Our advantage is seeing the bigger picture across AI, data, and infra, and that broader lens makes us the partner of choice for founders building security companies today.
Introductions to 10-15 CISOs from our, over 100+ executive network on a quarterly basis, starting from Day 1
1:1 calls & feedback forums to gather insights for Go-To-Market
A direct path to signing POCs, becoming first customers
Market intelligence for research and live feedback with industry leaders
Year-round events with the Hetz Executive Network
Access to top tier co-investors while ramping up to Series A
"Hetz understood that Prompt wasn’t just another cyber company - it was where security and GenAI meet. Their cross-domain perspective across cyber, infra, and AI helped us define our strategy and establish credibility in a new category."
"Hetz - and Pavel - were great partners from the beginning. From connecting us to prospects and organizing customer events, to helping us think about investments and sales motions. Pavel and the team were always available and provided great support for Silk."
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Jeff Trudeau is the CIO/CSO at Chime. In this capacity, he focuses on applying risk management to the company’s business strategy to deliver positive business results with effective risk posture and highly effective security capabilities.Jeff has over 25 years of working as a Security leader in Financial Services, FinTech, Healthcare, Big 4, and at Security software startups. Previously, Jeff served as Chief Security Officer at Credit Karma and helped lead the company to acquisition. Jeff’s team was responsible for protecting over 100 million members and their data. Prior to that, Jeff’s responsibilities included Information Security, Product Security, Physical Security, IT and Fraud Protection.
"Focus on risk and building strong relationships."
An accomplished information and physical security professional, Nick leads the Software Assurance division of Trail Of Bits, giving customers in some of the world's most targeted industries a comprehensive understanding of their security landscape, technology, and infrastructure.
Nick was Chief Security Officer at Paxos Trust Company. Prior to this, Nick served as the NYPD Intelligence Bureau's Director of Cyber Intelligence and Investigations, where he helped the department understand how it investigates online, and how Cyber Enabled crime affects New Yorkers. In 2005 he founded the information security practice at industry analyst firm 451 Research, where he served as 451’s Vice President, Research Operations until 2009.
He is author or co-author of several books, including "Cybercrime: A Primer" with Dr. Eugene Spafford (Cognella, 2024); “Cyber Survival Manual: From Identity Theft to The Digital Apocalypse and Everything in Between (2020 and 2017, Weldon Owen); "In Context: Understanding Police Killings" (2016, Contextual Press/Calibre Press); "Blackhatonomics: An Inside Look at the Economics of Cybercrime (Syngress, 2012)", and was technical editor of "Investigating Internet Crimes" (Syngress, 2013).
Yaron Slutzky is CISO at Agoda with 15+ years of experience in the cybersecurity domain. Prior to Agoda, he has been CISO for different companies working in multiple sectors, such as Telecom, E-commerce & Manufacturing. Yaron also lectures in universities and conferences around the world. He is primarily focused on emerging technologies & transforming organizations Information/Cyber Security program by bringing a fresh new approach and methodology.
"One of the elements of success for a good CISO is to build a strong team with good leaders, which can distinguish between what is important to insist and implement for the business."
Todd has more than 25 years of experience in information technology and security with hands-on roles designing, developing, and deploying enterprise architectures from the ground up. Todd is currently the CISO at both Zluri and Scrut Automation as well as an advisor to a handful of startups. He is a recognized expert in the Life Sciences/Biotech industries in regards to compliance, and the strict regulations with HIPAA, SOX, SOC2 among other regulations.
"Startups are on the edge of technology and solve problems others have not. Finding the next wave in innovative startups in an exciting proposition."
Arkadiy Goykhberg is a capable engineering-focused technology executive with extensive IT, information security, software development, and operational risk management experience, with intimate knowledge of the financial services, print & digital media, enterprise SaaS, e-commerce, and healthcare industries, their associated technical challenges and regulatory requirements. He has a demonstrable track record of success in driving technology transformation programs to improve operational efficiency, eliminate technical debt, accelerate the development of new products and services to achieve business objectives while improving performance, resilience, and reducing operational risk. He is a change agent with a solid technical and business background who effectively communicates and influences at all levels of an organization, including the board of directors, executive management, business stakeholders, and technical staff.
"Tip for founders: have empathy towards your customers, and be realistic about the problems your solution can solve."
Daniel is an internationally recognised information security leader and practioner. He's built security orgnisations at Atlassian, The University of Sydney, and Linktree. He's an advisor to a number of successful tech startups and widely recognised as a technical expert in cloud security.
"Absolutes are the antithesis of security. Everything is a trade off."
Al Ghous is the Chief Information Security Officer at Snapdocs, the leading digital mortgage closing platform. Al has been in the cybersecurity industry for over 20 years contributing in different capacities from Product Security and Risk Management to Solution Consulting and Security Architecture. Prior to Snapdocs, Al served as Chief Information Security Officer at Envision Digital and Chief Security Officer at ServiceMax, and led Cyber Security, Cloud Platform and Products at GE Digital. Al has also served in leadership positions at Informatica, Robert Half, Kaiser Permanente, PeopleSoft/Oracle and Ernst & Young.Al is active in the cybersecurity industry and part of several industry organizations and consortiums, as well as a member of several advisory boards. He strives to help founders focus on product, market fit, strategy, and fundraising, while maturing their security posture to attract customers and investors alike.
"The Founder, the VC and the CISO play a vital role in our industry. The Founder brings innovative ideas and relies on the VC to help bring those ideas to fruition. The CISO then provides validation and becomes the consumer. We don't think about this triad much, but at the end it's a win-win-win... playing itself out over and over again, fueling a robust and thriving industry."
Elie Abenmoha serves as Chief IT Security Officer for Publicis Groupe, a global leader in advertising, media buying, data-driven marketing and digital business transformation where he leads the Global Security Office (GSO) protecting the organization against cyber threats, ensuring compliance to security regulations and managing a center of excellence supporting client and product delivery services.
"The most secure computer is the computer that’s off."