Find your early customers and evangelists
We draw from our early adopter community of thousands of data engineering, devops, security, and ML / AI leaders to find those who believe in the future you are building.
We provide 10x more customer engagement than a generalist venture firm. We help you reach influential and forward-leaning customers, from execs to practitioners, in the sectors that matter to you.
Drive discovery, validate your roadmap, land POCs, and win your first best-fit customers. We work as an extension of your founding team; we develop customized targets and attend customer meetings to provide continuity and context.
From intimate dinners to large cocktail parties, our events build consistent connections in the enterprise infrastructure community. Our Early Adopter Summit showcases our founders with our curated community of forward-thinking buyers.
Unleash your product's growth potential
We work closely with you and your founding team on strategic narratives and positioning and help you build your PLG motion through tailor-made workshops that supercharge your GTM flywheel.
Our workshops identify your best-fit customers, positioning, and key beliefs. We help you craft a powerful story for your product.
We share the winning playbooks of the very best practitioners in the industry: product-led growth, product-led sales, dev marketing, and ABM. Build your own best practices by learning from the best.
We work on a pitch together and reach out to the right reporters so your funding and product launches get the coverage they deserve.
Learn from experienced founders
Our founder advisors have created multi-billion dollar cloud infra and cybersecurity companies. Draw from their experience and wisdom to impact your company's trajectory.
Our founder advisors are among the very best in data, engineering, and cyber security software. They bring unmatched specialization and expertise.
Experienced founders in the Decibel family often become your angel investors, board members, and close confidantes. They are passionate; they care, and they have stood in your shoes.
Our founder advisors guide you through the key decisions of your company, whether it's raising a new round of capital, getting approached by an acquirer, or navigating a complex inflection point.
Build your winning team with us
Your first hires are the foundation of your startup. We help you with everything from making candidate intros, to being on the interview team, to closing your dream hires.
We build communities of individuals highly likely to thrive in our portfolio companies and make introductions to the right people for every critical role in your startup.
We share recruiting best practices so you can build a world-class team and a talent brand for every stage of your journey.
We are an extension of your talent team and are there for you in the moments that matter with your candidates and employees.
Find early customers and lifelong evangelists
We draw from our 1,500-person strong customer community across data engineering, devops, security, and machine learning to find those who believe in the future you are building.
We provide 10x more customer engagement than a generalist VC, tapping our community and Cisco’s channels. We help you reach influential and forward-leaning customers, from execs to practitioners, when you need it most.
We know that a dry intro doesn’t quite cut it; so, we run customer sprints with you. They help drive discovery, validate your roadmap, land POCs, and win your first customers.
We host intimate and large events that connect our founders with our community of forward-leaning data, engineering, and security executives.
Unleash your product’s growth potential
We work closely with you and your founding team on strategic narratives, positioning and help you build your PLG motion through various workshops to supercharge your GTM flywheel.
Our workshops identify your best-fit customers, positioning and key beliefs. We then craft a powerful story for your product.
We give you the winning playbooks of the best in the industry: product-led growth, product-led sales, dev marketing, ABM, etc. We help you run them.
We host intimate and large events that connect our founders with our community of forward-leaning data, engineering, and security executives.
Experienced founders to guide your journey
Our founder advisors created multi-billion dollar cloud infra and cybersecurity companies. Draw from their experience and wisdom to impact your company's trajectory.
Our founder advisors are some of the best in data, engineering, and cyber security software.
These founders often become your investors, board members, close friends, or confidantes. They are passionate, they care, they show up for you.
They'll guide you through the key decisions of your young company, whether it's about fundraising, building your team, or navigating difficult situations.
Build your winning team
Your first hires are the foundation of your startup. We help you with everything from candidate intros to being a part of your interview process.
We build communities of individuals highly likely to thrive in one of our portfolio companies, and make introductions at the right time.
We share recruiting best practices so you can build a world-class recruiting engine and talent brand.
We join your recruiting calls, interview your top candidates, guide your key hiring decisions, and help you close your finalists.
“Decibel sets the bar for engaging with customers by nurturing a community of early adopters who lean into early-stage innovation. They connected us with some of our largest accounts when we needed it most.”
Founder, Censys
Zakir Durumeric
“Decibel's founder advisors were invaluable in critical moments of scaling up runZero. We admire companies like Duo Security, and Dug and Jon help us learn from their journey and have seen the challenges on the road ahead.”
Co-founder and CTO, runZero
HD Moore
“Decibel introduced us to game-changing talent that we would never have met otherwise. We were able to hire our Head of Growth in record time.”
Co-founder and CEO, Push Security
Adam Bateman
“We went from incorporating our company to a successful launch at KubeCon in a few weeks. We built a full website, got featured on TechCrunch, and created a PLG motion - we could not have done all this without Decibel’s help.”
Co-founder and CEO, Akuity