John is a Principal on the Investment Team and is responsible for leading new investments and portfolio company value creation.
John Cordo joined Evolution in 2024, bringing more than a decade of experience as a cybersecurity investor in both venture capital and growth equity. He currently serves as an Evolution Board Observer to Halcyon and Torq.
John started his investing career at Blackstone, where he invested from the Blackstone Innovations venture corporate capital portfolio in early-stage cybersecurity companies. Most recently, John specialized in cybersecurity investing for growth equity firm Brighton Park Capital. Notable cybersecurity investments over John’s career include Immuta, HUMAN, BigID, CloudGenix (acquired by Palo Alto Networks), CloudKnox (acquired by Microsoft), Respond Software (acquired by FireEye) and SKOUT Cybersecurity (acquired by Barracuda Networks).
John graduated magna cum laude with a BS in Finance, Accounting, and Economics from the Carroll School of Management Honors Program at Boston College.