Ten Eleven Ventures

Yesterday's announcement on Bloom Security emerging from stealth marked the beginning of an important conversation about the future of endpoint security. The definition of an endpoint is changing. AI agents, browser extensions, local automation tools, and open-source software are reshaping enterprise environments, and creating new attack surfaces that legacy security wasn't built to address. That's why we believe Bloom Security is tackling one of the most important emerging challenges in cybersecurity. Thanks to Chris Metinko and the Axios Pro team for highlighting both Bloom's vision and the broader market shift driving this new category. Read the full article from Chris here: https://lnkd.in/gN56AVt6

Congratulations to the team at portfolio company Bloom Security on emerging from stealth, and announcing their $20M Seed round! From our earliest conversations, it was clear this was a team uniquely positioned to tackle one of cybersecurity's next major challenges. Having helped build and scale category-defining products before, they understood that AI is fundamentally changing the enterprise endpoint. As AI-native tools become embedded in everyday workflows, the enterprise endpoint is expanding beyond the traditional device, and security teams need a platform built for this new reality. That's why the Bloom team is building AI-native workstation protection that gives organizations visibility, context, and control across this rapidly expanding attack surface. So proud to support the team along with our colleagues at Glilot Capital, Okta Ventures and Runtime Ventures. Congratulations again to CEO Itay Keren 🌸 and the rest of this team on this milestone! 🔗 Read more from Grace Cassy about why we invested in Bloom here: https://lnkd.in/e-jJgxb2

While AI has made teams leaner, budgets tighter and expectations higher, cybersecurity and AI startups are still hiring, they're just hiring differently. Companies are looking for marketers who can think strategically, work across functions, partner closely with founders, and use AI as a force multiplier rather than a replacement. Product marketing, in particular, continues to be one of the highest-value functions in B2B SaaS as companies compete on positioning, differentiation, and technical storytelling. If you're a marketer, take a look at these open roles across our portfolio: ⚫ VulnCheck: Director, Product Marketing - Austin, TX or Boston, MA (Remote) ⚫ Jazz: Head of Product Marketing - Boston, MA ⚫ Geordie AI: Revenue Marketing Manager - Sterling, VA or New York, NY (Hybrid) ⚫ Immuta: GTM Engineer - Columbus, OH These and other roles can be found here: 🔗 https://jobs.1011vc.com/ And if you know someone who's looking for their next opportunity, we'd appreciate a share!

Black Hat USA is always a good reminder of how quickly cybersecurity evolves. We're looking forward to seeing our portfolio companies sharing new research, launching products, leading discussions, and meeting with customers throughout the week. Swipe through for a look at where you can find them in Las Vegas next week! ⬇️ Registration links here for some of the events below: ⚫ Jazz Tour Bus: https://lnkd.in/d-7YJzgn ⚫Harmonic Security Feeding Frenzy Happy Hour https://lnkd.in/eeEZhUDA ⚫Fig Security Poker Tournament: https://lnkd.in/eXaG2jeG ⚫Model Citizens: AI, Security & Cocktails with HiddenLayer  https://luma.com/h7zcbw0h ⚫Semperis Midnight In The War Room World Premiere https://lnkd.in/eR7-s2eb ⚫BLACKBIRD.AI Hackasan Party  https://lnkd.in/eK49JzGx BLACKBIRD.AI, Eclypsium, Inc., Fig Security, Geordie AI, Harmonic Security, HiddenLayer, Jazz, NetSPI, Semperis, VulnCheck

Excited to see our portfolio company, Fig Security, launch Fig Build! This is about helping SecOps teams move from weeks to minutes when building and deploying detections, reducing errors, simplifying operations, and giving engineers more time to focus on protecting their organizations instead of managing tooling. Proud to back a team building products that make security teams faster, more effective, and more confident. Congrats to the Fig team on this milestone!👏

Big congratulations to the Fig Security team on being named one of the Top 10 cyber startups in the Black Hat Startup Spotlight! Well-deserved recognition for a team tackling a critical challenge in cybersecurity. Looking forward to the continued momentum at Black Hat!

Staying cool isn't easy in July but Geordie AI seems to have it figured out! 😎 Huge congratulations to the team on being named a 2026 Gartner Cool Vendor in the Gartner Coolest Vendor Innovations in AI Software Security report. It's great to see Gartner recognize Beam, Geordie's approach to combining context engineering with deterministic policy enforcement to help organizations adopt AI agents securely and at scale. This recognition adds to an incredible year, following Geordie's 2026 RSAC Innovation Sandbox win and continued momentum with new customers. Congratulations to everyone at Geordie, so well deserved!

Congratulations to the entire IQM Quantum Computers team on its Nasdaq debut as IQMX last week! This milestone reflects years of disciplined execution. The team has built one of the world's leading full-stack quantum computing companies, delivering quantum systems for enterprises, research institutions, and national laboratories around the world. Following its Nasdaq debut, IQM has also listed on the Helsinki exchange, becoming only the second Finnish company, after Nokia, to hold a dual listing in Finland and the United States. Congratulations to Jan Goetz, the leadership team, and everyone at IQM on this well-deserved achievement. We're proud to be part of the journey!

Congratulations to portfolio company, BLACKBIRD.AI, on being recognized by Gartner as a Market Shaper in the Emerging Market Quadrant for Narrative Intelligence - Startup Vendors. 👏 Narrative intelligence is becoming increasingly critical for organizations navigating disinformation, reputational risk, and an evolving threat environment. This recognition underscores the momentum behind both the category and the team helping shape it. Congratulations to Wasim K. and everyone at BLACKBIRD.AI on this well-earned milestone.

The AI stack is maturing, and so are the roles needed to make it work in the real world. That's one reason we're seeing growing demand for Forward Deployed Engineers (FDEs) across enterprise AI and cybersecurity. The role isn't new, but it's becoming increasingly important as companies move from AI demos to production. FDEs combine deep technical expertise with customer empathy, embedding with customers to turn complex operational challenges into production-ready software and AI workflows tailored to their environments. For cybersecurity, the trend is especially compelling. No two enterprise environments are the same. Every organization has its own infrastructure, identity architecture, compliance requirements, threat models, and workflows. The gap between a powerful platform and measurable security outcomes is often the integration work required to fit into that environment. That's where FDEs create significant value. They implement technology, and at the same time, become trusted technical partners, helping customers operationalize new capabilities while feeding real-world insights back into the product. For cybersecurity startups serving large enterprises, strong Forward Deployed Engineering can be a meaningful competitive advantage on the path from product adoption to platform standardization. 👇 Several of our portfolio companies are hiring for Forward Deployed Engineering and similar customer-facing technical roles: ⚫ Corsha - Forward Deployed Engineer, Tysons, VA (Hybrid) ⚫ Variance - Forward Deployed AI Engineer, San Francisco, CA These and other roles at brilliant startups can be found at: https://jobs.1011vc.com/