Nagarjuna Venna

Nagarjuna Venna is the co-founder of BitSight Technologies, a cybersecurity ratings company founded in 2011.134 He served as the Chief Product Officer and a board director from 2011 to 2020.6 BitSight provides evidence-based ratings of security effectiveness to more than 650 customers worldwide.1

Venna has an impressive educational background, holding a Bachelor's degree in computer science and engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Warangal, India, and a Master's degree in engineering and management from MIT.26

Currently, Venna is a Senior Lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management, where he teaches classes in Entrepreneurship.6 He is also involved in strategic alliances at BitSight as the SVP of Strategic Alliances.5

Under Venna's leadership, BitSight has grown significantly:

• The company now employs over 430 people worldwide3
• It provides security ratings for more than 40 million companies3
• BitSight has over 2,000 customers, including 50% of global insurance premiums writers and 20% of global governments3
• The company has raised substantial funding, including a $250 million investment from Moody's Corporation in 20214

Venna's entrepreneurial journey also includes co-founding Saperix, a risk management company, which was acquired by Firemon in 2011.6