Austin Arensberg

Senior Director, Okta Ventures

Austin leads Okta Ventures, overseeing startup investments in privacy, identity, and security. Austin started his career in Asia where he spent over 10 years investing around the world in both private equity and corporate development. The past 6 years Austin has invested in over 50 early stage technology startups based out of San Francisco.

Austin is passionate about international exchange and outreach and is Board Member Emeritus of the Princeton in Asia Fellowship program, and was also a Marshall Memorial Fellow.

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Okta Ventures’ 3.5-Year Journey: Key Milestones and Investment Areas

We launched Okta Ventures 3.5 years ago at Oktane19, with a vision to support founders building companies enabled by identity, privacy, and security. Since then, we have invested in and supported more than 30 companies through technical integrations and go-to-market (GTM) support. We work with companies that feel the same passion for our goal to…

Founders in Focus: Simon Taylor, Founder and CEO, HYCU

Each month we’ll highlight one of the founders of Okta Ventures’ portfolio companies. You’ll get to know more about them and learn how they work with Okta. This month we’re speaking with Simon Taylor, Founder, and CEO of HYCU. What is HYCU, and what is your mission? HYCU is the world’s fastest-growing Data Protection as a Service company, with…

Founders in Focus: Dan Benjamin of Dig Security

Each month, we highlight one of the founders of Okta Ventures’ portfolio companies. You’ll get to know more about them and learn how they work with Okta. This month we’re speaking with Dan Benjamin, CEO and co-founder of Dig Security. What is Dig Security and what is your mission? Dig is a cloud data security company that helps organizations…

Founders in Focus: Tony Jamous of Oyster

Each month, we highlight one of the founders of Okta Ventures’ portfolio companies. You’ll get to know more about them and learn how they work with Okta. This month we’re speaking with Tony Jamous, CEO and co-founder of Oyster. What is Oyster, and what is your mission? Oyster is a global employment platform that empowers visionary founders, HR,…

Founders in Focus: Madhu Madhusudhanan of OLOID

Each month we highlight one of the founders of Okta Ventures’ portfolio companies. You’ll get to know more about them and learn how they work with Okta. This month we’re speaking with Madhu Madhusudhanan, co-founder and CTO of OLOID. What is OLOID and what is your mission? OLOID is driving a SaaS revolution to modernize physical identity and…

Founders in Focus: Wayne Chang of Spruce

Each month we highlight one of the founders of Okta Ventures’ portfolio companies. You’ll get to know more about them and learn how they work with Okta. This month we’re speaking with Wayne Chang of Spruce. What is Spruce and what is your mission? Spruce is an open-source software company with the mission to let users control their data across the…

Founders in Focus: Bel Lepe of Cerby

Each month we’ll highlight one of the founders of Okta Ventures’ portfolio companies. You’ll get to know more about them and learn how they work with Okta. This month we’re speaking with Bel Lepe of Cerby. What is Cerby and what is your mission? Cerby is a security automation company and our focus is on making security every employee’s business…

Founders in Focus: Ranjan R Reddy of Bureau

Each month we’re highlighting one of the founders of Okta Ventures’ portfolio companies. You’ll get to know more about them and learn how they work with Okta. This month we’re speaking with Ranjan Reddy. What is Bureau and what is your mission? Bureau is ushering in a new era of frictionless, fraud-free transactions that deliver unprecedented…

Founders in Focus: Mike Fitzsimmons of Crosschq

Welcome to our Founders in Focus series, where each month we highlight one of the founders of Okta Ventures’ portfolio companies. You’ll get to know more about them and learn how they work with Okta. This month we’re speaking with Mike Fitzsimmons, CEO of Crosschq. What is Crosschq and what is your mission? Crosschq is a technology platform that…

Founders in Focus: Maor Bin of Adaptive Shield

Each month we’ll highlight one of the founders of Okta Ventures’ portfolio companies. You’ll get to know more about them and learn how they work with Okta. This month we’re speaking with Maor Bin, a co-founder of Adaptive Shield. What is Adaptive Shield and what is your mission? Today, with SaaS apps fast becoming the default system of record,…