Kara Nortman

Partner, Upfront Ventures

Kara Nortman is a partner at Upfront Ventures.

Kara Nortman

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Want in on the next $100B in cybersecurity?

There are massive opportunities for business value creation in cybersecurity. Many unicorns will be built in these spaces, and there are a few specific areas worth betting on.

11:36 am PDT • June 23, 2021
Want in on the next $100B in cybersecurity?

Cyber strategy and company strategy are inextricably linked. Consequently, chief information security officers (CISOs) in the C-Suite will be just as common and influential as CFOs in maximizing shareholder value.

Bring CISOs into the C-suite to bake cybersecurity into company culture

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Data is the world’s most valuable (and vulnerable) resource

I believe generational startups will be created from 2020’s reckoning with cybersecurity, just as they’ve been created coming out of market disruptions in the past.

2:16 pm PST • March 4, 2021
Data is the world’s most valuable (and vulnerable) resource

Like most consumers, I continue to be frustrated by what feels like the slow progress of innovation in the traditional healthcare system. And yet, I’m eternally optimistic about the early-stage…

Consumer-oriented investors may have an edge investing in digital health