Likely active: new deal Mar 2025 Verified 4 Nov 2026
Shield Capital
Burlingame, CA venture firm founded in 2021 investing in early-stage companies in AI, autonomy, cybersecurity and space, at the intersection of commercial technology and national security.
- Type
- VC firm
- Location
- Burlingame, California, United States
- Stages
- Seed
- Backs
- B2B software, Hardware, Deep tech
- Sectors
- AI, Cybersecurity, Space, Devtools, Robotics, Defense
- Fund size / AUM
- $350M Shield Capital Fund II (Form D offering, 2024)
- Latest fund or filing
- 9 Jul 2026
- Portfolio mix
- B2B software 52%; Hardware 28%; Deep tech 17%; Fintech 3% (n=29)
- Website
- shieldcap.com
Fund filings (SEC Form D)
- Latest fund on file
- Shield Capital Fund II-Parallel
- Filed
- 9 Jul 2026 (amendment)
- Fund size
- $350M (total offering)
- Fund vehicles filed in the last 12 months
- 2 (includes feeder and parallel vehicles)
See this fund's filings on SEC EDGAR
Contacts on file
For Shield Capital, the paid file holds: 6 named decision-makers with roles.
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Notable investments
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Sources
- www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2029560/000202956026000001/
- adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/317447
- shieldcap.com
- www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2029575/000202957526000001/
- shieldcap.com/team
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