Cordo joins Evolution’s partnership as the firm expands its capital base, team, and access to best-of-breed cybersecurity and AI software companies amidst growing investment opportunities.

NEW YORK, Sept. 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Evolution Equity Partners, a leading venture capital investor, is pleased to announce that John Cordo has been named a Partner. John has been with the firm for three years, working alongside a team of thirty investment professionals focused on investing in best-of-breed cybersecurity and AI companies. He recently led investments in Arize (acquired by Dynatrace) and Armis (acquired by ServiceNow), as well as Clay, Cyera, GetReal, Halcyon, Island, Legora, Silverfort, and Torq.

Cordo brings nearly fifteen years of experience as a cybersecurity investor. John started his career at Blackstone, where he invested from the Blackstone Innovations venture capital portfolio. Notable investments over John’s career include HUMAN, BigID, Immuta, CloudGenix (acquired by Palo Alto Networks), CloudKnox (acquired by Microsoft), and Respond Software (acquired by FireEye). John graduated magna cum laude with a BS in Finance, Accounting, and Economics from the Carroll School of Management Honors Program at Boston College.

“Evolution completed a $1.1 billion capital raise expanding our capital base, team, and access to best-of-breed cybersecurity software companies amidst growing investment opportunities,” said Richard Seewald, founder and managing partner of Evolution Equity Partners. “We are thrilled to welcome John Cordo to the Evolution partnership. John has been a Partner for over the past year, and his extensive experience coupled with strong leadership skills has made him an integral addition to our team.”

“Evolution Equity Partners is a differentiated firm due to its cyber-dedicated investors, operators, entrepreneurs, and technologists,” said Cordo. “It has been great working with the team for the past three years. I look forward to seeing what we can achieve together, especially as the cybersecurity and AI markets continue to grow at a pace we’ve never seen before.”

About Evolution Equity Partners

Evolution Equity Partners, based in New York City, Palo Alto, London and Zurich, partners with rapidly growing cybersecurity and AI software companies that safeguard our digital world. The firm was founded by investor and technology entrepreneurs Richard Seewald and Dennis Smith, who manage and lead the firm, and its partners have been involved as founders, investors and as senior operating executives in leading software companies around the world. Evolution has invested in over seventy five cybersecurity companies, building a growing portfolio of market leaders. Learn more at www.evolutionequity.com and follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.

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