Who We Are

Ted Schlein is a partner at Kleiner Perkins, and executive chairman and founding partner at Ballistic Ventures. He has spent the last 35 years helping create transformative companies. A Midas list regular and the former chairman of the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), Ted has funded, supported, and guided more than 30 founders to successful company exits including Mandiant, ArcSight, Chegg, Fortify Software, IronNet Cybersecurity, Jive, LifeLock and Segment. 

Ted is regularly called on to advise government leaders as they navigate society’s digital infrastructure. He is an active member of the CISA Cybersecurity Advisory Committee, National Security Institute Advisory Board, and also the Council on Foreign Relations, Independent Task Force on Cybersecurity.

Fiona Taylor served as Alethea’s Chief Operating Officer from 2022 to 2024. With a deep understanding of operations and finance gained over 25+ years, Taylor has a passion for building great teams, and scaling mission-driven companies through many different phases of growth. Prior to Alethea, Fiona served as Chief Operating Officer at the payment processing software developer Finix, and prior to this, held Senior Vice President roles at Margeta and Tesla where she was responsible for designing, implementing, and managing operations across the company. She has taken four companies public or through to a successful exit.

Fiona started her career serving for a decade as an officer in the Royal Australian Air Force. She earned a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Politics from the University of New South Wales, a Bachelor’s degree in Business and Accounting from the Victoria University, and a Master’s degree in Financial Law from the University of Southern Queensland.