# Paladin Drones funding: rounds and investors > Paladin Drones has raised $18M across 2 rounds since 2019. Investors include Khosla Ventures, Y Combinator and Gradient. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/paladin-drones (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Venture startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # 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 summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$18M** raised across 2 rounds since 2019, from 2 sources **$1.3M** Seed **$17M** Venture - **Latest round:** Venture, $17M Sept 2025 - **Step-up i:** 13.1× - **Investors:** 6 See who backed them ## The funding story Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total. 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 **$1.3M** Seed **$17M** Venture - **First round:** Seed, $1.3M - **Biggest round:** $17M - **Between rounds:** 6.3 years ## The rounds - **Sept 2025** Venture **$17M** *4 new* *1 returning* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Khosla Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures) [Gradient](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gradient-ventures) [Toyota Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/toyota-ventures) [1517 Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/1517-fund) Source recorded SEC filing: $17M sold, first sale Aug 2025 - **May 2019** Seed **$1.3M** *2 new* [Khosla Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures) [Paul Buchheit](https://millionrounds.com/fund/paul-buchheit) Reported by TechCrunch ## Founders and team From Paladin Drones's own website: 1 founder, 1 on the team. **Divy Shrivastava** CEO & Founder - **Jeff Multz** VP 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. **Seed** 2019 **Venture** 2025 [Khosla Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures) [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Gradient](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gradient-ventures) [Paul Buchheit](https://millionrounds.com/fund/paul-buchheit) [Toyota Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/toyota-ventures) [1517 Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/1517-fund) ## Everyone who backed them [Khosla Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **1** round [Gradient](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gradient-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Paul Buchheit](https://millionrounds.com/fund/paul-buchheit) Angel **1** round [Toyota Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/toyota-ventures) VC firm **1** round [1517 Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/1517-fund) VC firm **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=paladin-drones). ## 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. [Weekend Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/weekend-fund) VC firm Per its own site [Hike Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hike-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [Angel Collective](https://millionrounds.com/fund/angel-collective) Fund of funds Per its own site [Forward Deployed Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/forward-deployed-venture-capital) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Paladin Drones ### Who invested in Paladin Drones? Paladin Drones's investors include Khosla Ventures, Y Combinator, Gradient, Paul Buchheit and Toyota Ventures, and 1 more on record. ### How much has Paladin Drones raised? Paladin Drones has raised $18M across 2 rounds since 2019. ### When did Paladin Drones last raise? Paladin Drones's most recent round was a Venture of $17M in Sept 2025. ### What was Paladin Drones's biggest round? Its most recent round, $17M in Sept 2025, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed Paladin Drones first? Paladin Drones's first round on record, in May 2019, was backed by Khosla Ventures and Paul Buchheit. ### What stage is Paladin Drones at? Paladin Drones's latest named round is a Venture, in Sept 2025. ### Where is Paladin Drones based? Paladin Drones is based in the United States. ## Companies like Paladin Drones In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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