Dave Palmer is a Partner at Ten Eleven Ventures with over twenty years in cybersecurity, previously co-founding Darktrace and serving in UK intelligence. He holds a computer science degree from the University of Birmingham.
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Ten Eleven Ventures writes $1M to $30M checks, larger than 83% of firms in the atlas.
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- UK Intelligence Agencies
- Darktrace · Co-founder and Chief Product Officer
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- UK Intelligence Agencies
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Who is Dave Palmer?
Dave Palmer is a Partner at Ten Eleven Ventures with over twenty years in cybersecurity, previously co-founding Darktrace and serving in UK intelligence. He holds a computer science degree from the University of Birmingham.
How much does Dave Palmer invest?
Dave Palmer invests through Ten Eleven Ventures, which writes checks of $1M to $30M at pre-seed, seed, series a, series b.
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What did Dave Palmer do before Ten Eleven Ventures?
UK Intelligence Agencies; Co-founder and Chief Product Officer at Darktrace; UK Intelligence Agencies.
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