Tech Company Financing Transactions

Shield AI Funding Round

Shield AI closed a $90 million Series C financing round on 2/24/2021. Backers included Point72 Ventures and private investors.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
2/24/2021
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$90,000,000
Round
Series C
Investors

Point72 Ventures (Lead Investor) (Daniel Gwak)

Proceeds Purpose
Shield AI will use the funding to help scale and further integrate its self-driving software, Hivemind, into additional platforms across the Defense industry.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Artificial Intelligence
Mailing Address
501 W Bdwy.
San Diego, CA 92101
USA
Phone
Undisclosed
Email Address
Overview
Shield AI works with the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, and other federal, state, and local departments and agencies to deliver next generation intelligence, reconnaissance, and surveillance systems. We build AI to enable fully autonomous unmanned systems that dramatically reduce risk and enhance situational awareness in the most dangerous situations.
Profile
Shield AI LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Shield AI Company Twitter Account
Company News
Shield AI News
Facebook
Shield AI on Facebook
YouTube
Shield AI on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Ryan Tseng
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Chief Technical Officer
Nathan Michael
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Co-Founder
Andrew Reiter
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VP - Engineering
Chris Barngrover
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VP - Engineering
Timothy Ramsay
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