Mourad Yesayan

Mourad Yesayan is a Managing Director at Paladin Capital Group, where he leads early-stage investments for the firm's Cyber Fund across the United States and Europe. He directs capital into cybersecurity and digital resilience startups, holding active board or investment roles with companies such as Expel, Secure Code Warrior, and CalypsoAI following its $13 million Series A funding round. His previous portfolio involvement includes Unitrends, which was acquired by Insight Venture Partners. Before joining Paladin in 2009, Yesayan served as Vice President of Finance at Pacific Ethanol, managing financial planning as the Nasdaq-listed company scaled to over $700 million in revenue and structuring more than $500 million in corporate financing. Holding an MBA and a BS in Finance from California State University, Fresno, his career centers on scaling early-stage technology ventures and mitigating digital risk.