Richard Reiner
About Richard Reiner
Dr. Richard Reiner is a serial entrepreneur with a Ph.D. and numerous patents in cloud and software security. He founded Assurent Secure Technologies, a cybersecurity SaaS company, and served as its CEO and CTO until its acquisition in 2006. He then served as Chief Security & Technology Officer at TELUS.
He was later Chairman and CEO of Enomaly, a cloud computing and cloud security company acquired by Virtustream in 2011. He was President of PasswordBox, a digital identity company acquired by Intel, and then Chief Technology Officer for Safe Identity in Intel's Security Group. Before that he was VP Safe Identity at McAfee.
He was Executive Chair of dfuse (later StreamingFast), a Web 3.0 developer platform that The Graph acquired. He was also Chair of Cybeats Technologies, an IoT security company, and Executive Chair of Fluent.ai, a speech recognition company. He is a Founding Partner at CC Stratus Capital and is listed as a Senior Advisor at Portage Ventures (Sagard).
Reiner is a Founding Partner at CC Stratus Capital, which helps early-stage technology companies grow in fast-growing markets. PitchBook also lists him as a founding member of Maple Leaf Angels. His earlier bios describe him as an active angel investor and as a board and advisory board member at Veracode, Elliptic Technologies, Fonolo, Virima and others.
Crunchbase counts 2 investments, 0 lead investments and 1 exit. CB Insights records one dated investment: the January 2018 pre-seed round of Cybeats, alongside Maple Leaf Angels and Inovia Capital. It lists Cybeats as an exit in March 2021. PitchBook names Appdome, StreamingFast and Autocode among his investments, without dates.
No dated AI-specific angel cheques are public. His AI link is operating experience: he was Executive Chair of Fluent.ai, which builds an AI-based speech recognition platform. His current bio places his work at the intersection of cybersecurity, AI and blockchain.
CC Stratus Capital's stated focus is cybersecurity, blockchain, identity and IoT. His personal site lists cybersecurity, AI and IoT. His public activity is mostly early stage and based in Canada. He does not publish a check size or a list of what he looks for in a pitch.
Investing activity
Richard Reiner has made 2 investments according to Crunchbase across 2 portfolio companies, and has seen 1 exit, 1 of them by IPO and founded 3 companies.
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Frequently asked questions about Richard Reiner
Does Richard Reiner invest in AI startups?
His bio lists AI alongside cybersecurity, blockchain and IoT as focus areas. He was Executive Chair of Fluent.ai, a speech AI company. No dated AI angel investments are public.
What is Richard Reiner's check size?
He has not published one. Any figure would be a guess.
What stage does Richard Reiner invest in?
His public track record is early stage. CB Insights records his Cybeats investment as a January 2018 pre-seed round.
What is CC Stratus Capital?
CC Stratus Capital is an investment firm where Reiner is Founding Partner. It helps early-stage technology companies succeed in fast-growing markets, focusing on cybersecurity, blockchain, identity and IoT.
What companies has Richard Reiner built or run?
He founded Assurent, which was acquired in 2006, and was Chairman and CEO of Enomaly, acquired in 2011. He was also President of PasswordBox, Executive Chair of dfuse and Fluent.ai, and Chair of Cybeats.
Where is Richard Reiner based?
Crunchbase lists him in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Is Richard Reiner an angel investor?
Yes. Richard Reiner invests personally as an angel and is Founding Partner at CC Stratus Capital. Crunchbase counts 2 investments and 1 exit.
How can founders reach Richard Reiner?
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