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He arrested a hacker, then spent 18 months clearing his own name. Now he’s a cybersecurity VC. (opens techcrunch.com)
Stephen Ward, a former Secret Service agent and Home Depot CISO, is preparing a second fund of roughly $250 million.
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The ex-Secret Service agent who flipped a hacker is now raising a second $250M cybersecurity fund
From TechCrunch: Stephen Ward, a former Secret Service agent and Home Depot CISO, is preparing a second fund of roughly $250 million for Brightmind Partners.
Brightmind Partners · Second fund · $250MAs stated by TechCrunch.
- Source
- TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
- Published
- First seen here
- Edition
- Thursday, November 5, 2026, ranked 20
- Status
- A publication reported this; the company may not have confirmed it.
- Topics
- Venture capital, Security
