# Nikesh Arora at Palo Alto Networks

> Nikesh Arora, Chairman CEO at Palo Alto Networks. 6 investments on record. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/nikesh-arora (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

Atherton, US · Partner

# Nikesh Arora

Chairman CEO

Latest rounds

- **Valarian** Series A · $50M Jul 2026
- **8090 Labs** Series A · $135M Jun 2026
- **Outtake** Series B · $40M Jan 2026

Backs *AI* *Developer Tools* *Enterprise Software* *Software*

Profile summary

- **Rounds named:** 6 last Jul 2026
- **Filings:** 3 with regulators

What this record rests on

- ✓ **Named in rounds** 6 rounds name them
- ✓ **On filings** 3 filings with a regulator
- ✓ **Own investor record** Their cheques, held under their name
- **Claimed** Not claimed yet

Titles come from filings their firm signed.

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## Their investor record

[**Nikesh Arora, investing** Every cheque we watched them write, on one record **3** cheques in 12 months **22** all time **0** led deploying](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nikesh-arora)

## Rounds they were named in

- **Rounds:** 6
- **Led:** 0
- **Disclosed:** $357.7M
- **Active:** 2015–26

2026

- [Valarian](https://millionrounds.com/company/valarian) *Series A* **$50M** *GB* Jul 2026 Joined · +10 investors
- [8090 Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/8090-labs) *Series A* **$135M** *US* Jun 2026 Joined · +6 investors
- [Outtake](https://millionrounds.com/company/outtake) *Series B* **$40M** *US* Jan 2026 Joined · +11 investors

2024

- [/dev/agents](https://millionrounds.com/company/dev-agents) *Seed* **$56M** *US* Nov 2024 Joined · +6 investors
- [Harmonic](https://millionrounds.com/company/harmonic) *Series A* **$75M** *US* Sept 2024 Joined · +9 investors

2015

- [Nuzzel](https://millionrounds.com/company/nuzzel) *Seed* **$1.7M** *US* Nov 2015 Joined · +10 investors · historical

By stage

- Series A **3**
- Seed **2**
- Series B **1**

What they backed

AI **5** Developer Tools **2** Enterprise Software **2** Software **2** Cloud **1** Edtech **1**

Alongside

- [IQ Capital *2*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iq-capital)
- [Index Ventures *2*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures)
- [Adam D'Angelo *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/adam-d-angelo)
- [Akash Garg *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/akash-garg)
- [Alexandr Wang *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alexandr-wang)
- [Andrej Karpathy *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andrej-karpathy)
- [Andy Rubin *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andy-rubin)
- [Anil Dharni *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/anil-dharni)

Rounds where a report named this person rather than a firm, matched on name: read it as a strong hint, not proof, since people share names.

## Companies they are listed as backing

Portfolio

- [Anvilogic](https://millionrounds.com/startup/anvilogic)
- [Builder.ai](https://millionrounds.com/startup/builder-ai)
- [Even](https://millionrounds.com/company/even)
- [GoodTrust](https://millionrounds.com/startup/goodtrust)
- [Huma](https://millionrounds.com/startup/huma-2)
- [Netomi](https://millionrounds.com/company/netomi)
- [Soveren](https://millionrounds.com/startup/soveren)
- [Verse](https://millionrounds.com/startup/verse-3)
- [Vise](https://millionrounds.com/startup/vise)

## Where they are named on record

Filings

- SEC Form D · Company raising **Headspin, Inc.** Director on 2 filings · since 2020
- SEC Form D · Company raising **COMPAGNIE FINANCIERE RICHEMONT SA** Director on 18 filings · since 2017
- SEC Form D · Company raising **AVIVA PLC** Director on 2 filings · since 2009

Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date.

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