Alex van Someren, CyLon Ventures

Alex van Someren, co-founder of CyLon Ventures, invests exclusively in early-stage (pre-seed to seed) cybersecurity and resilience. See contact routes.

About Alex van Someren

Alex van Someren, co-founder of CyLon Ventures, invests exclusively in early-stage (pre-seed to seed) cybersecurity and resilience startups, with check sizes typically ranging from £25,000 to £1.5M. His distinctive thesis defines cyber security broadly to include technologies from cyber skills training and identity management to threat intelligence, leveraging the firm's own capital for a founder-aligned approach. Notable portfolio companies include Immersive Labs and Tessian, which received CyLon as their first investor. Van Someren brings deep expertise from founding nCipher (a £350m IPO) and serving as the UK Government’s Chief Scientific Advisor for National Security.

Alex van Someren at a glance

Role
Managing Director
Organization
CyLon Ventures
Location
Witney, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Investor type
Venture Capital

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Alex van Someren is based in Witney, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom.

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