We're here for the future.
Investing in startups, building strategic partnerships, and backing bold ideas.
Investing in startups, building strategic partnerships, and backing bold ideas.
Brignac Ventures is a small-scale early-stage investment initiative focused on supporting founders building innovative products in technology, AI, and cybersecurity.
Rather than operating as a traditional venture capital firm, we make selective micro-investments typically under $50k to help founders validate ideas, build early prototypes, and gain momentum in their first stages of growth. Alongside capital, we actively advise, consult, and mentor founders, offering hands-on guidance across technology, security, product strategy, and go-to-market execution. When beneficial, we also serve in board or advisory roles to help steer long-term vision and support sustainable growth.
Our emphasis is on partnering with driven, forward-thinking founders who are creating practical solutions in AI automation, machine learning tooling, cybersecurity defense, cloud infrastructure, and next-generation software platforms.
We look for teams solving real problems with creativity and technical excellence, and we contribute not only early capital but also guidance drawn from hands-on experience in cybersecurity, AI, and startup execution.
Based in Mobile, Alabama, Brignac Ventures aims to support emerging founders across the Southeast and beyond, with a portfolio that includes projects in AI, cybersecurity, cloud technologies, healthcare tech, and financial services.
Managing Partner
Drake Brignac is an entrepreneur, cybersecurity professional, and early-stage investor who founded Brignac Ventures to support founders building innovative products in technology, AI, and cybersecurity. With over a decade of hands-on experience in technology, enterprise cybersecurity, and consulting, Drake pairs his technical background with a founder-focused approach to shaping early ideas into validated solutions.
Through Brignac Ventures, he focuses on selective micro-investments typically under $50k to help founders build prototypes, test markets, and gain early traction. Beyond capital, Drake actively advises and mentors teams across product strategy, security, and go-to-market execution, and often supports companies in board or advisory roles.
He has worked alongside many startups and growth-stage companies in consulting, advisory, and board roles, bringing both entrepreneurial insight and technical depth to each engagement. Drake invests in founders across the Southeast and beyond, with portfolio interests spanning Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Cloud Infrastructure, and Healthcare Technology innovation.
12+ Years
in Cybersecurity and Tech
$25k+
Capital Deployed
2
Board Seats
A selection of companies we've partnered with on their journey to transform industries.
Meducate AI is an AI-powered medical education platform revolutionizing patient understanding and education.
Invested: 2025
A DoD-aligned defense technology company building next-generation electronic warfare and resilient mission systems.
Invested: 2025
Cybersecurity consulting firm providing risk assessments, vulnerability testing, and security consulting services.
Invested: 2017
Served as a strategic board member at Vonahi Security, helping shape and advance their automated penetration testing platform, vPentest.
Invested: 2019