Paladin Capital Group
Paladin Capital Group is a Seed, Growth venture capital firm based in Washington, D.C. investing in Security, Other, AI / ML. The firm typically writes $1.0M–$5.0M checks and has 88 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $1.0M–$5.0M
- Portfolio
- 88 companies on record
- Partners
- 10 listed
- AUM
- $1.5B
- Stage
- Seed, Growth
- Sectors
- Security, Other, AI / ML
- HQ
- Washington, D.C.
Last verified: 2026-05-03
Seed, Growth
$1.0M – $5.0M
$1.5B
88+ companies
10 partners
Investment Thesis
Paladin focuses on dual-use technology startups in cybersecurity, defense, and AI infrastructure, with an emphasis on national security impact.
How Paladin Capital Group invests
Paladin Capital Group is a vc firm based in Washington, D.C.. The firm invests at the Seed, Growth stages, with a focus on Security, Other, AI / ML.
Paladin Capital Group typically writes checks of $1.0M–$5.0M per investment, backed by approximately $1.5B in assets under management.
Investing since at least 2013, Paladin Capital Group has backed 88 companies in our records, including Endgame, Inc., IronNet, Stanhope AI. Its most recent recorded investment was in 2013.
Partners & Team
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (88)
2013
Endgame, Inc.
Endgame provides a cyber operations platform supporting the detection, exploitation, and mitigation of cyber-threats.
Other
IronNet
Stanhope AI
Dam Secure
10X Genomics
Acalvio
Adventr
Anomali
Aralez Bio
Arxan
- •Raising at Seed, Growth? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Security, Other, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $1.0M – $5.0M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Christopher Steed, Managing Director and CIO.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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