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Shield Capital

VC
San Francisco, CAWebsite

Shield Capital is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in San Francisco, CA investing in Other. The firm typically writes $1.0M–$5.0M checks and has 16 portfolio companies in our records.

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$1.0M – $5.0M

AUM

$186M

Portfolio

16+ companies

Team

8 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Focuses on investing in innovative companies in the national security and dual-use technology sector.

How Shield Capital invests

Shield Capital is a vc firm based in San Francisco, CA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other.

Shield Capital typically writes checks of $1.0M–$5.0M per investment, backed by approximately $186M in assets under management.

Shield Capital has backed 16 companies in our records, including Anduril, Hermeus, ThreatAI.

Meet the Team

JP

Joseph Pignato

CFO

DH

Dan Holland

Chief Operating Officer

MM

Meghan McEveety

Investor Relations Manager

LP

Lexi Paulson

Executive Assistant

DR

David Rothzeid

Principal

PB

Philip Bilden

Managing Partner

RS

Raj Shah

GP

DefenseTech
GovTech
National Security
MG

Michael Green

GP

AI Security
Cyber Threats

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other

Portfolio Companies (16)

Other

AN

Anduril

DefenseTech
HE

Hermeus

Aerospace
TH

ThreatAI

AI-driven Cybersecurity
MI

MIMIC

Enterprise Ransomware Defense

CO

CODE METAL

Verifiable code translation for mission critical industries

AP

APEX

Say Hello to Your New Spacecraft Platform.

HA

Hawkeye360

Transforming the invisible into solutions for a better world

AR

Armada

The world’s first full stack edge computing platform is here.

RA

Rangeview

Cutting-Edge Shell 3D Printing Service

HO

Howso

Building high performance AI you can trust.

How to pitch Shield Capital
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other — 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 Joseph Pignato, CFO.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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