Christopher Steed
Chief Investment Officer at Paladin Capital Group
Washington, District of Columbia
Overview
Work Experience
Chief Investment Officer
2008 - Current
Paladin Capital Group was founded in 2001 and has offices in Washington DC, New York, London, Luxembourg, and Silicon Valley. As a multi-stage investor, Paladin focuses on best-of-breed companies with technologies, products, and services that meet the challenging global cyber security and digital infrastructure resilience needs for commercial and government customers. Active Deals: -Adventr -Boldend / Halcyon -Calypso.AI -Conceal -Elliptic -Hack The Box -Nisos -Rangeforce -SandboxAQ -SCYTHE -Steg.AI -Ursa Space Systems Exited Companies: -Command Information (acquired by Salient Federal Solutions in 2010) -QuantaLife (acquired by Bio-Rad in 2011) -Fixmo (acquired by Good Technology in 2014) -Courion (acquired by K1 Investment Management in 2015) -Neohapsis (acquired by Cisco in 2015) -Wispry (acquired by AAC Technologies in 2015) -Nexidia (acquired by NICE Systems in 2016) -PhishMe (acquired by BlackRock in 2018) -Endgame (acquired by Elastic in 2019) -Digital Shadows (acquired by ReliaQuest in 2022) -Panaseer (exited in 2024) -Bugcrowd (exited in 2024)
Client Associate
2006 - 2008
Merrill Lynch’s Private Banking and Investment Group (PBIG), the ultra-high-net-worth division of its Private Client Group. Specifically, focused on alternative investments and worked with the KKM Team, Merrill’s largest team with assets under management exceeding $11.5 billion.
The Rand Group is a San Francisco-based wealth management team led by Managing Director Daniella Rand.
Education
BA
2002 - 2006