Paladin Founder Michael Steed Recognized as One of Washington D.C.’s 500 Most Influential People of 2025
Founder and Managing Partner of Paladin Capital Group Michael Steed has been recognized by Washingtonian Magazine as one of the top leaders shaping policy debates in Washington, D.C. in the Tech and Telecom category. This recognition is part of Washington D.C.’s 500 Most Influential People of 2025, a list reserved for the region’s leading minds across a variety […]
Paladin Capital Group congratulates Chris Inglis on swearing in as National Cyber Director
Washington D.C. – On the occasion of the swearing-in ceremony of Chris Inglis as the United States Government’s National Cyber Director, Paladin Capital Group, the global cybersecurity investor, congratulates our former colleague on his confirmation by the Senate and his swearing in as the nation’s first National Cyber Director. Chris has served as a Managing […]
Paladin Capital Group Announces Acquisition of Cloud Conformity by Trend Micro
Paladin Capital Group – a multi-stage investment firm focused on cybersecurity – announced the successful exit of its investment in Cloud Conformity, a leading Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) company, to Trend Micro.
Paladin Capital Group promotes Mourad Yesayan as its newest Managing Director
Paladin Capital Group, a leading multi-stage venture capital firm based in Washington DC, is pleased to announce the promotion of Mourad Yesayan to Managing Director. Mourad is an investment lead for the firm’s Cyber Fund, which invests globally in early stage companies with solutions for cyber security and digital resilience.
Digital Shadows Raises Strategic Investment Round to Fuel Accelerated Growth
National Australia Bank Ventures leads $10M investment round London and San Francisco, July 9, 2019 – Digital Shadows, the leader in digital risk protection, today announced $10M in a strategic funding round. The round is led by the ventures arm of new investor and current customer, National Australia Bank (NAB). Existing investors, including Octopus Ventures, […]
RANGEFORCE RAISES $1.5M ROUND LED BY PALADIN CAPITAL FOR CYBERSECURITY SIMULATION-BASED LEARNING PLATFORM
RangeForce, an Estonia and New York-based cybersecurity start-up, has raised $1.5 million in seed funding led by Paladin Capital Group with participation from Trind Ventures. Gibb Witham from Paladin Capital Group will join the board of directors.
RiskLens Closes $20 Million Series B to Expand Leadership in Cyber Risk Quantification
Paladin Capital Group leads syndicate with F-Prime Capital and MassMutual Ventures; Supporting and Accelerating Growth Trend of 100% Year-over-Year
Inscripta Completes $20M Expansion of Series C Financing, Increasing Total Round to $105.5M
Continued support of existing investors will fund commercialization efforts, product launch later this year Boulder, CO – April 4, 2019 – Inscripta, a leading gene-editing technology company, today announced that it has increased its previously announced Series C financing with an additional $20 million from existing investors. The new funding adds to the $85.5 million […]
Paladin Capital Group Names Former National Security Agency Deputy Director Rick Ledgett as its Newest Managing Director
Paladin Capital Group is pleased to announce that Rick Ledgett, who was most recently the National Security Agency Deputy Director will join Paladin Capital Group as a Managing Director. Mr. Ledgett has four decades of intelligence, cyber security and cyber operations experience, including 29 years with the National Security Agency (NSA).
Vice Admiral (Ret.) Jan Tighe Joins Paladin Capital Group’s Strategic Advisory Group
Further Strengthening Paladin Capital Group’s Strategic Advisory Group Paladin Capital Group is pleased to announce that Vice Admiral (Ret.) Jan Tighe, has joined Paladin’s Strategic Advisory Group. “Jan is one of the world’s foremost authorities on cyber security serving as Commander, Tenth Fleet/Fleet Cyber Command. We are delighted to welcome her at this exciting time […]
Cloud Conformity Announces $2.8 Million Series A Financing Led by Paladin Capital Group
Cloud Conformity, a leader in public cloud infrastructure security and compliance monitoring, today announced a $2.8 million Series A funding led by Paladin Capital Group, with participation from Jump Capital. As part of the funding round, Tom Clute from Paladin Capital Group will join the board of directors.
Geospatial Intelligence Startup Ursa Announces $5.7 Million in New Funding
Ursa Space Systems, a provider of geospatial intelligence solutions, recently announced $5.7 million in new venture funding, led by RRE Ventures and including participation from S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI) and Paladin Capital Group. The company will use the funds to develop new products in response to strong customer demand, as well as expand current offerings to serve new customers and markets.
Bugcrowd Secures $26 Million to Enable Customers and Researchers to Outhack Them All
Bugcrowd, the leader in crowdsourced security, announced today it has closed $26 million in a Series C funding round led by Triangle Peak Partners. This funding comes on the heels of a record quarter where Bugcrowd added to its growing list of commercial and Fortune 500 customers, expanded globally with offices in London and Sydney, and grew its executive team.
Mérieux Développement and Paladin Capital Group co-lead $55.5 million Series C financing into Inscripta, a leading company in the field of gene editing, in preparation for platform expansion and commercial launch.
Investment will accelerate development and commercialization of gene-editing tools including enzymes, reagents, instrumentation, and software San Francisco, Lyon and Boston, February 28, 2018 – Merieux Developpement and Paladin Capital Group announced the completion of a $55.5 million Series C funding into Inscripta, a leading gene-editing technology company, based in Boulder, CO and Pleasanton, CA. Additional […]
Paladin Capital Group Announces Acquisition of PhishMe by Private Equity Syndicate
Paladin Capital Group – a multi-stage investment firm focused on cybersecurity – announced the successful realization of its investment in PhishMe, the industry leader in human-enabled cyber defense solutions, to a syndicate of investors led by BlackRock and Pamplona Capital Management. With a deal valuing PhishMe at around $400 million, the exit represents the largest in the field of human-enabled cyber defense.
PhishMe is Recognized by Deloitte’s 2017 Technology Fast 500™
PhishMe®, the leading provider of human phishing defense solutions, announced it has been recognized by Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500™, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and energy tech companies in North America. PhishMe was ranked No. 114 in the software category and No. 200 overall. This is the third consecutive year PhishMe has been named to the Deloitte Fast 500.
Early and Growth Stage Cyber Technology Companies to Benefit from New Collaboration between VT Partners and Paladin Capital Group
Paladin announces former Carlyle Group Director Nazo Moosa as its new Senior Strategic Partner, Europe as part of a unique collaboration with VT Partners
Karamba Security Closes $12M in Series B Financing to Address Increasing Demand for its Preventive Approach to Automotive Cybersecurity
Karamba Security, a provider of cybersecurity solutions for connected and autonomous vehicles, today announced $12 million in Series B funding, bringing total investment in the company to $17 million, 15 months after closing a seed round in March 2016. The funding was driven by investors’ excitement over customer engagements, resulting from Karamba’s unique automotive cyberprevention technology. The investment will be used to expand customer support, sales and R&D organizations so that it can meet the rapidly growing demand.
Paladin Capital Group Joins with European Investment Fund and Luxembourg Future Fund to Invest in EU Based Cyber Security Firms
Washington, D.C. and Luxembourg – April 5, 2017 – Paladin Capital Group is pleased to announce the initial closing of its European Cyber Fund based in Luxembourg, with commitments side-by-side from the European Investment Fund and Luxembourg Future Fund. The fund, which will invest in cyber security companies throughout Europe and the globe, is managed […]
White Ops Exposes Largest and Most Profitable Ad Fraud Bot Operation
White Ops, the leading provider of human verification services for the digital advertising market, announced today that its security researchers have exposed the most profitable and advanced ad fraud operation ever seen by the industry.
Endgame Awarded Largest EDR Contract of Year with U.S. Air Force to Prevent, Stop, and Hunt Advanced Adversaries
Endgame, a leading endpoint security platform to close the protection gap against advanced attackers, announced today that it has won a $18.8 million contract with the U.S. Air Force to safeguard networks for their elite Cyber Protection Teams.
New Security Startup Expel Secures $7.5 Million Series A Financing
Expel, Inc., a new cyber security company founded by prominent industry veterans, announced it closed $7.5 million in Series A funding from experienced security investors. The financing was led by Paladin Capital Group, with participation from New Enterprise Associates, Battery Ventures, Greycroft Partners, Lightbank, and other strategic and individual investors. Expel is founded by senior executives previously at FireEye and Mandiant.
PhishMe Closes $13 Million Investment with Paladin Capital Group and Aldrich Capital Partners
PhishMe® Inc., the leading provider of phishing threat management solutions that empower employees to be a layer of human security sensors against phishing, malware, and drive-by attacks, today announced it has raised $13 million in Series B funding led by existing investor Paladin Capital Group and new investor Aldrich Capital Partners.
ProtectWise Emerges from Stealth with More than $17 Million in Funding to Launch World’s First Cloud Network DVR for Enterprise Security
ProtectWise exits stealth today to launch a breakthrough cloud-based architecture poised to change the landscape of enterprise network security. ProtectWise leverages cloud economies of scale to deliver a subscription-based service that eliminates blind spots in threat detection, ends alarm fatigue by identifying and prioritizing network threats, and delivers faster and more effective incident response.
ThreatStream Lands $22 Million in Series B Funding Led by General Catalyst Partners
ThreatStream, the provider of a threat intelligence platform that identifies cyber threats and facilitates trusted threat sharing, today announced that it has raised $22 million in series B funding led by General Catalyst Partners, with significant investment by new investors Institutional Venture Partners and previous investors Google Ventures and Paladin Capital Group.
BuildingIQ Doubles Year-on-Year Revenue in Q1 2014
Cloud-based energy management software company starts the year strong and creates nearly half a million in free cash for customers in Q1