--- title: Blog | Adam Bixler description: Adam leads Squadra’s Cybersecurity practice, overseeing the sourcing, diligence, and investment decisions in cybersecurity technology startups and supporting go-to-market and product roadmap strategy post-investment. Adam was co-founder and chief product officer of Morta Security which was acquired by Palo Alto Networks in 2014, and co-founder and COO of Efflux Systems which was acquired by Netscout in 2017. 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[adam@squadra.vc](mailto:adam@squadra.vc) [Follow me on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/adambixler/) [![](https://blog.squadra.vc/hubfs/real%20talk.png)](https://blog.squadra.vc/articles/real-talk-cyber-markets-and-seed-stage-startups-in-2024) [![](https://blog.squadra.vc/hubfs/real%20talk.png)](https://blog.squadra.vc/articles/real-talk-cyber-markets-and-seed-stage-startups-in-2024) ## [Real Talk: Cyber Markets and Seed-Stage Startups in 2024](https://blog.squadra.vc/articles/real-talk-cyber-markets-and-seed-stage-startups-in-2024) 29 Apr 2024 [Adam Bixler](https://blog.squadra.vc/articles/author/adam-bixler) There are plenty of [market assessments](https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/29/cybersecurity-funding-q3-performance/) showing venture funding totals in cybersecurity startups... 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