Decibel Ventures

Decibel Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm. It backs founders who build software used by engineering and security teams, and it tends to arrive at the earliest stage of a company's life.

Products and services

• Early-stage investment: backs technical founders from the start of their company.
• Customer introductions: connects portfolio companies with a community of early adopters such as security and engineering leaders.
• Go-to-market guidance: shares sales and marketing playbooks drawn from experienced operators.
• Founder mentoring: pairs new founders with people who have built companies before.
• Hiring help: assists with recruiting the first employees.

Clients

The firm looks for technical founders building infrastructure software for developers, data engineers and cybersecurity teams. Its portfolio includes companies working on Kubernetes delivery, attack surface management, open source design tools and asset inventory.

Key facts

• Stage: early stage
• Focus: infrastructure software, security and data tooling
• Publishes: news, founder interviews and playbooks