ECSO Cyber Investor Days Prague 2025

21 Oct 2025 | Prague, Czech Republic

Damien Henault

Managing Director

Forgepoint Capital International

London, United Kingdom

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Managing Director of Forgepoint Capital International, leading the firm’s new international fund focused on cybersecurity and AI investments in EMEA.

My organisation

Forgepoint Capital, is a leading venture capital firm that partners with transformative cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and infrastructure software companies protecting the digital future. With the largest sector-focused investment team, over $1 billion in AUM, and an active portfolio of 41 companies, the firm brings over 100 years of collective company-building expertise and its global Advisory Council of more than 100 industry leaders to support exceptional entrepreneurs advancing innovation globally. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area and London with a presence in Madrid and Paris, we have recently announced the launch of our new fund, Forgepoint Capital International (FPCI), the first pan-regional cybersecurity and AI infrastructure focused fund with a dedicated local team and pool of capital focused on European investments.
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About me

Damien Henault is the Managing Director of ForgePoint Capital International focusing on cybersecurity, AI and infrastructure software investments. He has nearly three decades of international experience as technology investor, M&A advisor, Strategy & Corporate Development executive and entrepreneur. He has executed over $250 billion in M&A, IPOs, and financing through public and private transactions with startups and Fortune 500 companies around the world. Prior to Forgepoint, Damien was a Partner at European growth-stage technology fund TempoCap where he focused on cybersecurity and deep tech investments. He was previously a Partner at early-stage venture capital firm Andurance Ventures, a Senior Director of Strategy and Corporate Development at Hewlett-Packard, and a TMT M&A Investment Banker at J.P. Morgan. Earlier in his career, Damien founded an IT Services firm in Paris and an ISP in Montreal.

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Tuesday, 21 October 2025