What We Do

Squadra is the Italian word for team. It embodies our fundamental belief that exceptional teams are the key to outsized success.          We lead rounds and apply significant resources in startups that are going to change the future of security in the workplace and in the field.

Meet Our Team

As investors we:

  • Lead Seed to Series A rounds
  • Work as Active Board Members
  • Invest $1M-$3M
  • Execute on an 18-Month Joint Strategic Plan

We invest in teams that:

  • Are visionary leaders
  • Obsess over how their product drives value for their customers
  • Value leadership development of their management teams through coaching and mentoring
  • Can leverage our expert network of cyber, national security, and enterprise professionals to accelerate their business
  • Are ready to level-up their go-to-market strategy and business operations
  • Are excited to collaborate on industry changing strategic opportunities
  • Have the potential to become Dual-Use Ventures serving both enterprise and government clients

How We Do It

For our portfolio companies, there are three teams — the founding team, our team, and the combination of the two.
That means some days we’re pulled up to the table in a portfolio company’s office to dig into a marketing campaign and other days we’re working our network to get one of our CEOs in front of the CISO of a key future client. Where some VCs check-in at the board meeting, we’re working with our management teams daily. The goal is simple — 3X in 24 months, achieved through alignment on our Joint Strategic Plan.
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Our Investment Process

We don’t just write checks — we become an extension of the team. To make this happen, we work together from first meeting to investment kickoff.

Don’t have a deck yet but are ready to share your idea for some feedback? We’re happy to schedule a virtual coffee.

Email hello@squadra.vc.

01

Send us your deck

Fill out our intake form to help us understand where your company is at today.

02

Give us the pitch

Run our investment associates through your five minute pitch deck.

03

Share product demo and discuss the road ahead

Give your five minute pitch and product demo to our Managing Partner. Discuss your 3-6-12 month company objectives. Welcome to do this in person at our offices in Baltimore.

04

Achieve alignment

We will either achieve alignment on the opportunity ahead and move into our diligence phase, or we will make introductions to other investors and stakeholders.

05

Begin diligence

From this point forward we will get to know your team, meet your customers, and draft our joint strategic plan. We will aim to make the investment over the next 90 days.

What We Stand By

Squadra Ventures is committed to supporting and funding under-represented founders and diverse teams. We believe that diverse teams perform better and, as stewards of capital, we take the following measures:
  • We actively seek out founders from diverse backgrounds.
  • We track the gender, identity and race of the founders and companies we review to ensure we are not disproportionately favoring any singular profile. Participation in this data collection is optional.
  • When a company does not meet our investment thesis, we aim to be helpful by making further introductions and providing honest feedback.
  • We start our investment opportunity review process in the same place, every time, warm intro or not — with our opportunity overview intake form.

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Complete the form to get in touch with us today. If you want to contact our investment team, use the send us your deck intake form.