Genacast Ventures

We have deep networks in the industries we invest in and will help our companies build relevant connections with potential customers and investors We are also able to play an active role in hiring 
and team-building

We appreciate technology and look for companies that are using hard technology to solve hard problems

What We Look For

Edison said: “Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration ” We believe similarly: start-up success is 1% a good idea and 99% execution A good idea is not enough It takes a great team with brilliant execution to make a start-up successful

While we celebrate the multi-hundred million dollar exit, we realize most start-ups will exit below one hundred million dollars and thus need to be capitalized such that all stakeholders win in this scenario Our incentives are aligned with yours

We are technology enthusiasts and gravitate towards start-ups with innovative technology that provides competitive advantages We want to hear about your technical barriers to entry and the difficult engineering challenges that your team has overcome

Founder & Managing Partner Gil Beyda is a seasoned entrepreneur turned venture capitalist currently investing in blockchain, cybersecurity, IOT and enterprise IT Drawing from decades of experience with cutting edge technologies, both as a founder and an operator, Beyda looks to invest in startups and later-stage companies solving real problems with cutting-edge technology

Beyda launched his first company, Mind Games, in 1982 to develop games for the original Apple II He then started a software consulting firm focused on Fortune 100 clients in the U S , Asia and Europe As a co-founder of Real Media, in the mid 1990’s, he helped shepherd the early adoption of internet advertising technology Later, Beyda became CTO of TACODA, the first behavioral targeting ad network Following AOL’s acquisition of TACODA in 2007, Beyda founded Genacast Ventures

What I love about my job:

• Working with brilliant, passionate entrepreneurs to solve real problems
• Strategizing with the CEO and architecting with the CTO
• Getting out of my comfort zone and exploring new industries
• Falling in love with a startup, diligencing it and still being in love Sectors: SecurityLocation: New York City & Tel AvivInvestment Stage: SeedCurrent Status: Active, Series DCo-Investors: Bessemer Venture Partners, Scale Venture Partners, ClearSky Security Fund, Comcast Ventures, BOLDstart Ventures, SAP, Deep Fork Capital

BigID is a security company focused on helping organizations manage the risk and privacy of their customer Identity data.

Sectors: BlockchainLocation: New York CityInvestment Stage: SeedCurrent Status: Active, Series CCo-Investors: Tiger Global Management, Sapphire Ventures, SoftBank Vision Fund, Lerer Hippeau, Boldstart Ventures, mState, Plug and Play

The simplest and fastest way to spin up nodes and scale decentralized applications.

Sectors: B2BLocation: New York CityInvestment Stage: SeedCurrent Status: ActiveCo-Investors: Correlation Ventures, ERA

Browse through hundreds of ideas for experiences and get connected to amazing, vetted vendors in a one-of-a-kind online catalog.

Sectors: DevOpsLocation: New York CityInvestment Stage: Through Acquisition of Mortar Data in 2015Current Status: IPO (NASDAQ: DDOG)Co-Investors: Iconiq Capital, Index Ventures, OpenView Venture Partners, RTP Ventures

Datadog is a monitoring service that brings together metrics and events from servers, databases, applications, tools and services to present a unified view of the infrastructure.

Sectors: AdvertisingLocation: New York CityInvestment Stage: SeedCurrent Status: Acquired by Adobe Systems (NASDAQ:ADBE) in 2011 Co-Investors: First Round Capital, Shasta Ventures

Demdex collects and manages non-personally identifiable behavioral and demographic data on behalf of its clients and provides a platform for the management and enforcement of consumer privacy preferences.

Adobe Buys Behavioral Data Management Platform DemDex Sectors: Mobile, SecurityLocation: New York City, Hong Kong and LondonInvestment Stage: SeedCurrent Status: Acquired by Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) in 2014

Co-Investors: BOLDstart Ventures, Comcast Ventures, Google Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures

Divide helps organizations and individuals get the most out of mobile technology and corporate BYOD policies. The company’s flagship platform combines cloud-based management with device-level technology that ensures enterprise security and control without compromising personal freedom and privacy.

Google Buys an Enterprise Android Company, Divide (Formerly Known as Enterproid)