Richard Seewald is the Founder and Managing Partner at Evolution Equity Partners and is responsible for all aspects of the firm’s global activities and strategic direction, bringing over three decades of investment, operational, and entrepreneurial experience to his role. Richard is an American venture capitalist backing iconic cybersecurity software companies from inception to IPO. Under his leadership, Evolution has become a premier venture capital firm with multi-billion-dollar assets under management investing in category-defining cybersecurity companies including Halcyon, Torq, ProtectAI, SecurityScorecard, Quantexa, Pentera, Snyk, Carbon Black, Talon Cyber, Arctic Wolf amongst others. Richard holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a Juris Doctor from the New York Law School. He sits on the global advisory board of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.