Decibel Partners
Boston, MA · Invests in US · Website
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Essential infrastructure software used by engineering, security, and data teams. Founded by technical entrepreneurs who deeply understand infrastructure challenges. Partners commit early with conviction and provide hands-on support.
Likely not a fit for
Non-technical founders, consumer apps, companies outside core expertise areas, hardware-only solutions
How they invest
- Lead or follow
- Leads or follows
- Typical decision
- ~2 weeks
- Warm intro
- Preferred
- Involvement
- Takes a board seat
- Fund status
- Actively deploying
- Assets under mgmt
- $500M
- Decision process
- Partnership vote
Partners & team
7 contacts on file
Portfolio
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Former Zscaler Executive Punit Minocha Joins Ballistic Ventures and Decibel Partners as Strategic Advisor
1 month ago
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Punit Minocha, Former Executive Vice President of Business and Corporate Development at Zscaler, Joins Ballistic Ventures and Decibel Partners as Strategic Advisor
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UM spinoff cybersecurity firm lands $70M new financing round for AI push
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VentureBeat
Amazon and Chobani adopt Strella's AI interviews for customer research as fast-growing startup raises $14M
10 months ago
citybiz
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TechCrunch
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Business Wire
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