Shield Capital
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.
Pre-Seed, Seed
$1.0M – $5.0M
$186M
16+ companies
8 partners
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
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (16)
Other
Anduril
Hermeus
ThreatAI
MIMIC
Enterprise Ransomware Defense
CODE METAL
Verifiable code translation for mission critical industries
APEX
Say Hello to Your New Spacecraft Platform.
Hawkeye360
Transforming the invisible into solutions for a better world
Armada
The world’s first full stack edge computing platform is here.
Rangeview
Cutting-Edge Shell 3D Printing Service
Howso
Building high performance AI you can trust.
- •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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