Akhil Iyer is a Principal at Shield Capital who combines rare frontline special operations experience as a Marine Corps Infantry and Special Operations Officer with hands-on defense tech startup experience from Anduril Industries. He focuses exclusively on early-stage dual-use technology investments at the intersection of commercial innovation and national security, while maintaining deep connections to policy institutions like the Center for Strategic and International Studies and Harvard's Belfer Center.
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Shield Capital
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AI, Cybersecurity, Defense, Space, Robotics
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Shield Capital is led by former Pentagon, Defense Innovation Unit, and Fortune 500 CEOs who have personally run both large defense organizations and major public companies, giving them a rare blend of national security and Wall Street operator experience. The fund has built a National Security Advisory Board composed of some of the highest-ranking recent U.S. defense leaders—including General CQ Brown, Jr. (Ret.), former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff—and includes the former head of the Defense Innovation Unit who literally designed many of the commercial first contracting pathways that startups now rely on.
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