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Shield Capital is an investment firm founded in 2014 to invest specifically in cyber security, artificial intelligence, space sensing, and autonomy sectors. The firm focuses on investing in founders of technology advancement, and is made up of a team of founders, investors, and national security leaders, including Philip Bilden, Raj Shah, Sumit Agarwal, John Serafini, David Rothzeid, Akhil Iyer, Luke Fischer, and Kait McKee. Each member has their own specialty and area of expertise within the company.
Shield Capital invests in innovative technologies and sciences through companies including Hawkeye 360, Elroy Air, GoSecure, Authentic8, Airspace Intelligence, Reslience, Cogniac, and SnorkelAI.
Hawkeye360 is a space-based radio frequency analytics company run by John Sarafini. Hawkeye has raised a total of $130.3M since 2018, through the course of three Hawekeye360 funding rounds with Shield Capital.
In a 2021 funding round, Elroy Air, an aero-robotics research and development company, raised $40M to support the development of The Chaparral, an autonomous aerial cargo platform.
