Jackson Schultz – How an Angel Army of CISOs Unlocked a Lead Investor for ArgusEye | Ep 61

About this episode

Jackson Schultz discusses his journey from Google to founding ArgusEye and the unique fundraising strategies he employed.

On this episode of Funded, Jackson Schultz, co-founder and CEO of ArgusEye, shares how he left Google right after the birth of his second son, with no VC network and no hardware background, to build a cybersecurity platform for connected devices. He talks about getting passed on by VCs who couldn't see the market size, pivoting his fundraising strategy mid-process, and how assembling an angel army of CISOs and supply chain executives investing out of their own pockets became the credibility signal that finally moved the needle. It's a real look at what it takes to build momentum from scratch, and how sometimes the best thing you can do is stop trying to raise the round you planned.

People in this episode

Host: Jason Yeh

Guest: Jackson Schultz

Topics covered

• cybersecurity
• fundraising
• entrepreneurship
• angel investing
• pivoting strategy

Keywords

• cybersecurity platform
• fundraising strategy
• angel army
• CISOs
• investing

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ArgusEye, Google, CISOs, supply chain executives

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