Evolution Equity Partners Adds Cyber Investor Veteran John Cordo

Cordo joins Evolution as the firm expands its capital base, team, and access to best-of-breed cybersecurity and AI software companies amidst growing investment opportunities.

NEW YORK, March 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Evolution Equity Partners, a leading venture capital investor, is thrilled to announce that John Cordo has joined the firm. John joins a team of thirty investment professionals and eight general partners focused on investing in best-of-breed cybersecurity and AI companies. He serves as an Evolution Board Observer to Halcyon and Torq.

Cordo brings over a decade of experience as a cybersecurity investor. John started his career at Blackstone, where he invested from the Blackstone Innovations venture corporate capital portfolio in early-stage cybersecurity companies. Most recently, John specialized in cybersecurity investing with growth equity firm Brighton Park Capital. Notable investments over John's career include Silverfort, Immuta, HUMAN, BigID, CloudGenix (acquired by Palo Alto Networks), CloudKnox (acquired by Microsoft), Respond Software (acquired by FireEye), and SKOUT Cybersecurity (acquired by Barracuda Networks). John graduated magna cum laude with a BS in Finance, Accounting, and Economics from the Carroll School of Management Honors Program at Boston College.

"Evolution recently completed a $1.1 billion capital raise expanding our capital base, team, and access to best-of-breed cybersecurity software companies amidst growing investment opportunities," said Richard Seewald, founder and managing partner of Evolution Equity Partners. "We are thrilled to welcome John Cordo to the Evolution team. His extensive experience coupled with strong leadership skills make him an integral addition to our team."

"Evolution Equity Partners is a differentiated firm due to its cyber-dedicated investors, operators, entrepreneurs, and technologists," said Cordo. "I look forward to applying my experience alongside this talented team to drive impact and innovation."

About Evolution Equity Partners

Evolution Equity Partners, based in New York City, Palo Alto, London and Zurich, partners with rapidly growing cybersecurity and AI software companies that safeguard our digital world. The firm was founded by investor and technology entrepreneurs Richard Seewald and Dennis Smith, who manage and lead the firm, and its partners have been involved as founders, investors and as senior operating executives in leading software companies around the world. Evolution has invested in over fifty cybersecurity companies, building a growing portfolio of market leaders. Learn more at www.evolutionequity.com and follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.

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