Very kind. Quick to respond. Reached out in pitching company, and responded immediately with his action steps to move forward. Would recommend and want to work together again.

Never met him before I pitched to him. He passed on us & is still one of the most helpful people I know — he always asks who he can make intros to (especially customers, advisors, partnerships) and actually makes them. His intros are always solid & get us meetings with people we'd never be able to reach otherwise. I've never felt like our conversations were transactional, and he's incredibly genuine each time.

Nothing frustrates me more than a VC that completely wastes founders/CEOs time. You’d think a mid-late stage company pitching to a sophisticated investor, culminating with being ghosted by that VC firm would be unheard of, but that’s essentially what happened with us — hard to forget. If you bring a founder in to pitch to the entire partnership at the firm, you better at the very least get back to them to give some sort of feedback. I don’t know if this is a partner or firm issue, but putting it out there for others who might be considering Sapphire as an investor.

We met with Andrew last year for our seed round. He's a nice enough guy, but a massive waste of time. Every meeting, he drones on and talks forever. He took us through a 5-6 meetings over the course of 3 weeks, a few really strange midnight calls, mentioned a term sheet & specific deal terms several times, and eventually passed because of a product related issue he knew about in meeting #1. I didn't care that he passed, I was more frustrated with just how much of my time he wasted to pass for such a basic reason. Pretty much the definition of an unsophisticated investor.

Ted is a highly experienced cyber security investor with an unparalleled network of CISOs and CIOs. We’ve had an opportunity to start working with Ted since early on in the company and couldn’t have been happier with his pragmatic approach to growing and scaling the business, while only being hands on when you want him to be. Ted has been around for a long time, and at times you feel like he might be a bit more conservative than the “grow at all costs” approach of other VCs — but it brings a tremendous balance to our board. Ted is truly an incredible individual, brilliant mind, and really cares about his portfolios’ founders. He’s accessible and always working for us behind the scenes. We would not be where we are today as a company without Ted’s support and would put him in the highest regard of all the VCs we’ve had an opportunity to work with.

Will not talk to you unless you have something he can directly benefit from. Spreads himself way too thin between music, investing, and traveling. Really unhelpful and unresponsive when you actually ask for his help

Extremely smart, detailed orientated and meticulous. Nothing gets past Kenneth. He asks the right questions, helps you fine tune the business model by challenging your assumptions and likes to dig into the details. Also he was very supportive to the founders/management team.

Martin at Holtzbrinck is incredibly supportive. Despite only speaking with him once every month or two, I always felt he was available on the other end of the phone to talk about the business. He was really helpful with fundraising, often convincing the other board members to re-invest and making positive introductions to other VCs.

Completely blew up a round to get 'Mark Cuban' terms which cost us thousands in extra legal fees, gave a verbal 'yes' and then completely ghosted. Never provided a reason for the disappearance after several attempts. Childish, cowardly and goes against everything he says he stands for supporting entrepreneurs.

The day I met Brian, was the day our trajectory in SV changed. Brian agreed to be an advisor to our company and immediately began plugging us in to the right networks and conversations. Being new to SV, this was a game changer for us. Within 3 months of meeting Brian, we were able to close our seed round from tier 1 angel investors and VC firms. Brians product, strategy and fundraising expertise was a primary driver for the success of our launch and fundraise. I have a feeling this is only the beginning, but I can't think of a better advisor, mentor and investor to have involved in any startup at any stage.