What Crosspoint Capital Partners does

Crosspoint Capital Partners is a private equity and venture capital firm founded in 2019 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California, with a regional office in Boston. The firm invests exclusively in the cybersecurity sector and its intersection with infrastructure software, writing checks across the full lifecycle from pre-seed through growth equity and buyouts. Beyond capital, the firm staffs a bench of Operating Partners and Operating Advisors — many former executives of Symantec, Blue Coat, NortonLifeLock, AT&T, IBM, and the U.S. intelligence community — alongside an internal technical advisory body called Crosspoint Labs that supports portfolio R&D and product strategy.

The firm generates revenue through the standard private-equity model of management fees on committed capital and carried interest on fund returns; specific AUM and economics are not publicly disclosed. Investment sourcing is concentrated in early- and growth-stage cybersecurity startups, with active involvement observed from 2025 through 2026 in rounds for TENEX.AI, Geordie AI, Ent, SynthBee, Glide Identity, WideField Security, Mind Security, Command Zero, Clearly AI, and Evoke Security, alongside a previously announced control acquisition of Absolute Software and acquisition of the RSA Conference business.

Crosspoint's competitive positioning is built on three reinforcing assets: a narrow but deep sector focus, a bench of operator talent unmatched by most generalist cyber investors, and access to enterprise decision-makers via former CISOs of major financial institutions and large enterprises. The portfolio skews heavily toward AI-native security companies addressing emerging threats — particularly those related to autonomous AI agents, identity in an AI-first era, and AI-driven DLP — positioning the firm at the intersection of two of the most active venture capital themes of 2025–2026.

Name

Crosspoint Capital Partners

Legal name

Crosspoint Capital Partners, LP

Website

https://crosspointcapital.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Crosspoint Capital Partners is a private equity firm focused on cybersecurity and infrastructure software, writing checks from pre-seed through buyouts and backing a portfolio of 20-plus companies including Absolute, DigiCert, ExtraHop, Forescout, and AI-native startups such as TENEX.AI and Geordie AI.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Private Equity and Venture Capital Investment Management

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

Sector-Focused Venture Capital (Vertical Specialists) (FSANAAAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Late-Stage Venture Capital (Series C+) (FSANAAAC)

Keywords

• Private equity investing
• Venture capital investing
• Cybersecurity investments
• Infrastructure software investing
• Growth equity buyouts

Headquarters

HQ city

Menlo Park

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Investment Management: Private equity and venture capital firm that generates returns through equity investments in portfolio companies. Revenue derived from management fees and carried interest on fund returns.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Crosspoint Capital Partners is a private equity and venture capital investment firm that deploys capital into cybersecurity companies and infrastructure software companies across all stages — from early-stage to growth equity and buyouts. The firm partners with management teams by providing capital alongside deep sector expertise, operational capability, and investment experience to build and scale portfolio companies. Its investment support is reinforced by Crosspoint Labs, a group of technical leaders and subject matter experts who assist portfolio companies with technical, product, and R&D value-creation initiatives.

Product overview

Crosspoint Capital Partners is an investment firm focused on cybersecurity and infrastructure software. The firm operates across all investment stages — early-stage, growth equity, and buyouts — providing capital, sector expertise, and operational support to portfolio companies. Rather than offering a product platform, Crosspoint Capital functions as a private equity and venture capital investor that partners with management teams to build and scale businesses in the cybersecurity and infrastructure software markets.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Crosspoint Labs: A group of accomplished technical leaders and subject matter experts in cybersecurity, AI, and infrastructure software that provides expert technical perspective to Crosspoint Capital and its portfolio companies, and assists with technical, product and R&D related VCP initiatives.

Products and services

• Crosspoint Capital Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds

Quantifiable outcome

• Portfolio includes Absolute, DigiCert, ExtraHop, Forescout, McAfee, Veracode, and 15+ other companies

Named customers10 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• RSAC ConferencecoreOthersCrosspoint Capital and portfolio companies regularly participate in RSA Conference (RSAC). Portfolio companies featured at RSAC 2025 conference. Dr. Hugh Thompson serves as Executive Chairman of RSAC Conference.

Scale indicators14 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Ten Eleven Ventures: Ten Eleven Ventures is a cybersecurity-focused venture capital firm investing from seed to growth, the closest direct peer to Crosspoint's vertical specialist model in cybersecurity. Both firms lead deals in security startups across stages and compete for the same founder-led companies.
• Forgepoint Capital: Forgepoint Capital is a sector-focused VC dedicated to cybersecurity and critical infrastructure software, investing across stages in security startups. It competes head-to-head with Crosspoint for cybersecurity deal flow and shares the operating-partner-heavy model.
• AllegisCyber Capital: AllegisCyber is one of the earliest pure-play cybersecurity venture firms, investing across stages with deep domain focus. It is a comparable vertical specialist against which Crosspoint benchmarks for security investing.
• YL Ventures: YL Ventures is an Israel- and US-focused seed-stage cybersecurity venture firm that co-invested alongside Crosspoint in Mind Security. Same vertical, same founder-driven approach, though skewed earlier-stage.

Broad incumbents

• Thoma Bravo: Thoma Bravo is the largest software-focused PE firm with deep cybersecurity exposure (e.g., McAfee, Proofpoint). Although much larger and operating primarily at scale/buyout, it is a benchmark incumbent in the cybersecurity investing space Crosspoint targets.
• Vista Equity Partners: Vista Equity Partners is a large software-focused PE firm investing across stages including in cybersecurity assets. Crosspoint competes at the upper end with Vista for growth-to-buyout cybersecurity deals.
• Bain Capital: Bain Capital is a global multi-strategy PE firm with an active tech and cybersecurity practice (managing director Dan Stanko came from Bain Capital). A generalist incumbent that nonetheless overlaps with Crosspoint's growth and buyout cybersecurity deals.
• Insight Partners: Insight Partners is a large growth-stage software investor with deep cybersecurity exposure. Crosspoint competes with Insight for growth and Series B+ cybersecurity rounds (e.g., overlapping with Geordie AI's syndicate).
• Sequoia Capital: Sequoia is a top-tier multi-stage venture firm that co-invested in Ent alongside Crosspoint. As a broad incumbent, Sequoia increasingly targets cybersecurity, making it both a co-investor and competitor for the best security deals.
• Andreessen Horowitz: Andreessen Horowitz is a leading generalist tech investor with an active cybersecurity practice and participated in TENEX.AI's Series B alongside Crosspoint. A high-profile co-investor that also competes for the same founder relationships.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CrosspointCP
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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A2 records

Investments22 records

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