VentureBeat June 28, 2022
Few aspects of the cybersecurity industry evoke more polarizing reactions than the use of venture capital to fund startups.
On the one hand, startup founders seek the attention of investors with the ferocity of authors searching for publishers. Without investment capital, new companies cannot grow properly, especially if their technology requires a period of long stealth development in advance of any customer revenue.
On the other hand, security practitioners tend to exhibit lukewarm, even hostile, emotions toward investors. This should not be surprising when one considers that venture capitalists might be viewed as growing rich by betting the dice on technologies required to protect citizens and businesses from attacks.
One fact that everyone agrees on, however, is the...
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