I lead Okta Ventures. Since inception Okta Ventures has invested in 40 startups enabled by privacy, identity, and security. 

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Investments include Kandji, Drata, VNDLY (Acquired by Workday), Openpath (Acquired by Motorola Solutions), Immuta, Tessian (Acquired by Proofpoint), Dig (Acquired by Palo Alto Networks), Adaptive Shield (Acquired by Crowdstrike), Pangea, Hycu, Accredify, Privy, Aembit, Browserbase, k-ID, and others. Previous to Okta I led US investments for Scrum Ventures in San Francisco.

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I've spent 10 years of my career investing in the US and internationally in venture capital, private equity, and corporate development. I have an MBA from INSEAD and was a 2016 Marshall Memorial Fellow, Kauffman Fellow, and serve as Board Emeritus for the Princeton in Asia Fellowship Program.

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Investments personally led at Okta listed below:

Exits:
Openpath: Acquired by Motorola in 2021 (Cloud based access control system)
VNDLY: Acquired by Workday in 2021 (Vendor Management platform)
Dig Security: Acquired by Palo Alto Networks in 2023 (Data security posture management)
Tessian: Acquired by Proofpoint in 2023 (Email security)
Adaptive Shield: Acquired by Crowdstrike in 2024 (SaaS Security Posture Management and Identity Threat Detection Response)

Security:
Hunters (Next Gen Security Information and Event Management)
Immuta (Data security platform)
Kandji (Mobile device management)
Drata (Automated compliance)
Oloid (Converged cyber and physical security platform)
Cerby (Identity security)
HYCU (Backup as a Service)
Surf Security (Zero Trust Browser)
Pangea (Security services for developers)
Aembit (Workload access security / Non-Human Identities)
Synqly (Cyber ecosystem integration platform)
Nagomi Security (Proactive Defense and remediation platform)

Enterprise:
Datagrail (Data privacy)
Intrinsic (Content moderation)
Productiv (SaaS management)
Every (All In One Back Office)
Crosschq (Hiring Intelligence)
Spruce Identity (Digital credential lifecycle management)
Oyster (Global employment platform)
Privy Identity (Universally-accepted digital identity and signature)
k-ID (Age appropriate compliance)
Aiprise (Identity verification for individuals and businesses)
Accredify (Verifiable digital documents management)
Crossbeam (Partner ecosystem platform)

Dev tools:
Browserbase (Web browser for AI agents & applications)

Fintech:
Bureau ID (Fraud prevention)
Skipify (e-Commerce Checkout)
Passthrough (Subscription documents for KYC/AML)

LP positions:
LP in 3 separate security focused VC firms