TechOperators Venture Capital
TechOperators is a venture capital firm that invests in cybersecurity companies at the pre-seed and seed stages, and occasionally at Series A. It was founded in 2008 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia. The firm backs technical founders before the market agrees there's a market, usually leads the rounds it joins, and reserves capital for follow-on rounds. Its partners built, sold and bought security companies before they invested in them. Tom Noonan co-founded Internet Security Systems, the company that created X-Force, took it public in 1998 and sold it to IBM in 2006; he is now lead independent director of Intercontinental Exchange, owner of the New York Stock Exchange. Daniel Ingevaldson was an X-Force researcher, then co-founded Endgame and sold it to Elastic in 2019. Kevin Skapinetz was on the founding team of IBM Security, ran its $1.5 billion security software portfolio and shaped its acquisitions from Q1 Labs through HashiCorp. Managing partner Said Mohammadioun built and sold two software companies and has served on sixteen boards. TechOperators is investing from its fourth fund. Portfolio companies acquired include Phantom (Splunk), Endgame (Elastic), Ionic Security (Twilio), Scytale (Hewlett Packard Enterprise), BrightPoint (ServiceNow), Immunet (Sourcefire), Flashpoint (Audax), Phylum (Veracode), Evo Security (Barracuda), Polarity (ThreatConnect) and Tala Security (Intuit). Co-investors include Kleiner Perkins, Bessemer Venture Partners, Insight Partners, CRV, Bain Capital Ventures and Google Ventures. The firm publishes the Cyber × AI Map, a categorized map of AI-native security companies, and a library of Agent Skills for cybersecurity founders, at techoperators.com. Founders can reach the partners on LinkedIn. Per Crunchbase, TechOperators Venture Capital has made 64 investments, 24 as lead investor across 38 portfolio companies, with 20 exits.
Investing activity
TechOperators Venture Capital has made 64 investments according to Crunchbase across 38 portfolio companies, and has led 24 rounds and seen 20 exits.
TechOperators Venture Capital appears in 1 AI deal tracked by the Lounge deals desk, rounds totalling $19M, and led 1 of them. The rounds are mostly Seed, with a median round size of $19M. The most recent is Spectrum Security (Seed, $19M, Apr 2026).
TechOperators Venture Capital most often invests alongside Whiterabbit Ventures, Tammy Moskites, Skinos Ventures and Alumni Ventures, and the companies it backs on Lounge are mostly in AI.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about TechOperators Venture Capital
What AI companies has TechOperators Venture Capital invested in?
TechOperators Venture Capital's AI investments include Spectrum Security. The 1 round on Lounge are listed on this page with amounts, dates and co-investors.
Where is TechOperators Venture Capital based?
TechOperators Venture Capital is based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
What stage does TechOperators Venture Capital invest at?
In the rounds tracked on Lounge, TechOperators Venture Capital has invested at Seed, with a median round of $19M. TechOperators Venture Capital led 1 of those rounds.
Who does TechOperators Venture Capital co-invest with?
TechOperators Venture Capital's most frequent co-investors on Lounge are Whiterabbit Ventures (1 deal), Tammy Moskites (1 deal), Skinos Ventures (1 deal) and Alumni Ventures (1 deal).
How can founders reach TechOperators Venture Capital?
Founders on Lounge can see TechOperators Venture Capital's contact details in AI Investor Contacts (paid plans), check for a warm introduction through members who worked with the firm under Warm Paths, and add TechOperators Venture Capital to their Investor Pipeline to track the conversation.