# Shift5 funding: rounds and investors

> Shift5 has raised $78M across 2 rounds since 2019. Investors include Squadra Ventures, Insight Partners and 645 Ventures. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/shift5 (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

United States · [Series C startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Shift5*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 8 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

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$78M** raised across 2 rounds since 2019, from 2 sources

**$2.5M** Round **$75M** Series C

- **Latest round:** Series C, $75M Sept 2025
- **Step-up i:** 30×
- **Investors:** 8 (1 led)

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.

2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

**$2.5M** Round

**$75M** Series C

- **First round:** Round, $2.5M
- **Biggest round:** $75M
- **Between rounds:** 6 years

## The rounds

- **Sept 2025** Series C **$75M** *3 new* [Insight Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/insight-venture-partners) [645 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/645-ventures) [J2 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/j2-ventures) Source recorded
- **Sept 2019** Round **$2.5M** *5 new* [Squadra Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/squadra-ventures) Lead [Emerging Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/emerging-ventures-capital) Lamphere Capital Nue Capital Outland Reported by FinSMEs

## Founders and team

From Shift5's own website: 1 founder, 3 on the team.

**Josh Lospinoso** Founder

- **Ashley Pagano** Vice President, People
- **Ryan Sublett** Chief Financial Officer
- **Sam Rajachudamani** Chief Strategy Officer

## 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.

**Round** 2019 **Series C** 2025 [Squadra Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/squadra-ventures) L [Insight Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/insight-venture-partners) [645 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/645-ventures) [J2 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/j2-ventures) [Emerging Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/emerging-ventures-capital) Lamphere Capital Nue Capital Outland

## Everyone who backed them

[Squadra Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/squadra-ventures) VC firm **1** round, led 1

[Insight Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/insight-venture-partners) VC firm **1** round

[645 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/645-ventures) VC firm **1** round

[J2 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/j2-ventures) VC firm **1** round

[Emerging Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/emerging-ventures-capital) VC firm **1** round

Lamphere Capital no record of our own yet **1** round

Nue Capital no record of our own yet **1** round

Outland no record of our own yet **1** round

Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=shift5).

## Also claim to have backed them

These 4 firms list Shift5 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.

[First In](https://millionrounds.com/fund/first-in) VC firm Per its own site

[Savano Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/savano-capital-partners) VC firm Per its own site

[Teamworthy Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/teamworthy-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

[BlueWing Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bluewing-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Shift5

### Who invested in Shift5?

Shift5's investors include Squadra Ventures, Insight Partners, 645 Ventures, J2 Ventures and Emerging Ventures, and 3 more on record.

### How much has Shift5 raised?

Shift5 has raised $78M across 2 rounds since 2019.

### When did Shift5 last raise?

Shift5's most recent round was a Series C of $75M in Sept 2025.

### What was Shift5's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $75M in Sept 2025, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Shift5 first?

Shift5's first round on record, in Sept 2019, was backed by Squadra Ventures, Emerging Ventures and Lamphere Capital and 2 others.

### What stage is Shift5 at?

Shift5's latest named round is a Series C, in Sept 2025.

### Where is Shift5 based?

Shift5 is based in the United States.

### Who led Shift5's rounds?

Squadra Ventures led the Undisclosed round in 2019.

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