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Punit Minocha, Former Executive Vice President of Business and Corporate Development at Zscaler, Joins Ballistic Ventures and Decibel Partners as Strategic Advisor

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Punit Minocha has left his role as Executive Vice President of Business and Corporate Development at Zscaler to join Ballistic Ventures and Decibel Partners as a Strategic Advisor.

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SAN FRANCISCO, July 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Ballistic Ventures , the venture capital firm dedicated exclusively to funding and incubating entrepreneurs and innovations in cybersecurity, and Decibel Partners , a venture capital firm specializing in technical founders building in AI and cybersecurity, today announced that Punit Minocha, former Executive Vice President of Business and Corporate Development at Zscaler will join both firms as Strategic Advisor. Punit is a results-driven technology executive with more than three decades of experience building, scaling, and creating value at high-growth companies. He has held key leadership roles at Palo Alto Networks, Zscaler, and Trend Micro, helping scale each business through multiple stages of development and contributing to the creation of market-leading companies with multi-billion-dollar revenues and enterprise values. A skilled communicator adept at aligning executives, boards, and investors, Punit brings a track record of translating strategic vision into operational execution and enterprise value. In his advisory roles, Punit will help portfolio founders sharpen their corporate strategy and build the strategic channel partnerships and technology alliances needed to accelerate growth. He'll work alongside Ballistic's other functional advisors, spanning go-to-market, marketing, and finance, to give founders access to the...

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Punit MinochaExecutive Vice President of Business and Corporate Development

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Detected
Jul 29, 2026
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