ focuses on post-Series A startups in enterprise software and cybersecurity, reinforcing the funds outstanding track record. The fund creates an environment that makes it possible to generate real lasting value for both sides of the investment equation. An amazing eight of the funds first eight portfolio companies have been acquired.
2022
Venture Advisor
Jun 2022
YL Ventures is a venture capital firm dedicated exclusively to cybersecurity. For nearly two decades, the firm has partnered with top Israeli founders from inception, helping build category-leading companies that define the market. With offices in Silicon Valley and Tel Aviv and $800M under management, YL Ventures provides access to an unrivaled network of CISOs and industry leaders, shaping the next generation of Israeli cybersecurity innovation. Repeatedly recognized by PitchBook and TIME magazine for both performance and influence, YL Ventures stands at the forefront of cybersecurity venture capital. Our portfolio includes: - Opti Security - Hush Security - MIND - Miggo Security - Minimus - MCPTotal - Valence Security - Grip Security - Cycode - Orca Security - Hunters - Ride Vision - Aim Security - Acquired by Cato Networks - Satori - Acquired by Commvault - Opus Security - Acquired by Orca Security - Vulcan Cyber - Acquired by Tenable - Eureka Security - Acquired by Tenable - Spera Security - Acquired by Okta - Enso Security - Acquired by Snyk - Medigate - Acquired by Claroty - Build Security - Acquired by Elastic - Axonius - Exited to late-stage investors - Twistlock - Acquired by Palo Alto Networks - Hexadite - Acquired by Microsoft - Upstream Commerce - Acquired by Walmart - FireLayers - Acquired by Proofpoint - BlazeMeter - Acquired by CA - Seculert - Acquired by Radware - Acceloweb - Acquired by Limelight Networks - ClickTale - Exited to Amadeus Capital
2007
Associate, Comparative Analytics Practice
2007
Eurasia Group is the worlds leading global political risk research and consulting firm. Since 1998, we have helped clients make informed business decisions in countries where understanding the political landscape is critical. Our research analysts are trained social scientists with post-graduate degrees, extensive professional experience, and a diverse range of language capabilities. Headquartered in New York, we also have offices in Washington, DC, San Francisco, London, São Paulo, and Singapore, as well as a vast network of experts around the world.