Michael Sutton Overview

  • Investor Type
  • Angel

  • Status
  • Active

  • Investments
  • 15

  • Portfolio
  • 6

  • Exits
  • 8

Exits

Michael Sutton General Information

Description

Mr. Michael Sutton is a Co-Founder and serves as General Partner at Runtime Ventures. He serves as Member of the Cyber Investment Committee and Cyber Fund Investment Committee at Blu Venture Investors. He serves as a Board member at GreyNoise Intelligence and Keeps Aware. He served as an Advisor at Oxeye and Valence Security. He serves as a Venture Advisor at YL Ventures. He serves as an Advisor at Grip Security. He was the founder of StoneMill Ventures. He also serves as an Executive at Runtime Ventures. He served as a Board Member at Syncurity and Attila Security. He was previously the CISO at Zscaler, a company that has pioneered security-as-a-service. As a member of the founding team of Zscaler, he spent a decade building the research team, driving the security model, and evangelizing the vision, taking the company from stealth mode to IPO. Before Zscaler, he helped build two other pioneering security startups - SPI Dynamics (acquired by HP) and iDEFENSE (acquired by VeriSign). He holds a Master's degree in Science in System Development from the George Washington University in 2004. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Commerce in Accounting from the University of Alberta in 1996.

Business Details

Investor Status
Actively Seeking New Investments
Primary Investor Type
Angel (individual)
Corporate Office
  • 1410 North Herndon Street
  • Arlington, VA 22201
  • United States
+1 (703)

Michael Sutton Investments (15)

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Company Stage Lead Partner
Keep Aware 06-Jun-2023 Seed Round Network Management Software Generating Revenue
Sublime Security 21-Feb-2023 Network Management Software Generating Revenue
Opus Security 13-Sep-2022 Network Management Software Generating Revenue
Oxeye 16-Jun-2022 Software Development Applications Generating Revenue
runZero 14-Mar-2022 Network Management Software Generating Revenue
Valence Security 19-Oct-2021 Network Management Software Generating Revenue
Feroot 18-Jul-2021 Network Management Software Generating Revenue
Grip Security 20-Apr-2021 Network Management Software Generating Revenue
SecurityTrails 07-Apr-2021 Early Stage VC Network Management Software Generating Revenue
runZero 16-Mar-2021 Seed Round Network Management Software Generating Revenue

Michael Sutton Exits (8)

Company Name Exit Date Exit Type Exit Size
Keep Aware 23-Sep-2026 Buyout/LBO
runZero 21-Sep-2026
Opus Security 13-May-2025
Vulcan Cyber 07-Feb-2025
Oxeye 20-Mar-2024
Cyr3con 16-Mar-2022
SecurityTrails 04-Jan-2022 Buyout/LBO
Build.Security 02-Sep-2021 Merger/Acquisition

Michael Sutton Investments by Industry, Year, and Region

Investments by Industry

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Michael Sutton Co-Investors (60)

Name With Exits Lead Partner Series Industry
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Michael Sutton FAQs

  • Who is Michael Sutton?

    Michael Sutton is an angel Investor who has made 15 investments.

  • What kind of investor is Michael Sutton?

    Michael Sutton is an angel investor.

  • What does Michael Sutton do?

    As an angel investor, Michael Sutton invests personal money into promising companies, typically in exchange for equity.

  • How many board seats does Michael Sutton hold?

    Michael Sutton holds a board seat in GreyNoise.

  • What has Michael Sutton invested in?

    Michael Sutton has made numerous investments in companies like Keep Aware, Sublime Security, and Opus Security within the Network Management Software industry.

  • What has Michael Sutton invested in recently?

    Michael Sutton's latest investment was on 06-Jun-2023 in Keep Aware, a company within the Network Management Software industry.

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