Who invested in Paladin Drones

2 rounds we have observed, with the 6 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

Cybersecurity

Y Combinator: S18

Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026

$18Mraised across 2 rounds since 2019, from 2 sources

$1.3MSeed$17MVenture

Latest round: Venture, $17MSept 2025
Step-upi: 13.1×
Investors: 6

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The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2019202020212022202320242025

$1.3MSeed$17MVenture

First round: Seed, $1.3M
Biggest round: $17M
Between rounds: 6.3 years

The rounds

Sept 2025
Venture$17M4 new1 returning
Source recordedSEC filing: $17M sold, first sale Aug 2025
May 2019
Seed$1.3M2 new
- Khosla Ventures
- Paul Buchheit
Reported by TechCrunch

Founders and team

From Paladin Drones's own website: 1 founder, 1 on the team.

Divy ShrivastavaCEO & Founder

Jeff MultzVP of Sales

Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

Seed2019Venture2025

Khosla Ventures

Y Combinator

GradientPaul Buchheit

Toyota Ventures

1517 Fund

Everyone who backed them

Khosla VenturesVC firm2rounds

Y CombinatorAccelerator1round

GradientVC firm1round

Paul BuchheitAngel1round

Toyota VenturesVC firm1round

1517 FundVC firm1round

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Also claim to have backed them

These 4 firms list Paladin Drones as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.