Mahendra Ramsinghani

Mahendra is the founder of Secure Octane, a Silicon Valley-based cyber security seed fund. He has invested in leading security startups in security automation, deception networks, and cyber risk/insurance.

Mahendra is the organizer of Bay Area Security Startups, a monthly meetup with 750+ members.

He blogs regularly about security business trends in CSOOnline, TechCrunch, MIT Technology Review, and Huffington Post. He is the author of two leading books on venture capital and startups – “The Business of Venture Capital” (Wiley Finance, 2014) and “Startup Boards” (Wiley, 2014) co-authored with noted investor Brad Feld.

His educational background includes a B.Eng (Electronics) and MBA (Finance and Marketing) from the University of Pune, India.