Lane Bess
Founder at Bess Ventures & Advisory LLC
Profile
Lane Bess is the founder and principal at Bess Ventures & Advisory LLC, which was founded in 2015.
He is currently the Chief Executive Officer at Deep Instinct Ltd.
and the Chairman at Sepio Systems, Inc., Deep Instinct (USA), Inc., and Zero Gravity Corp.
He also holds director positions at Salient Systems, Inc., Evident Id, Inc., Blaize, Inc., ParkMyCloud, Inc., 1126833 B.C.
Ltd., TrueFort, Inc., and Panorays, Inc. Additionally, Mr. Bess is a trustee at Carnegie Mellon University since 2019.
In his former positions, he served as the Chief Executive Officer at Palo Alto Networks, Inc. from 2008 to 2011 and as the Chief Operating Officer at Zscaler, Inc. from 2011 to 2018.
Mr. Bess has also held director positions at Fifth Dimension Ltd., ZeroFox, Inc., and vArmour, Inc. He has a background in undergraduate studies from Carnegie Mellon University and an MBA from the University of Dayton.
Lane Bess active positions
Companies | Position | Start |
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Bess Ventures & Advisory LLC
Bess Ventures & Advisory LLC Investment ManagersFinance Bess Ventures & Advisory LLC is a venture capital firm that operates to provide funding for startups and early-stage companies. The private company is based in Miami Beach, FL and was founded by Lane Bess. | Founder | 2015-01-31 |
Deep Instinct Ltd.
Deep Instinct Ltd. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Deep Instinct Ltd. engages in the development of omni-cybersecurity platform. it offers defense designed to protect against known and unknown malware in real-time, across endpoints, servers, and mobile devices. The company was founded by Guy Caspi, Eli David, and Nadav Maman in 2014 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel. | Chief Executive Officer | 2022-09-18 |
Evident Id, Inc.
Evident Id, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Evident ID, Inc. provides cyber security solutions for managing and sharing personal data. The company was founded by David W. Thomas in 2015 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA. | Director/Board Member | - |
ParkMyCloud, Inc.
ParkMyCloud, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services ParkMyCloud, Inc. designs and develops a platform which helps enterprises automatically identify and eliminate wasted cloud spend. The firm offers ParkMyCloud application. The company was founded by Jay Chapel and Dale Wickizer in 2015 and is headquartered in Lansdowne, VA. | Director/Board Member | - |
Panorays, Inc.
Panorays, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Panorays, Inc. provides security platform services. The company was founded by Matan Or-El, Meir Antar, and Demi Ben-Ari in June 2016 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Director/Board Member | - |
1126833 B.C. Ltd.
1126833 B.C. Ltd. Financial ConglomeratesFinance 1126833 B.C. Ltd. provides investment services. The CEO of the American company is Kerry T. Bailey. | Director/Board Member | - |
Salient Systems, Inc.
Salient Systems, Inc. Computer Processing HardwareElectronic Technology Salient Systems, Inc. develops railway electronic wayside data collection and data management systems. The company is headquartered in Dublin, OH. | Director/Board Member | 2020-12-01 |
TrueFort, Inc.
TrueFort, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services TrueFort, Inc. develops applications security platform. It provides TrueFort Analytics and TrueFort Protect. The company was founded by Sameer Malhotra and Nazario Parsacala and is headquartered in Weehawken, NJ. | Director/Board Member | 2021-02-07 |
Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Carnegie Mellon University is an American school that operates as a college or university. It is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. | Director/Board Member | 2019-05-31 |
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Training of Lane Bess
Carnegie Mellon University | Undergraduate Degree |
University of Dayton | Masters Business Admin |
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Linked companies
Listed companies | 6 |
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NCR VOYIX CORPORATION | Electronic Technology |
TREND MICRO INC. | Technology Services |
PALO ALTO NETWORKS, INC. | Technology Services |
AT&T INC. | Communications |
ZSCALER, INC. | Technology Services |
PLUM ACQUISITION CORP. I | Finance |
Private companies | 16 |
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Tableau Software LLC
Tableau Software LLC Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Tableau Software LLC engages in the provision of business analytics software products. Its analytics platform is designed for a broad range of use cases such as increasing sales, streamlining operations, improving customer service, managing investments, assessing quality and safety, studying and treating diseases, completing academic research, addressing environmental problems, and improving education. The company was founded by Christian Chabot, Patrick Hanrahan, and Christopher Stolte in January 2003 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA. | Technology Services |
Zero Gravity Corp.
Zero Gravity Corp. Aerospace & DefenseElectronic Technology Zero Gravity Corp. operates as a space entertainment and tourism company. It offers commercial opportunity on Earth for individuals to experience true weightlessness without going to space. The company was founded by Peter H. Diamandis, Byron K. Lichtenberg and Ray Cronise in 1993 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA. | Electronic Technology |
ZeroFox, Inc.
ZeroFox, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services ZeroFOX, Inc. is a social risk management company, which engages in the provision of security technology that enables organizations to detect and prevent social media-based cyber threats. Its solutions include enterprise protection, brand protection, executive protection, domain protection, threat protection, and dark web monitoring. The company was founded by Christopher B. Cullison, Hillary Herlehy, James C. Foster, Evan Blair, Robert Francis, and Neil Smith in January 2013 and is headquartered in Baltimore, MD. | Technology Services |
Salient Systems, Inc.
Salient Systems, Inc. Computer Processing HardwareElectronic Technology Salient Systems, Inc. develops railway electronic wayside data collection and data management systems. The company is headquartered in Dublin, OH. | Electronic Technology |
Fifth Dimension Ltd.
Fifth Dimension Ltd. SemiconductorsElectronic Technology Fifth Dimension Ltd. provides cyber security solution. It offers real-time advanced persistent threat (APT) detection and prevention, prediction of unknown cyber threats, infrastructure agnostic, connectionless coverage, and easy deployment. The company was founded by Guy Caspi and Doron Cohen in 2014 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel. | Electronic Technology |
Evident Id, Inc.
Evident Id, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Evident ID, Inc. provides cyber security solutions for managing and sharing personal data. The company was founded by David W. Thomas in 2015 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA. | Technology Services |
Blaize, Inc.
Blaize, Inc. SemiconductorsElectronic Technology Blaize, Inc. provides artificial intelligence solutions. It develops hardware computing platforms for augmented reality, drones, and automobiles. The company was founded by Dinakar C. Munagala and Ke Yin and is headquartered in El Dorado Hills, CA. | Electronic Technology |
ParkMyCloud, Inc.
ParkMyCloud, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services ParkMyCloud, Inc. designs and develops a platform which helps enterprises automatically identify and eliminate wasted cloud spend. The firm offers ParkMyCloud application. The company was founded by Jay Chapel and Dale Wickizer in 2015 and is headquartered in Lansdowne, VA. | Technology Services |
Bess Ventures & Advisory LLC
Bess Ventures & Advisory LLC Investment ManagersFinance Bess Ventures & Advisory LLC is a venture capital firm that operates to provide funding for startups and early-stage companies. The private company is based in Miami Beach, FL and was founded by Lane Bess. | Finance |
Deep Instinct Ltd.
Deep Instinct Ltd. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Deep Instinct Ltd. engages in the development of omni-cybersecurity platform. it offers defense designed to protect against known and unknown malware in real-time, across endpoints, servers, and mobile devices. The company was founded by Guy Caspi, Eli David, and Nadav Maman in 2014 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel. | Commercial Services |
Sepio Systems, Inc.
Sepio Systems, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Sepio Systems, Inc. engages in the provision of security technology for attacks via rogue hardware devices. The company was founded by Iftah Bratspiess, Bentsi Ben-Atar, Yossi Appleboum, and Gregory F. Poch in May 2016 and is headquartered in Rockville, MD. | Commercial Services |
1126833 B.C. Ltd.
1126833 B.C. Ltd. Financial ConglomeratesFinance 1126833 B.C. Ltd. provides investment services. The CEO of the American company is Kerry T. Bailey. | Finance |
TrueFort, Inc.
TrueFort, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services TrueFort, Inc. develops applications security platform. It provides TrueFort Analytics and TrueFort Protect. The company was founded by Sameer Malhotra and Nazario Parsacala and is headquartered in Weehawken, NJ. | Technology Services |
Deep Instinct (USA), Inc.
Deep Instinct (USA), Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Part of Deep Instinct Ltd., Deep Instinct (USA), Inc. is a cybersecurity company based in New York, NY. Deep Instinct offers a prevention-first approach to cybersecurity using a learning, AI-powered product with zero-day threat prevention. The private company applies end-to-end learning to cybersecurity and is the first to do so. The company offers resources in their asset library, including white papers, case studies, and research reports. Deep Instinct's purpose-built, deep learning cybersecurity framework improves the effectiveness of endpoint detection and response tools by reducing the signal-to-noise ratio, allowing security teams to quickly identify threats that need investigating and remediation before attackers breach the network. The company was founded in 2015 by Eli David, Nadav Maman, Guy Caspi, and Guy Caspi has been the CEO since then. | Technology Services |
Panorays, Inc.
Panorays, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Panorays, Inc. provides security platform services. The company was founded by Matan Or-El, Meir Antar, and Demi Ben-Ari in June 2016 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Technology Services |
vArmour, Inc.
vArmour, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services vArmour, Inc. provides software defined security solutions. Its data center security solution offers distributed sensors and enforcement points in a single logical system that scales horizontally, delivering security with simple operations. The company was founded by Michael Shieh and Jia-Jyi Roger Lian in January 2011 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA. | Technology Services |
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