We invest in early-stage cybersecurity companies and help founders accelerate growth through direct access to enterprise buyers, strategic channel partners, and real-world market traction.
Built on 30 years as a cybersecurity operator and powered by the enterprise reach of BlackLake Security, LaunchPad gives portfolio companies access to the decision makers, distribution channels, and strategic relationships that compress years of market-building into months. Our clients are the who's who of Fortune 500 security programs. That network is active, contracted, and accessible to our portfolio from day one.
Active enterprise relationships built over 30 years. Our clients are the who's who of corporate security — and they evaluate what our portfolio companies build.
MSAs, vendor agreements, and enterprise contracts already in place — giving portfolio companies a path to revenue that most startups spend years building from scratch.
Co-selling motions, integration partnerships, and channel relationships that expand your go-to-market surface from day one of the investment.
A 30-year cybersecurity veteran who has built, sold, and scaled security companies — and will be in the trenches with your team every step of the way.
Real-time signals from active enterprise deployments. Know what Fortune 500 buyers actually need before your competition does.
Warm introductions to institutional VCs who matter at each growth stage — at the right moment, with the traction metrics that actually close rounds.
Through BlackLake Security, our portfolio companies gain direct access to enterprise security leaders at some of the most prominent organizations in the world. These aren't warm email intros — these are active relationships with paper already in place.
Early-stage identity security company building at the intersection of SaaS visibility and identity governance. LaunchPad provided direct enterprise access, real product feedback from Fortune 500 security deployments, and the investor introductions that fueled its growth trajectory.
We invest at the intersection of cybersecurity and artificial intelligence — the most consequential and fastest-growing frontier in enterprise technology. The companies defining the next decade of security are being built right now, and they need more than capital to get there.
Our focus is intentionally narrow because depth beats breadth. We go deep in sectors where our network, operator experience, and enterprise access create an unfair advantage for the founders we back.
Most VCs have never run a sales call, negotiated an enterprise contract, or had to make payroll. We have. Secure Dynamics was founded by a 30-year cybersecurity operator — someone who has built companies, sold to Fortune 500 buyers, and knows what it actually takes to win in this market.
LaunchPad is powered by the enterprise reach of BlackLake Security — a cybersecurity firm whose clients include the who's who of corporate America. That network is not theoretical. It is active, contracted, and directly accessible to our portfolio companies from day one of our investment.
We have been in the boardrooms, on the sales calls, and in the trenches of enterprise cybersecurity for decades. We know what makes CISOs sign, what separates breakout companies from the ones that stall, and how to move fast in a market where trust is everything.
Mark Jones has spent more than three decades building, scaling, and investing in cybersecurity companies. He is not a check writer who attended a conference. He is an operator who has been in the room — on the sales calls, in the boardrooms, and in the trenches of enterprise security — for his entire career.
Mark founded SOS Security in 2009 and led it through rapid growth and a successful acquisition by Forsythe Technology in 2012. He then built BlackLake Security into one of the fastest-growing cybersecurity advisory firms in the country, with active enterprise relationships across national defense, financial services, industrial security, and regulatory compliance. His career includes senior roles working with RSA Security, Check Point, and Fireglass.
As an early investor in Israeli cybersecurity technology and a LaunchPad portfolio investor in Savvy Security — acquired by SailPoint Technologies Holdings, Inc. in August 2025 — Mark brings a global perspective on where the most consequential innovation in the industry is happening, and the enterprise network to help the best companies get there faster.
If you are building at the intersection of cybersecurity and AI and you want a partner who can open doors that capital alone never could — we want to hear from you.
