Austin Arensberg

Director, Okta Ventures

Austin serves as Director of Okta Ventures, overseeing startup investments in privacy, identity, and security. Austin spent over 10 years of his career investing around the world. The past 4 years have been spent in early stage technology venture capital in San Francisco. Austin is passionate about international exchange and outreach, serves on the Board of the Princeton in Asia Fellowship program, and was also a Marshall Memorial Fellow.

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Founders in Focus: Harry Hurst of Pipe

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 Harry Hurst, CEO of Pipe. What is Pipe, and what is your mission? Pipe is a trading platform that enables entrepreneurs to grow their businesses on their terms. By…

Founders in Focus: Adam Pettit of Kandji

For the last Founders in Focus post of the 2020, we’re chatting with Adam Pettit, founder and CEO of Kandji. Kandji joined the Okta Ventures portfolio in October, and Adam shares with us how Kandji is reinventing Apple device management for modern organizations. What is Kandji, and what is your mission? Kandji is a device management (MDM)…

Founders in Focus: Shashank Saxena of VNDLY

For this month’s Founders in Focus series, we spoke with Shashank Saxena, co-founder and CEO of VNDLY, an Okta Ventures portfolio company. Shashank shared what drives the mission at VNDLY and how they work with Okta. What is VNDLY and what is your mission? VNDLY is a modern, cloud-based vendor management system (VMS) that’s changing the way…

Founders in Focus: Alex Kazerani of Openpath

Each month we’re highlighting a founder of Okta Ventures’ portfolio companies. It’s your chance to learn more about them and how they work with Okta. This month we’re speaking with Alex Kazerani, co-founder and CEO of Openpath. What is Openpath and what is your mission? Openpath was created by a team of serial entrepreneurs who were tired of…

Founders in Focus: Bob Moore of Crossbeam

Each month we highlight a founder of an Okta Ventures portfolio company so you get to learn more about them and how they work with Okta. This month we’re speaking with Bob Moore, founder of Crossbeam. What is Crossbeam and what is your mission? Crossbeam is a partner ecosystem platform. We act as a data escrow service that finds overlapping…

Founders in Focus: Uri May of Hunters

For this month’s Founders in Focus series, we’re hearing from Uri May of Hunters. Read on to learn more about the mission behind this Okta Ventures portfolio company and how they work with Okta. What is Hunters and what is your mission? Hunters is an Israeli cyber security startup. We built the industry’s first autonomous threat hunting solution…

Founders in Focus: Jody Shapiro of Productiv

Each month, we chat with a founder of a company in the Okta Ventures portfolio for our Founders in Focus series to take a closer look at the companies at the cutting edge of security, identity, and privacy. This month, we’re hearing from Jody Shapiro, founder and CEO at Productiv. What is Productiv and what is your mission? Productiv is an…

Founders in Focus: DataGrail

Welcome to the next post in our Founders in Focus series. This month, we’re getting to know DataGrail, and their mission around privacy compliance. What is DataGrail and what is your mission? DataGrail aims to make privacy compliance easier for organizations. Our platform eliminates the error-prone, manual, and time-consuming processes associated…

Founders in Focus: Matthew Gregory of Ockam

Welcome to the inaugural post in our Founders in Focus series! 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 Matthew Gregory, founder of Ockam. What is Ockam and what is your mission? Ockam is a tool company…