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Shield Capital

Shield Capital backs early-stage and high-growth companies, typically pre-profit, from United States.

Capital raised$475macross 3 SEC-filed vehicles
Most recent fund2024filing since 2021
HeadquartersUnited States
Largest single fund$162m

Stated investment criteria

What Shield Capital says it buys

Read from Shield Capital’s own website in August 2026. This is what the firm says it buys, not what anyone has recorded it buying, and figures are shown in the currency the firm itself used - nothing here is converted. Every line links to the page it was read from.

People listed on its team page181

A stated mandate is a firm’s description of itself and was true of the page on the day it was read; firms widen and narrow what they will look at without updating the site. The team figure counts the people the firm shows on one team page, so it is a floor rather than a headcount: firms that split their team across tabs or load it in pages will read low. Nothing here is a commitment by Shield Capital to consider any particular business, and nothing on this page is represented as being for sale.

SEC filings

What Shield Capital has raised

From this firm's own Form D filings. A fund files one within fifteen days of its first sale, under penalty of perjury, which makes these the hardest numbers on the page.

Vehicles filed3
Total capital raised$475m
Largest single vehicle$162m
Filing history2021 to 2024
Smallest accepted commitmentNone stated
Filed fromCALIFORNIA

Form D covers US-domiciled vehicles raised from accredited investors. It will not capture a fund raised outside the United States, separately managed accounts, or capital deployed off balance sheet, so treat these as a floor rather than a total.

Regulatory record

How Shield Capital is registered

From this firm's Form ADV, the annual filing every registered and exempt investment adviser makes to the SEC.

Adviser statusExempt reporting adviser
Regulatory assets under managementNot reported by an ERA
Private funds advised3 · $563m gross
SEC adviser numberCRD 317447

An exempt reporting adviser is not required to report regulatory assets under management, so the blank above means the question was not asked rather than that the answer is unknown. Where a figure exists it is the gross asset value of the private funds the firm advises, which is a different and usually larger measure.

Portfolio

Disclosed holdings

Companies Shield Capital lists on its own website. No investment years are published.

CompanyInvestedYears heldRecorded transaction
April 16, 2025
April 22, 2025
August 27, 2025
August 5, 2024
Calcalistech
Defensedaily
Defensescoop
Elroy
February 7, 2025
Foreignaffairs
Hawkeye360 GoSecure
Intelligence
Investing in Autonomous Cyber
Investing in Star Catcher
Investing in UFORCE
John Serafini Hawkeye 360 Thecube
July 20, 2025
July 8, 2024
June 1, 2025
Key
March 18, 2025
November 17, 2024
October 2, 2025
Payload SpacemPower Technology Raises $21M Series B
Resilience Snorkel.ai Cogniac
September 20, 2024
September 8, 2025
Spacenews
The Mission
Warontherocks

Compiled from Shield Capital’s published portfolio page. Where a recorded transaction is shown, that company was the target of a reported deal and has most likely already been realised. Nothing here is represented as being for sale.

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