Robert R. Ackerman Jr. is the Founder and Managing Director of AllegisCyber Capital. See sector focus and contact routes.
Robert R. Ackerman Jr. is the Founder and Managing Director of AllegisCyber Capital, an early-stage cybersecurity venture firm he established in 1996 after a career as a serial entrepreneur and Fortune 100 cybersecurity executive. His investment thesis focuses exclusively on early-stage cybersecurity and related enterprise software, operating across three platforms including DataTribe for seed-stage co-building and Ballast for growth-stage companies with IPO trajectories. Typical check sizes range from $500,000 to $5 million at the seed stage and $3 million to over $20 million for Series A leads, where the firm often takes lead positions. Notable portfolio companies include Dragos, for which AllegisCyber held a lead Series A position, as well as ventures from the DataTribe foundry like CyberGRX, which he co-founded. Ackerman is distinguished as the first investor to create a venture fund dedicated solely to cybersecurity and is recognized as one of “Cyber’s Money Men” and a Forbes Midas List investor for his 20+ years of domain expertise. He emphasizes that successful cyber investing requires deep operational experience combined with technical expertise,
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