Partner
Nicole Perlroth
Venture Partner, Ballistic Ventures (+1 more)
- Firm
- Ballistic Ventures, Silver Buckshot Ventures
- Title
- Venture Partner
- Role
- Venture partner
- Known as
- Investor
Record updated 22 September 2026
About
Nicole Perlroth is one of the world's leading voices on cybersecurity, cyber conflict, and the emerging era of AI-enabled threats. She spent over a decade as the lead cybersecurity and digital espionage reporter for The New York Times, where her reporting uncovered thousands of nation-state cyberattacks and helped drive major policy actions. She is the bestselling author of This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends, a definitive account of the global cyber arms race which received the Financial Times & McKinsey 2021 Business Book of the Year Award and was inducted into the Cybersecurity Canon Hall of Fame. Perlroth is the founder and managing partner of Silver Buckshot Ventures, investing in next-generation cybersecurity companies at the forefront of AI-driven threats.
Background
- Education
- is a graduate of Princeton (B.A.) and Stanford (M.A.).Source (opens in a new tab)
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