Jonathon Perrelli

Jonathon Perrelli, Founding Partner, Fortify.vc. Jonathon started Fortify.vc in May of 2011 after founding, leading and exiting four startups over the past 17 years. His experience ranges from founding pre-IPO venture backed startups to executive level roles with publicly traded companies. He has been a successful Angel, investing in startups such as Plaxo, FormSpring, and numerous Cyber-Security firms, and is now a venture capitalist focused on the seed and early stage. Prior to “joining the dark side”, Jonathon was the Founder and CEO of SecureForce, a cyber security solutions provider serving the US Intelligence and DoD, as well as some of the country’s largest corporations. He continues to provide strategic leadership as Chairman of SecureForce. Other startups that he has co-founded include; Plesk (renamed “Parallels”) which is the largest platform for hosting automation in the world, The Shadow Group (acquired, and now part of BAE Systems), SecureSoftware (acquired by Fortify Software, and subsequently by HP), and eTantrum which was the “other half of Napster” and ended up a casualty of the dot-com era.
Fortify.vc opened the doors to DC’s first tech Accelerator TheFort.vc in January of 2012. Over a dozen companies co-exist with Jonathon and his team at their 16th & K location in the heart of DC.