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Shield Capital

VC
San Francisco, CAWebsite
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.

Meet the Team

JP

Joseph Pignato

CFO

DH

Dan Holland

Chief Operating Officer

PB

Philip Bilden

Managing Partner

MM

Meghan McEveety

Investor Relations Manager

LP

Lexi Paulson

Executive Assistant

DR

David Rothzeid

Principal

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

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

Enterprise Ransomware Defense

CO

CODE METAL

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

Verifiable code translation for mission critical industries

AP

APEX

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

Say Hello to Your New Spacecraft Platform.

HA

Hawkeye360

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

Transforming the invisible into solutions for a better world

AR

Armada

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

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

RA

Rangeview

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

Cutting-Edge Shell 3D Printing Service

HO

Howso

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

Building high performance AI you can trust.

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