Founded in 2001 with offices in Washington DC, New York, London, Luxembourg, and Silicon Valley, Paladin Capital Group invests in commercial and government technologies focused on cybersecurity and digital infrastructure resilience.
Portfolio
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companies
Constructive Bio
Constructive Bio rewrites genomes to turn living cells into sustainable biofactories.
Elliptic
Elliptic provides cryptoasset risk management and blockchain analytics for financial institutions.
Hack The Box
Gamified cybersecurity training and talent assessment platform.
Mimica
Mimica provides process intelligence technology that maps real world workflows to train enterprise AI agents.
Panaseer
Panaseer provides a continuous controls monitoring platform for enterprise security.
Secure Code Warrior
Secure Code Warrior provides an agile learning platform for developer-driven security.
Stanhope AI
Stanhope AI builds brain inspired artificial intelligence for autonomous and physical systems.
Unitary
Unitary develops artificial intelligence technology that understands and moderates video content online.
Virtuoso
Virtuoso provides an artificial intelligence powered test automation platform.
Gibb Witham
Senior Vice President
Gibb brings venture capital and executive experience from roles at Paladin Capital Group, Osage University Partners, and Hack The Box.
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Ken Pentimonti
Principal and European Manager
Ken is Managing Director and European Manager at Paladin Capital Group. He previously held roles at Hambrecht & Quist / JPMorgan and Arthur Andersen LLP.
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Mourad Yesayan
Managing Director
Mourad serves as Managing Director at Paladin Capital Group. He holds board and investor roles across multiple security and technology businesses, including HawkEye 360, Dam Secure, and Safe Security.
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Christopher Steed
Chief Investment Officer and Managing Director
Christopher brings investment experience from Paladin Capital Group and Merrill Lynch.
LinkedInPaul Conley
Managing Director
Paul brings deep-tech company formation and venture capital experience from roles including Managing Director at Paladin Capital and CEO at General Inception.
LinkedInFrontline Ventures led the seed financing round to support the development of adaptive AI for physical environments.
"We’re moving from language-based AI to intelligence that possesses the ability to act to understand its world – a system with a fundamental agency. Our approach doesn’t just process words, it understands context, uncertainty, and physical reality."
Paladin Capital Group led the Series B round, with participation from Khosla Ventures, LGVP, and Entrepreneurs First.
"In enterprise AI, capability means nothing without context. The agents that will win are the ones that understand the work – that’s what we make possible. Our technology shows companies where AI can make the biggest impact and gives agents the process knowledge to deliver it. Our goal is to help the world’s biggest organizations move AI from an interesting internal experiment to something that runs at the heart of the business and takes on the burden and mundanity of repetitive tasks, so employees can spend their time more wisely."
The Series A round was led by Ahren, OMX Ventures, and Paladin Capital Group to develop biomanufacturing platforms.
"Synthetic genomics is redefining how we harness biology. Our suite of proprietary technologies and incomparable team allows us to build novel materials and products that will revolutionise drug manufacturing and discovery,"
The Series A round was led by Creandum with backing from Paladin Capital Group and Plural.
"Our vision is for ethical, empathetic AI to enhance how visual content is experienced online. We’ve always focused on how we might be able to use AI to ensure a safer online experience, and keep up with the pace of internet content. This funding enables us to stay at the forefront of video understanding research and fulfil our mission of making the internet better,"
Paladin Capital Group led the Series C financing round, which will fund product innovation and go to market expansion.
"The value they deliver to 600 enterprises and counting has never been more important in this dynamic, AI-influenced global economy where secure-aware developers and engineering teams are a massive asset. It is a privilege to be on this journey with Pieter, Matias, and the entire Secure Code Warrior organization, and we are excited about new innovations the company will bring to bear to make secure coding even more accessible to the broader market."
