# PQShield funding: rounds and investors

> PQShield has raised $57M across 3 rounds since 2021. Investors include Oxford Science Enterprises, Chevron Technology Ventures and Crane Venture Partners.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/pqshield (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

United Kingdom · [Venture startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *PQShield*

3 rounds we have observed, with the 5 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

Raised 8 months ago

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$57M** raised across 3 rounds since 2021, from 3 sources

**$20M** Series A **$37M** Series B

- **Latest round:** Venture Mar 2026
- **Biggest round:** $37M Series B · Jun 2024
- **Investors:** 5

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.

2022 2023 2024 2025 2026

**$20M** Series A

**$37M** Series B

**?** Venture

- **First round:** Series A, $20M
- **Biggest round:** $37M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 2.4 years

[**PQShield** Cyber security 1 / 12 Their pitch deck **PQShield's pitch deck, 12 slides** Each slide read for what it argues, against the decks that raised at the same stage.](https://millionrounds.com/decks/pqshield)

## The rounds

- **Mar 2026** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *5 returning* [Oxford Science Enterprises](https://millionrounds.com/fund/oxford-science-enterprises) [Chevron Technology Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chevron-technology-ventures) [Crane Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crane-venture-partners) [Addition](https://millionrounds.com/fund/addition) [Kindred Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kindred-capital-vc) Source recorded
- **Jun 2024** Series B **$37M** *5 new* [Oxford Science Enterprises](https://millionrounds.com/fund/oxford-science-enterprises) [Chevron Technology Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chevron-technology-ventures) [Crane Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crane-venture-partners) [Addition](https://millionrounds.com/fund/addition) [Kindred Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kindred-capital-vc) Source recorded
- **Dec 2021** Series A **$20M** No investor was named in the report. Shares issued, filed with Companies House (SH01); no report of this raise yet

## Funding filed with regulators

PQShield filed 3 raises, $57M in all. Filings say how much was sold and to how many investors; they never name the investors.

- Jun 2024 **$14M** UK share allotment
- Apr 2024 **$22M** UK share allotment
- Dec 2021 **$20M** UK share allotment

## 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.

**Series A** 2021 **Series B** 2024 **Venture** 2026 [Oxford Science Enterprises](https://millionrounds.com/fund/oxford-science-enterprises) [Chevron Technology Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chevron-technology-ventures) [Crane Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crane-venture-partners) [Addition](https://millionrounds.com/fund/addition) [Kindred Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kindred-capital-vc)

## Everyone who backed them

[Oxford Science Enterprises](https://millionrounds.com/fund/oxford-science-enterprises) VC firm **2** rounds

[Chevron Technology Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chevron-technology-ventures) Corporate VC **2** rounds

[Crane Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crane-venture-partners) VC firm **2** rounds

[Addition](https://millionrounds.com/fund/addition) Private equity **2** rounds

[Kindred Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kindred-capital-vc) VC firm **2** rounds

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## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists PQShield as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[B&Y Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/b-and-y-venture-partners) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about PQShield

### Who invested in PQShield?

PQShield's investors include Oxford Science Enterprises, Chevron Technology Ventures, Crane Venture Partners, Addition and Kindred Capital.

### How much has PQShield raised?

PQShield has raised $57M across 3 rounds since 2021. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did PQShield last raise?

PQShield's most recent round was a Venture in Mar 2026.

### What was PQShield's biggest round?

PQShield's largest round on record is $37M (Series B), in Jun 2024.

### Who backed PQShield first?

PQShield's first round on record, in Jun 2024, was backed by Oxford Science Enterprises, Chevron Technology Ventures and Crane Venture Partners and 2 others.

### What stage is PQShield at?

PQShield's latest named round is a Venture, in Mar 2026.

### Where is PQShield based?

PQShield is based in the United Kingdom.

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