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Lance Cottrell

Exited Founder, Board Member, Advisor, Mentor, Angel Investor. I Transform fledgling Founders into Startup Titans.

Healdsburg, California

Education

Work Experience

  • President & BoD Chair

    2025

    The North Bay Angels (NBA) is the oldest and largest angel investment group north of the Golden Gate. We are an active investor group that invests primarily in early-stage equity and venture debt, where our participation will have an impact on the success of the company. We also consider current return opportunities.

  • Board Member

    2015 - 2025

    The North Bay Angels (NBA) is the oldest and largest angel investment group north of the Golden Gate. We are an active investor group who invests primarily in early stage equity and venture debt, where our participation will have an impact on the success of the company. We also consider current return opportunities. http://northbayangels.com

  • Chief Executive Officer

    2019

    Helping entrepreneurs go from overwhelmed founder to successful CEO through free online training and individual advising.

  • Global Entrepreneur in Residence

    2020

    Founder Institute Global Entrepreneurs in residence mentor select entrepreneurs in the Founder Institute program one on one and in group sessions.

  • Venture Partner

    2022

    The Veteran Fund is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in high-growth technology startups led by exceptional founders from the military community. Learn more and get involved: http://veteran.fund

  • Member Board Of Directors

    2017

    Investor and BoD member at Scollar, makers of the first modular smart collar for pets.

  • Strategic Advisor

    2021

  • Strategic Advisor

    2020

    Advising the Ntrepid C-Suite on corporate strategy, product strategy, and security strategy.

  • Chief Scientist - Passages

    2010 - 2019

    Passages is a fully protected and isolated cross platform virtualized environment built for the enterprise that looks and feels just like a normal browser. Only passages protects you by isolating the browser from your local computer, your local network, and your identity (preventing targeted attacks). I am involved in R&D for the product, and security research.

  • Chief Scientist

    2010 - 2019

    Provided product strategy, security strategy, thought leadership, and product evangelism for Ntrepid

  • Principal

    1995

    Founder and Principle. Consulting and advising on security, privacy, anonymity, and cryptography.

2021 - 2025

  • Strategic Advisor

    2021 - 2025

2020 - 2025

  • Strategic Advisor

    2020 - 2025

    Advising the founders on security, business, and fundraising.