Ted Schlein
Partner and Advisor
Ted Schlein is a partner at Kleiner Perkins, and executive chairman and founding partner at Ballistic Ventures. He has spent the last 35 years helping create transformative companies.
A Midas of investing and the former chairman of the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), Ted has funded, supported, and guided more than 30 founders to successful company exits including ArcSight, Chegg, Fortify Software, IronNet Cybersecurity, Jive, LifeLock and Segment. He currently serves on the boards of Apiiro, Area 1 Security, Bedrock, Chegg (CHGG), FullStory, Interos, Incorta, IronNet, Rebellion Defense, Reputation, Synack, Trusona and UJet.
Ted has a wealth of experience in both the private and public sectors, especially when it comes to cybersecurity and technology infrastructure. As a founding CEO of Fortify Software, which was later acquired by HP, he helped lead the development of key cybersecurity solutions. His time at Symantec, where he spearheaded their antivirus efforts, established him as a leader in software security, particularly with the launch of a commercial antivirus solution that set a new industry standard.
His work as a member of the Board of Trustees at the National Security Agency and at InQTel, highlight his strategic vision in both business and policy decisions, where his deep understanding of technology, security, and market trends places him at the forefront of cybersecurity.
Ted serves on the Board of Trustees at the University of Pennsylvania, his alma mater, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in economics.
Awards and Honors
- NSA Advisory Board
- CISA Cybersecurity Advisory Committee
- Homeland Security Advisory Council, National Security Institute Advisory Board
- Council on Foreign Relations
- Independent Task Force on Cybersecurity
- Board of Trustees at InQTel
- Board of Trustees of University of Pennsylvania
- Dean of Advisors of Engineering School at University of Pennsylvania
- National Venture Capital Association (NVCA)
- Western Association of Venture Capitalists
Companies Backed
Q&A
Perspectives
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Bringing Clarity to Supply Chain Risk
Interos is bringing transparency and intelligence to highly interconnected and otherwise opaque global supply chains.
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Announcing KP19
Announcing our nineteenth venture fund to focus on early-stage investments. Our mission remains the same — to be the first call for founders who want to change the world and make history.
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Kleiner Perkins veteran Ted Schlein tells why firm’s reboot was needed
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The New Guard at Kleiner Perkins
Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers, the firm that helped to establish Sand Hill Road as a global venture capital hub over the past five decades, is going “Back to the Future" with a slate of new leaders and a stronger focus on what it does best.
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A.I. Uses Expected to Expand as U.S. Consumers Warm Up to Trading Data for Convenience
Artificial intelligence is a hot investment for venture capital firms. And as the use of the technology expands, some investors expect consumers to…
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11 Big Ideas From SV’s Most Storied Investment Firm
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Ionic Security raises $40 million to encrypt files accessed on the cloud
Ionic Security has raised $40 million in series E financing led by JPMorgan Chase, with participation from GV, Kleiner Perkins, Icon Ventures, Meritech Capital, TechOperators, Ten Eleven Ventures, Goldman Sachs, SunTrust Bank, and others.
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Back to the future
We're thrilled to announce that we've raised Kleiner Perkins' 18th venture fund to focus on early stage investing.
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Phishing Diplomacy
Arguably, diplomatic communications are a sovereign state’s most sensitive, protected information. However, threat actors target and breach even a heavily secured diplomatic correspondence network with alarming success to steal data and intellectual property—just as they target private businesses and organizations.
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The United States needs a Department of Cybersecurity
This week more than 40,000 security professionals will attend RSA in San Francisco to see the latest cyber technologies on display and discuss key issues. No topic will be higher on the agenda than the Russian-sponsored hack of the American 2016 election, with debate about why the country has done so little to respond and what measures should be taken to deter future attempts at subverting our democracy.
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UJET, a startup that wants to speed up customer support, raises $25M led by GV
UJET, a startup that makes software to improve customer support, said today that it’s raised a $25 million Series B led by GV (formerly known as Google Ventures). Other participants in the round include returning investors Kleiner Perkins and DCM Ventures and new backer Citi Ventures.
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Real-time data analytics startup Incorta raises $15M Series B led by Kleiner Perkins
Incorta, the startup that wants to speed up big data analytics by eliminating the need for data warehouses, has raised a $15 million Series B led by new investor Kleiner Perkins. Existing investors GV and Ron Wohl, former executive vice president of applications development at Oracle, also participated.