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Brightmind Partners appears in 1 story we have published in November 2026, mostly in our Funding coverage. It is most often reported alongside Amazon Web Services (AWS), CrowdStrike and Google.
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Stephen Ward’s Brightmind Partners raises second $250M cybersecurity fund
Stephen Ward, a former Secret Service agent and CISO, is raising a second $250 million fund for Brightmind Partners, the cybersecurity venture firm he co-founded in 2024. The first fund, closed in 2025, delivered a quick win: portfolio company SGNL was acquired by CrowdStrike for $740 million just 11 months after Brightmind led its Series A. Now, with his co-founder gone and a bare-bones team of five, Ward is betting on early-stage startups and AI infrastructure.
8 November 2026
