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Ray Rothrock

VC

Venture Partner, Shield Capital

Cybersecurity VC with nine IPOs at Venrock

San Francisco, CA3 notable investments
SeedSeries ASeries B+
SecurityDefenseAIInfrastructure

Background

Ray Rothrock is a Venture Partner at Shield Capital and former General Partner at Venrock, the Rockefeller family venture fund, where he served for 25 years. He led early investments in CloudFlare, Check Point Software, Imperva, and Shape Security, resulting in nine IPOs. He sits on the boards of Roku and Check Point Software and serves on the DOE Nuclear Energy Advisory Committee and DOE GAIN Executive Advisory Board.

Investment Focus

Stages

SeedSeries ASeries B+

Sectors

SecurityDefenseAIInfrastructure

Based in: San Francisco, CA (North America)

Notable Investments

Last updated: Jun 11, 2026