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AI Shield Capital

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London, UKWebsite

AI Shield Capital is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in London, UK investing in Other, Security, AI / ML. The firm typically writes $1.0M–$3.0M checks and has 10 portfolio companies in our records.

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$1.0M – $3.0M

Portfolio

10+ companies

Team

14 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

AI Shield Capital specializes in investments that secure AI applications, focusing on governance and cybersecurity.

How AI Shield Capital invests

AI Shield Capital is a vc firm based in London, UK. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, Security, AI / ML. It does not invest in Consumer.

AI Shield Capital typically writes checks of $1.0M–$3.0M per investment.

AI Shield Capital has backed 10 companies in our records, including SecureAI, Shield AI, Hivemind.

Meet the Team

ZC

Zai Chen

Director of Engineering

RT

Ryan Tseng

CEO

NM

Nathan Michael

Chief Technology Officer

TJ

Tyler Jordan

Director of Engineering

NT

Nick Tseng

Senior Director of Product Management

KB

Kristen Blakeman

Senior Director, Financial Planning and Analysis

RM

Rick Mullen

Director of Operations

ED

Elise Delaplace

Program Director

JM

Jazz Myres

Director of Engineering

MB

Michael Brown

Investing Partner

AI Governance
Cybersecurity
OT

Our Team

Team

Mission autonomy
GP

General Partners

Partner

SA

Shield AI teammates

Team

Autonomy Development
ISR + targeting
Aircraft and Sensors
C

Commander

Commander

Command & control toolkit

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
Security
AI / ML

Does Not Invest In

Consumer

Portfolio Companies (10)

Other

SE

SecureAI

AI Security
SH

Shield AI

HI

Hivemind

VI

vidar

ED

edge os

PI

pilot

CA

catalog forge

CO

commander

BE

benchmark

TR

tracker

How to pitch AI Shield Capital
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other, Security, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $1.0M – $3.0M check.
  • cold outreach ok
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Zai Chen, Director of Engineering.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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