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Since 2008, Paladin has pursued an investment focus on cyber and advanced technologies, reflecting the firm’s mission to support the development of solutions of absolute need to society.
With 34 portfolio companies, Paladin III and its affiliated vehicles has is fully invested. 26 companies have been partially or fully exited, including two IPOs. Example investments include digital Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test provider QuantaLife, acquired by Bio-Rad Laboratories in 2011, bugcrowd, the crowd-sourced security platform and Anomali, the AI-powered security operations platform.
The breadth and depth of our network is a key driver of our information advantage for well-informed early stage investing, adding value, and profitably exiting portfolio companies. Paladin’s Strategic Advisory Group, consisting of global security experts, thought leaders, cyber practitioners and seasoned executives. It plays a vital role in advising our investment team and portfolio leaders on industry developments, unfolding security concerns, and scientific advancements, while sharing their expertise on scaling companies selling into both government and commercial customers.
Paladin brings a unique ability to bridge the public and private sectors
Founded in 2001 shortly after the 9/11 attacks, Paladin Capital Group was one of the first investors to recognize the need for coordination between international private and public sectors to support technologies with a security-by-design mindset.
By combining our proven investment experience with deep expertise in global security, cyber technology and cutting-edge research, we create an information advantage that adds value across many market sectors and company stages. Our core strength is identifying, supporting and investing in innovative companies that develop promising, early-stage technologies to address the critical cyber and advanced technological needs of both commercial and government customers. For more than two decades, this unique approach has enabled us to be a trusted partner to investors, entrepreneurs and governments.
Since 2008, we’ve invested in more than 60 companies across North America, Australia, Europe, and the Middle East, including promising cybersecurity and deep technology companies. Our portfolio includes companies such as CalypsoAI, the first monitoring suite to validate, explain and secure artificial intelligence and machine learning systems used by the U.S. Air Force and Navy; Hack The Box, the fastest growing hacking playground and cybersecurity community in the world; and Expel, a managed detection and response (MDR) provider that defends against ransomware, phishing and other emerging threats.