Rinki Sethi

CISO & CSO at Upwind Security | 4x CISO | Founding Partner at Lockstep | Former Board Member at StrongDM, ForgeRock and Vaultree | Former VP & CISO at Twitter, Rubrik, BILL | Speaker | Investor

📍 San Francisco Bay Area, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 3 investments📅 9 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2020
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Board Member
Jan 2020
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Investor
Oct 2019
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 Member
Dec 2017
Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the recruitment, retention and advancement of women in the cybersecurity field. Founded through a National Science Foundation grant to Tennessee Tech University in 2012, WiCyS (pronounced Wee-Sis) is the brainchild of Dr. Ambareen Siraj, who grew the initiative into a vibrant and active community of women and supportive men from academia, industry, government and research. The organization is working to improve diversity and pipeline in the cybersecurity workforce, and it does so through numerous initiatives, together with Strategic Partners and an army of energetic volunteers. WiCyS'​ Founding Partners are Cisco, Facebook and Palo Alto Networks. In addition to Dr. Siraj and representatives from the Founding Partners, the WiCyS Board of Governors includes Chair Dr. Janell Straach of UT-Dallas, Treasurer Dr. Costis Toregas of George Washington University, and leaders from Carnegie Mellon University, the Naval Postgraduate School, and Societe Generale. WiCyS helps build a strong cybersecurity workforce with gender equality by facilitating recruitment, retention and advancement for women in the field. WiCyS offers mentoring, training programs, scholarships, virtual and in-person conferences, leadership series, career fairs, webinars, and more to women at all stages of their cybersecurity career journey!
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2024
Founding Partner
Oct 2024
Lockstep is a venture capital firm investing in early cybersecurity startups.
2022
Advisor
Oct 2022
Elron Ventures is one of the leading brands in the Israeli VC world since 1962. Our focus is in early-stage investing, where we leverage our expertise across an array of different industries and key strategic partnerships to provide capital and assistance to promising Israeli tech start-ups helping them achieve their goal of becoming true global leaders. Our group of companies includes companies at various stages of development that are engaged in a variety of technology fields, mainly medical devices, cybersecurity, information technology (IT) and enterprise software Our team is dedicated to attracting and supporting imaginative and focused entrepreneurs and startups with never-been-done-before ideas. Group companies benefit from our combined technological, strategic, entrepreneurial & business expertise, broad networks, and wide attention span.
2021
Venture Advisor
Feb 2021
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
2020
Advisor
Dec 2020
11.2 Capital is an early stage venture capital fund based in San Francisco, California. In physics, 11.2 km/s is the escape velocity from Earths gravity. We invest in early-stage technology startups with a global vision and help them grow. We love breakthrough technology companies in 1) enterprise software including security, big data, 2) smart hardware including AR, VR, robotics, and 3) health including data-driven therapeutics, diagnostics, tools, digital health.
Advisor
Sep 2020
Fika Ventures is a Los Angeles based early-stage venture capital firm started in 2016 with over ~$350M in AUM. In 7 years, we’ve invested in transformative companies across enterprise/AI (BuildOps, Specright, Siro, Edge Impulse), fintech (Papaya, Pipe, Payabli), marketplaces (Upwards, Chowbus, Atticus), and health tech (Zentist, Noyo).
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