Ian Folau, a co-founder and former CEO of GitLinks, has been hired by the recently launched LMI Ventures as a managing director.

Ian Folau (pictured), previously chief executive of open-source vulnerability management platform provider GitLinks, has joined US-based nonprofit government management consulting firm Logistics Management Institute (LMI)’s new venturing fund, LMI Ventures.

LMI Ventures, which has hired Folau as a managing director, will finance early-stage startups developing technologies relevant to LMI’s customers’ needs, such as analytics, supply chain and healthcare management services.

The unit intends to bridge its portfolio companies to US federal government agencies in the process.

Folau co-founded GitLinks in…

Edison Fu

Edison Fu is a reporter and Asia liaison at Global Corporate Venturing.