Colton Dempsey: Next47 Partner Backing AI-Powered Security Infrastructure
May 06, 2025•1 hr 3 min
Episode description
Colton Dempsey is a Partner at Next47. Colton joined Next47 in 2018 and is a Partner on the Palo Alto investment team. He helped lead the firm’s investments in Halcyon and Harmonic Security, Noname Security, Armorblox, DataGrail, Brilliant, Software.com, and Pando, among others. His primary areas of focus are IT infrastructure, cybersecurity, robotics, and connected devices. Colton’s interest in B2B tech began prior to Next47 while working on M&A and IPO transactions at Morgan Stanley’s Technology Group in New York. He graduated from Stanford with a BSc in Symbolic Systems, an interdisciplinary major focused on cognitive science.Topics:
- Evolution of IT Infrastructure Investments
- Cybersecurity Investment Thesis
- B2B SaaS Valuation Trends
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