About Gula Tech Adventures
Gula Tech Adventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2017. It is primarily based out of Ellicott City, United States. As of Oct 2025, Gula Tech Adventures is an active investor, having invested in 57 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 $***** Series A round of Gravwell Overall, Gula Tech Adventures portfolio has seen 3 unicorns, 3 IPOs and 15 acquisitions including key companies like Tenable, Huntress and Contrast Security. A lot of funds co-invest with Gula Tech Adventures, with names like Alumni Ventures sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Gula Tech Adventures has team of 5 people including 4 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Seed, Series A & 3 more
Portfolio Acquisitions
Portfolio Soonicorns
Gula Tech Adventures' List of Top Investments
Gula Tech Adventures has a portfolio of 57 companies, including 3 unicorns. Their most notable investments are in SCYTHE and Threatcare.Their portfolio spans across United States, New Zealand, Canada and 2 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Enterprise Infrastructure, High Tech and 10 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A and 3 more. Here is the list of top investments by Gula Tech Adventures:1. Tenable
Provider of exposure management solutions for cloud, vulnerability, and identity. The company offers a platform that enables visibility across the attack surface. It focuses on preventing likely attacks and communicating cyber risk. The platform provides asset inventory, emergency response, exposure analytics, and security hygiene. It also offers connectors to combine data from third-party security tools. The company provides vulnerability management, cloud security, and identity exposure solutions.
Key facts about Tenable
- Founded Year: 2002
- Location: Columbia (United States)
- Annual Revenue: $999M as on Dec 31, 2025
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $310M
- Employee Count: 2,338 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: HTIF, Glynn Capital and 9 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Nov 10, 2015, $*****
- Highlight: Public
2. Huntress
Provider of managed security platform solutions for threat detection and response. The platform offers managed endpoint detection and response, identity threat detection, and managed security information and event management. It delivers continuous protection, threat disruption, and remediation. The platform provides security awareness training to reduce human risk and build a security culture.
Key facts about Huntress
- Founded Year: 2015
- Location: Ellicott City (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series D
- Total Funding till date: $298M
- Employee Count: 892 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: Meritech, Sapphire Ventures and 9 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series D, Jun 07, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Contrast Security provides a single solution with IAST and RASP functionality. It employs an instrumentation approach to detect vulnerability and attack across the software life cycle. It instruments agents on every test server to test all applications and performs analytics of production applications at runtime. RASP functionality was introduced in June 2015 with support to Java, NET and ColdFusion.
Key facts about Contrast Security
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: Los Altos (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series E
- Total Funding till date: $269M
- Employee Count: 209 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: Founders Circle Capital, The Private Shares Fund and 13 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series E, Nov 09, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. Cybrary
Cybersecurity training platform empowering professionals and teams to reduce business risk. It is a multi-sided platform that delivers world-class training and career development materials. It offers curated Career Paths, Skill Paths, and Certification Preparation programs. The platform provides on-demand video training, hands-on virtual labs, assessments, and practice tests. It helps individuals advance their careers and organizations defend against cyberattacks. The platform offers resources like blog articles, case studies, research papers, and white papers. It provides solutions for individuals, teams, and government organizations. It aligns with industry frameworks and offers personalized remediation. The platform aims to make the cybersecurity industry more accessible through its comprehensive catalog, expert instructors, and various learning resources. It offers free access and subscription-based insider pro options. The platform supports single sign-on (SSO) options and offers a demo for teams.
Key facts about Cybrary
- Founded Year: 2015
- Location: Greenbelt (United States)
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $52.2M
- Employee Count: 170 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: Baltimore Angels, TDF Ventures and 9 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Aug 15, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. 1Kosmos
Block-chain-based passwordless authentication for customers. The products offered by the company include BlockID Verify, Workforce, and customer. The features of the product include single sign-on, employee verification, biometrics-based access controls for systems, multifactor authentication, private key storage, automated background checks, secure transactions, etc. It provides solutions for industries such as healthcare, finance, education, travel, etc.
Key facts about 1Kosmos
- Founded Year: 2018
- Location: Edison (United States)
- Annual Revenue: ₹17Cr as on Mar 31, 2025
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $62M
- Employee Count: 39 as on Aug 31, 2025
- Investors: Bridge Bank, Gula Tech Adventures and 4 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Conventional Debt, Aug 12, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Gula Tech Adventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Gula Tech Adventures has invested in 57 companies over the last 9 years, with an average of 4 new investments annually in the last 5 years. In 2025, it made 5 investments. Its most recent first time investment was in Gravwell and most recent follow-on round was in 1Kosmos.Year | No. of Investments | ||
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1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
2021 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2019 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
2018 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Gula Tech Adventures' Investments by Stage
Gula Tech Adventures has made 13 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $3.43M, 10 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $10M, 3 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $27.2M, 1 investment in Series C stage with an average round size of $20M and 1 investment in Series D stage with an average round size of $150M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 13 |
Series A | 10 |
Series B | 3 |
Series C | 1 |
Series D | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Gula Tech Adventures' Investments by Sector
Gula Tech Adventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Enterprise Infrastructure, High Tech, Business Services and FinTech. Notably, it has invested in 52 Tech companies, 51 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 43 Software companies and at least 30 companies focusing on Saas.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 21 |
Enterprise Infrastructure | 19 |
High Tech | 4 |
Business Services | 3 |
FinTech | 2 |
Others | 6 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Gula Tech Adventures' Investments by Geography
Gula Tech Adventures has made most investments in United States (25), followed by Canada where it has made 1 investment.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 25 |
Canada | 1 |
China | 1 |
New Zealand | 1 |
United Kingdom | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Gula Tech Adventures' recent investments
Gula Tech Adventures has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Gula Tech Adventures:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Oct 21, 2025 | United States | Series A | 5791 | [+1] | |
Aug 12, 2025 | United States | Series B | 3362 | [+3] | |
Jul 23, 2025 | United States | Seed | 3777 | - | |
May 28, 2025 | United States | Series B | 8599 | [+1] | |
Feb 24, 2025 | United States | Series A | 3044 | [+5] |
Unicorns in Gula Tech Adventures' Portfolio
Gula Tech Adventures has 3 unicorns in its portfolio - Halcyon, Huntress and Contrast Security. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is Halcyon. It became a unicorn in 2024, 1 years before Gula Tech Adventures first invested in it.Here is a list of unicorns in Gula Tech Adventures' portfolio:
Tracxn Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
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59 | Artificial intelligence based antivirus solution provider | 2021 | - | Series C | sbv{ihx | ||
71 | Provider of managed security platform solutions for threat detection and response | 2015 | Ellicott City | Series D | tmfxcet | ||
70 | Cloud based platform offering application self protection solutions | 2014 | Los Altos | Series E | eqimruv |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Gula Tech Adventures' Portfolio
3 of Gula Tech Adventures' portfolio companies have become public. X Energy got listed on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ), in Apr 2026 at marketcap of $6.07B and Tenable got listed on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) at marketcap of $2.09B.Here are Gula Tech Adventures' portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
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Apr 24, 2026 | - | - | 2192 | |
Jul 26, 2018 | - | - | 3814 | |
Apr 07, 2012 | - | - | 9892 |
Acquired companies in Gula Tech Adventures' Portfolio
15 companies from Gula Tech Adventures' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was ThreatConnect in Nov 2025 by Dataminr for $*****.Here are Gula Tech Adventures' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
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Nov 12, 2025 | - | - | 7141 | |
Oct 07, 2025 | Jun 20, 2018 | Series A | 9903 | |
Dec 18, 2024 | - | - | 6935 | |
Aug 06, 2024 | - | - | 4019 | |
Jul 09, 2024 | Aug 12, 2019 | Series A | 7730 |
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Team profile of Gula Tech Adventures
Gula Tech Adventures has a team of 5 members including 4 Partners located in United States and India. Gula Tech Adventures' team sits on the board of 2 companies.Here is a list of all team members in Gula Tech Adventures:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
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Partner | Columbia | Cybrary and ShardSecure | ||
Partner | Columbia | - | ||
Partner | Delhi | - | ||
Partner | United States | - | - |
Co-investors of Gula Tech Adventures
Over the past 9 years, 178 investors have co-invested in Gula Tech Adventures's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Gula Tech Adventures: ForgePoint Capital, Inner Loop Capital and 66 others have invested in rounds before Gula Tech Adventures. There are 2 companies where ForgePoint Capital has invested before Gula Tech Adventures and 2 companies where Inner Loop Capital has invested before Gula Tech Adventures.
- Top Co-investors of Gula Tech Adventures: 68 investors entered a company along with Gula Tech Adventures. These include investors like Alumni Ventures (2 companies).
- Invested after Gula Tech Adventures: A total of 42 investors have invested in Gula Tech Adventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Insight Partners (2 companies), BlackRock (1 company) and Manhattan Venture Partners (1 company).
Recent News related to Gula Tech Adventures
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Gravwell Raises $15.4M in Series A FundingFinSMEs•Oct 21, 2025•Two Bear Capital, Gravwell, Gula Tech Adventures, Next Frontier Capital
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1Kosmos Raises $57M in Series B FundingFinSMEs•Aug 12, 2025•Oquirrh Ventures, Bridge Bank, 1Kosmos, ForgePoint Capital and 7 others
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Starseer lands $2M seed led by Gula Tech to revolutionize AI securityintelligence360•Aug 08, 2025•Starseer, Gula Tech Adventures
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Rad Security Raises $14 Million For AI, Cloud Security PlatformSecurityWeek•Feb 24, 2025•RAD Security, ForgePoint Capital, Lytical Ventures, Akamai and 3 others
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RAD Security raises $14M to expand AI-driven cloud security platformSiliconAngle•Feb 24, 2025•RAD Security, Cheyenne Ventures, ForgePoint Capital, Lytical Ventures and 4 others
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Tinexta expands in Europe and acquires the majority of ABF GroupZonebourse•Dec 14, 2023•ABF GROUP, Tinexta, Bandura Cyber, Threater and 4 others
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Wave Engine Corporation Raises $3.5 Million in Latest Financing RoundBusiness Wire•Nov 20, 2022•Wave Engine, Gula Tech Adventures, Abell Foundation, USM and 1 other
