Creighton Hicks stands out for building, not just funding, Austin's cybersecurity scene—he started Keep Austin Cyber to connect founders and operators, and he focuses his investing on security and developer-workflow companies like Chainguard, DryRun Security, and Keep Aware, often backing an early thesis, such as the browser becoming a security blind spot, before it's widely recognized. His background spans IBM, VMware, and venture roles at KPCB and Dell Technologies Capital, and after years in Silicon Valley he returned to Texas to invest in founders there, while also looking at niche infrastructure areas like depositary receipts for digital assets.