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BlackHat 2024: Finding the Medium with Jay Leek from SYN Ventures

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…

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