Eliot is General Partner @ boldstart ventures, day one true believer for dev first crypto infra and saas founders. Eliot’s investments include Divide (acquired by Google), Replicated, Preact (sold to Spotify), SecurityScorecard, Rapportive (acquired by LinkedIn), Snyk, BigID, Front, Kustomer, Superhuman, Catalytic, Blaze (acq. by Akamai), Look.io (acquired by LivePerson), GoInstant (acquired by Salesforce), TrulyWireless, YHat, Handshake, WeVR, Techstars (NYC), and Amplify.LA. He previously co-founded Penny Black, a private venture-investment firm where he led a range of investments, including Anchor Intelligence (sold to Comscore), Spinback (acquired by Buddy Media), Bare Snacks (acq by PepsiCo), Ekso Bionics (NASDAQ: EKSO), Klout (acq. by Lithium), IndieGoGo. Prior to Penny Black, Eliot founded Templates.com, an online software retailer that was acquired 2002. He subsequently worked at the Permal Group, a multi-billion dollar global fund of hedge funds (acquired by Legg Mason in 2006). Eliot is a graduate of Georgetown University with post-graduate study at Columbia University. Topics:

• Key factors driving investment in AI infrastructure for enterprises
• Trends in cybersecurity AI
• The role of AI in enhancing enterprise software solutions

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