WYSOPAL WEALTH

WYSOPAL WEALTH

WYSOPAL WEALTH was established following the $614 million acquisition of Veracode by CA Technologies in 2017, formalizing the investment activities of Chris Wysopal. At Veracode, Wysopal built the industry's first cloud-based application security testing platform, serving as CTO and later Chief Security Advocate after the Broadcom acquisition of CA, an operational arc that shaped the family office's conviction-led approach. Rather than generic diversification, the office concentrates on technical founders building in application security, cloud infrastructure, and developer tooling—domains where Wysopal's L0pht legacy and Veracode experience provide an asymmetrical underwriting edge. Direct investments anchor the portfolio in early-stage enterprise software and cybersecurity. Known positions from public record include ReversingLabs, a malware analysis and software supply chain security firm where Wysopal participated in a Series A round, and ForAllSecure, a Carnegie Mellon spinout commercializing autonomous security testing that attracted the former CTO's domain expertise. The office operates through direct equity and convertible note structures, targeting seed through Series B rounds, with geography concentrated in US East Coast and West Coast innovation hubs. Co-investment partners observed in public filings include Accomplice VC and New Enterprise Associates. Wysopal serves as an active angel and venture partner beyond the family office, maintaining a Venture Partner role at Cyber Mentor Fund, which provides capital and operational mentorship to cybersecurity startups. This blurred line between personal angel activity and family office allocations suggests a flexible, principal-centric deployment model rather than an institutionalized allocation committee. Recent known activity includes advisory work around software supply chain security policy, including testimony before US Congressional committees, keeping the principal embedded in the technical and regulatory currents that generate deal flow. The structural differentiator is WYSOPAL WEALTH's sourcing model: the office functions as an extension of Wysopal's three-decade reputation network spanning the Black Hat speaker circuit, L0pht/Cult of the Dead Cow alumni, and the security engineering diaspora at FAANG and defense contractors. Other family offices in cybersecurity—like the Belfer family's allocation through private vehicles—tend toward fund commitments; Wysopal's approach reflects a hacker-founder's preference for direct, relationship-sourced equity in teams he evaluates on technical merit before commercial metrics.