About Brightmind
Brightmind is a venture capital firm founded in 2024. It is primarily based out of United States. As of Mar 2026, Brightmind is an active investor, having invested in 4 companies, with 3 new investments in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Series A round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to Enterprise Infrastructure and High Tech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Onit Security Overall, Brightmind portfolio has seen 1 acquisition, namely Sgnl AI. Hetz Ventures co-invest with Brightmind, sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Brightmind has team of 4 people including 1 partners.Key Metrics
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Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Series A & Seed
Portfolio Acquisitions
Deals in last 12 months
Brightmind's List of All Investments
Brightmind has a portfolio of 4 companies. Their most notable investments are in Onit Security and Prelude.Their portfolio spans across United States and Israel. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Enterprise Infrastructure, High Tech, across Series A, Seed stages. Here is the list of all investments by Brightmind:
1. Sgnl AI
Provider of a platform for continuous identity and access management. It offers dynamic access management, zero standing privilege, and real-time authorization. The platform integrates with existing identity and security solutions to secure critical systems. It evaluates access requests based on contextual data and adapts to changing conditions. The platform helps to manage and revoke privileged sessions using context.
Key facts about Sgnl AI
- Founded Year: 2021
- Location: Palo Alto (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $52M
- Employee Count: 26 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: Costanoa, Aviso Ventures and 6 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Jan 10, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
2. Vijil
Cloud-based platform offering tools to evaluate AI agents. It enables users build and operate AI agents by providing cloud services for evaluating, and maintaining AI models. It enables organizations to deploy AI agents in business-critical use cases.
Key facts about Vijil
- Founded Year: 2023
- Location: Santa Clara (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $23M
- Employee Count: 27 as on Jan 31, 2026
- Investors: Google Ventures, Mayfield and 2 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Nov 25, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Prelude
Security testing tools to detect vulnerabilities in the cloud. Products include Prelude Detect and Prelude Operator, which enable real-time command and control over any asset across infrastructure. Monitoring of threat intelligence channels, decision support, and threat detection are some of its features.
Key facts about Prelude
- Founded Year: 2020
- Location: Silver Spring (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $45M
- Employee Count: 11 - 50 as on Jul 17, 2025
- Investors: Four Rivers Group, Insight Partners and 5 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Sep 25, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Provider of an AI-powered security operations platform for exposure management. The platform focuses on resolving security tasks through decision-based processes. It offers features such as exposure analysis, decision surfacing, and continuous resolution. The platform integrates with existing security stacks, aiming to improve operational efficiency and reduce resolution times. It automates remediation tasks and facilitates vulnerability management.
Key facts about Onit Security
- Founded Year: 2025
- Location: Tel Aviv (Israel)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $11M
- Investors: Hetz Ventures and Brightmind
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Mar 24, 2026, $*****
Brightmind's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
In 2025, it made 3 investments, while as of Mar 2026, it has made 1 investment in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Onit Security.Brightmind's Investments by Stage
Brightmind has made 3 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $21M and 1 investment in Seed stage with an average round size of $11M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series A | 3 |
Seed | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Brightmind's Investments by Sector
Brightmind has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Enterprise Infrastructure and High Tech. Notably, it has invested in 4 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 4 Software companies, 4 Tech companies and at least 3 companies focusing on Saas.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 4 |
Enterprise Infrastructure | 3 |
High Tech | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Brightmind's Investments by Geography
Brightmind has made most investments in United States (3), followed by Israel where it has made 1 investment.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 3 |
Israel | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Brightmind's recent investments
Brightmind has made 1 investments in 2026 so far - Onit Security.Here are the most recent investments by Brightmind:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mar 24, 2026 | Israel | Seed | 1565 | ||
Nov 25, 2025 | United States | Series A | 2665 | [+1] | |
Sep 25, 2025 | United States | Series A | 9212 | [+1] | |
Jan 10, 2025 | United States | Series A | 9778 | [+2] |
Acquired companies in Brightmind's Portfolio
1 company from Brightmind's portfolio has been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Sgnl AI in Jan 2026 by CrowdStrike for $*****.Here are Brightmind's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jan 09, 2026 | Jan 10, 2025 | Series A | 9892 |
Team profile of Brightmind
Brightmind has a team of 4 members located in United States. Brightmind's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Co-investors of Brightmind
Over the past year, 15 investors have co-invested in Brightmind's portfolio companies. This includes only funds.
- Invested before Brightmind: Fika Ventures, Moonshots Capital and 12 others have invested in rounds before Brightmind. There is 1 company where Fika Ventures has invested before Brightmind and 1 company where Moonshots Capital has invested before Brightmind.
- Top Co-investors of Brightmind: Hetz Ventures entered a company along with Brightmind.
Recent News related to Brightmind
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Onit Security Raises $11M in Seed FundingFinSMEs•Mar 24, 2026•Brightmind, Hetz Ventures, Brightminds Capital Partners, and 1 other
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Vijil secures $17M funding for continuous AI agent protectionSiliconAngle•Nov 25, 2025•Vijil, CSS Gradient, Gartner, Gradient Ventures and 3 others
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SGNL Secures $30M Series A to Disrupt Legacy Enterprise Access Management and Power Identity-First SecurityBakersfield•Feb 12, 2025•Sgnl AI, Brightmind, costanoa-ventures.com, Cisco Investments and 3 others
