Experience

Sorenson Capital

• United States
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Partner and Co-Founder

  • 2017 - Present

  Palo Alto, CA Alongside Rob Rueckert, Ken co-founded Sorenson Capital’s Ventures practice in 2017, where he is the managing partner. The firm’s Venture strategy focuses on investing in B2B software companies that are pre-revenue up to $5M ARR. Sorenson supports entrepreneurs through every stage of their journey to accelerate revenue growth and further their product leadership position. The firm’s investments in product leaders include Amplitude, BambooHR, Bridgecrew, Couchbase, Fastly, Harness, and Socure… Show more Alongside Rob Rueckert, Ken co-founded Sorenson Capital’s Ventures practice in 2017, where he is the managing partner. The firm’s Venture strategy focuses on investing in B2B software companies that are pre-revenue up to $5M ARR. Sorenson supports entrepreneurs through every stage of their journey to accelerate revenue growth and further their product leadership position. The firm’s investments in product leaders include Amplitude, BambooHR, Bridgecrew, Couchbase, Fastly, Harness, and Socure. With offices in Lehi, Utah, and Palo Alto, California, Sorenson is proud to partner with entrepreneurs from coast to canyon. To learn more about Sorenson, please visit: https://www.sorensoncapital.com/ . Show less



Planera, Inc

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Investor

  • 2022 - Present

  San Francisco Bay Area Planera is a Construction SaaS platform. The solution provides the power of sophisticated project scheduling software, yet is as easy to use as a Whiteboard or Excel.



Acceldata

• United States
• Software Development
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Investor

  • 2020 - Present

  Observability for Analytics & Artificial Intelligence



VulnCheck

• United States
• Computer and Network Security
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Investor

  • 2022 - Present

  Boston, Massachusetts, United States VulnCheck is the vulnerability intelligence company helping enterprises, government organizations, and cybersecurity vendors solve the vulnerability prioritization challenge.



Talon Cyber Security

• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Investor

  • 2021 - Present

  Tel Aviv, Israel Talon is the leader in browser-based security for the hybrid workforce, allowing employees to work from anywhere and on any device without compromising security and privacy.



CyCognito

• United States
• Computer and Network Security
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Investor

  • 2018 - Present

  San Francisco Bay Area Continuous and Real-Time SaaS Attack Surface Analysis and Remediation Platform



Bridgecrew

• United States
• Computer and Network Security
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Investor

  • 2019 - Present

  San Francisco Bay Area Acquired by Palo Alto Networks in March 2021. Codified cloud security, built to be simple.



CloudKnox Security Inc. (Acquired by Microsoft Corporation)

• United States
• Computer and Network Security
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Investor

  • 2019 - Present

  Acquired by Microsoft in July 2021. The Leader in Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management (CIEM).



Avigilon Alta, formerly Openpath Security Inc.

• United States
• Security and Investigations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Investor

  • 2017 - Present

  Greater Los Angeles Area Acquired by Motorola Solutions in July 2021. Access control for the modern workplace.



Qualio

• United States
• Software Development
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Investor

  • 2020 - Present

  The leading quality management system for life sciences teams



Vectice

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Investor

  • 2021 - Present

  San Francisco Bay Area Vectice is the platform-agnostic data science management software that empowers enterprises and their teams to establish best-in-class AI practices.



Evo Security

• United States
• Data Security Software Products
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Investor

  • 2021 - Present

  Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area Identity and Access Management Built for MSPs



SupportLogic

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Investor

  • 2019 - Present

  SupportLogic delivers the world’s first support experience (SX) platform that enables companies to proactively understand and act on the voice of the customer to build healthy relationships and maximize customer lifetime value.



Airgap Networks Inc.

• United States
• Computer and Network Security
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Investor

  • 2021 - Present

  Protect Data, Applications, Assets, & Services by creating a micro perimeter around every device in your organization.



Octarine

• United States
• Computer and Network Security
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Investor

  • 2017 - Present

  San Francisco Bay Area Kubernetes security platform acquired by VMWare in May 2020.



Paperspace

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Investor

  • 2018 - Present

  Greater New York City Area Acquired by Digital Ocean in July 2023. Powering machine learning/artificial intelligence pipelines.



Carbon Black

• United States
• Computer and Network Security
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Investor

  • 2015 - Present

  Waltham, MA 2018 IPO: CBLK



DocuSign

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Investor

  • 2015 - Present

  San Francisco Bay Area 2018 IPO: DOCU The Global Standard for Digital Transaction Management.



AlienVault

• United States
• Computer and Network Security
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Investor

  • 2013 - Present

  San Mateo, CA Acquired by AT&T in August 2018. AlientVault's Unified Security Management (USM) platform provides all of the essential security controls required for complete security visibility, and is designed to enable any IT or security practitioner to benefit from results on day one.



Vectra AI

• United States
• Computer and Network Security
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Investor

  • 2014 - Present

  San Jose, CA Vectra Networks is the leader in real-time detection of in-progress cyber-attacks.



Gigya

• United States
• Software Development
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Investor

  • 2014 - Present

  Mountain View, CA Acquired by SAP in 2017. Gigya's Customer Identity Management Platform helps companies build better customer relationships by turning unknown visitors into known, loyal and engaged customers.



Forescout Technologies Inc.

• United States
• Computer and Network Security
• 700 & Above Employee

• Investor

  • 2013 - Present

  Campbell, CA 2017 IPO: FSCT. ForeScout is the world's leading provider of network security, access control (NAC) and policy compliance solutions.



BrightEdge

• United States
• Software Development
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Investor

  • 2012 - Present

  San Mateo, CA BrightEdge is the essential content performance marketing platform for modern business.



Venafi

• United States
• Computer and Network Security
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Investor

  • 2015 - Present

  Greater Salt Lake City Area Acquired in 2020 by Thoma Bravo for $1.15B. Venafi is the leader in key and certificate management.



Fortscale - Acquired by RSA Security

• United States
• Computer and Network Security

• Investor

  • Dec 2014 - 2018

  San Francisco Bay Area and Tel Aviv, Israel Acquired by RSA in 2018. Fortscale’s goal is to enable enterprise security analysts to easily generate User Behavior Analytics, regardless of their technical know-how.



TrapX Security

• United States
• Computer and Network Security
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Investor

  • 2015 - 2017

  San Francisco Bay Area TrapX Security is the leader in the delivery of deception-based cyber security defense.



Arrayent, Inc.

• United States
• Computer Networking
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Investor

  • 2013 - 2017

  Redwood City, CA Acquired by Prodea in 2017. The Arrayent Connect Platform is an Internet of Things platform that enables trusted consumer brands to implement connected products and systems.



Intel Corporation

• United States
• Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Managing Director & VP (Software & Security Groups)

  • 2011 - 2017

  San Francisco Bay Area Intel Capital's security investment team ranked every year from 2011 to 2017 as a top investor in cybersecurity. https://twitter.com/intelcapital/status/829702726078623744/photo/1 Ranked #5 by CB Insights in Sept 2016 in "What's Next in CyberSecurity" https://www.cbinsights.com/blog/future-cybersecurity-commentary/



Prelert (acquired by Elastic)

• Investor

  • 2014 - 2016

  Framingham, MA Acquired by Elastic in 2016. Prelert is the leading provider of machine learning anomaly detection for IT security and operations teams.



AtHoc (acquired by Blackberry)

• Investor

  • 2012 - 2015

  San Mateo, CA Acquired by Blackberry in 2015. AtHoc pioneered networked crisis communication. When emergencies strike, AtHoc's sophisticated solution provides a seamless exchange of critical information between organizations, their people, devices – and any external entity.



Prolexic (acquired by Akamai)

• Investor

  • 2013 - 2014

  Hollywood, Florida Prolexic, now a part of Akamai, is the world’s largest and most trusted distributed denial of service (DDoS) mitigation service provider. Akamai acquired Prolexic for $415M in Feb 2014.



Solera Networks (acquired by Blue Coat Systems)

• Investor

  • 2012 - 2013

  South Jordan, UT Solera Networks collects, indexes, creates analysis/forensics and reports security network data anamolies. Solera Networks was acquired by Blue Coat Systems in 2013.



Opus Capital

• United States
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 1 - 100 Employee

• General Partner

  • Dec 2005 - Jul 2011

  Opus Capital invests in Seed and Series A investments in IT in areas such as Internet, Software, Semiconductors, Networking, Storage and Security. I focused on Security and Software investments. - Charter Member, TiE (The Indian Entrepreneurs' Association) - Board Member, The Source (UC Berkeley Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology) - Officer, Harvard Business School Association of Northern California (VC Roundtable)



Lightspeed

• United States
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Sr. Associate

  • Aug 2001 - Dec 2005

  Lightspeed invests in early stage IT companies.



Battery Ventures

• United States
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Kauffman Fellow and Senior Associate

  • 1999 - 2001

  Greater Boston Area Focused on software and security investments



Radius Innovation & Development

• United States
• Design
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Director, Int'l Sales & Marketing

  • Apr 1994 - Aug 1997

  Ken ran the P&L for Int'l sales & marketing (outside of US and Canada) for Radius. Radius was a public company backed by Kleiner Perkins, Sequoia, Mayfield and Interwest. Radius made graphics cards, monitors, and digital video hardware and software. His role at Radius included serving as a member of the executive staff and opening the company's first sales and marketing office in the Benelux region of Europe.



Apple

• United States
• Computers and Electronics Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Business Development

  • Jun 1991 - Apr 1994

  Claris was the software subsidiary of Apple Computer (now called FileMaker Inc.). Ken drove business development in the US and Europe.