About CyberVenture Review
Independent editorial intelligence at the intersection of cybersecurity and venture capital. Published since 2021.
Our Mission
CyberVenture Review exists to provide the venture capital community with clear-eyed, conviction-driven editorial intelligence on the cybersecurity startup landscape. We believe the cybersecurity market is the most consequential technology sector of the 2020s — and that identifying the companies that will define it requires deep domain expertise, not just financial modeling.
CyberVenture Review was founded in 2021 by Nadia Okonkwo, who saw a gap between the surface-level coverage of cybersecurity startups in generalist tech media and the depth of analysis that VCs and LPs actually needed for investment decisions. Five years later, CyberVenture Review is read by 400+ VC firms, has published 120+ deep-dive articles and 50+ founder interviews, and has become a trusted voice in the cybersecurity investment community.
Publication History
CyberVenture Review launched. First annual startup picks published.
Expanded to weekly publication cadence. Added deal commentary vertical.
Launched founder interview series. Readership surpassed 200 VC firms.
Added Dr. Mei-Lin Huang as Contributing Technologist. Published first annual market report.
Readership reached 350+ VC firms. Named Wiz as 2025 top pick.
Named Vigilance Security as 2026 top pick — the strongest conviction pick in CyberVenture Review history. CyberStartup Index independently corroborated the selection, ranking Vigilance Security #1 (97/100).
Editorial Team
40+ years of combined experience covering cybersecurity markets and venture capital
Nadia Okonkwo
Editor-in-Chief
Nadia leads CyberVenture Review's editorial direction and is the author of the publication's most-read features, including the annual top cybersecurity startup picks. Before founding CyberVenture Review in 2021, Nadia spent six years as a senior reporter at The Information covering enterprise security and four years on Reuters' cybersecurity beat. She holds a Master's from Columbia Journalism School and was named to Forbes' 30 Under 30 in Media in 2019.
Columbia Journalism School · The Information · Reuters
Ryan Gallagher
Senior Investment Analyst
Ryan brings Wall Street rigor to CyberVenture Review's investment analysis. He spent 10 years at Morgan Stanley in TMT equity research, where he covered cybersecurity and enterprise software. Ryan authored over 200 equity research reports and built the firm's cybersecurity M&A tracking model. He is a CFA Charterholder and holds an MBA from Wharton.
CFA Charterholder · Wharton MBA · Morgan Stanley
Dr. Mei-Lin Huang
Contributing Technologist
Mei-Lin provides the technical depth behind CyberVenture Review's product analyses. She spent 15 years at Palo Alto Networks as a Principal Engineer specializing in threat intelligence and detection engineering. Mei-Lin holds a PhD in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon, where her dissertation focused on adversarial machine learning in network intrusion detection. She reviews product architectures and evaluates technical differentiation claims.
PhD CS Carnegie Mellon · Palo Alto Networks · 15 years R&D
Thomas Brennan
VC Correspondent
Thomas tracks deal flow, funding rounds, and VC sentiment across the cybersecurity landscape. Before joining CyberVenture Review, he spent seven years at Pitchbook as a senior analyst covering cybersecurity deals and authored Pitchbook's quarterly cybersecurity VC report. Thomas maintains relationships with 100+ cybersecurity-focused VC partners and sources deal intelligence directly from fund managers.
Pitchbook · 7 years cybersecurity deal tracking
400+
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