Kicking off CyberBytes: The Podcast BlackHat 2024 special edition with an absolute beast of a guest, Jay Leek, Managing Partner & Co-Founder at SYN Ventures. SYN Ventures is a venture capital firm primarily pursuing early-stage security sector opportunities run by security operators with decades of experience.

In this episode, we cover:

• Jay’s fascinating career from security operator to early-stage Cyber VC
• The real challenges for a CISO
• Starting SYN Ventures, the largest dedicated security seed fund and what differentiates SYN
• Jay’s investment thesis and meeting 550 security companies a year
• Advice to founders and the future of Cyber VC and SYN

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Jay’s LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayleek/

SYN Website - https://www.synventures.com/

Joseph’s LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/cybercoops/

Aspiron Search - https://aspironsearch.com/

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