How many investments has C5 Capital made?

C5 Capital has 21 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited.

What stage does C5 Capital invest at?

C5 Capital invests at the Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth, Late Stage stages.

What sectors does C5 Capital focus on?

C5 Capital focuses on Cybersecurity, Defense Tech, Energy, Space Tech.

Where is C5 Capital located?

C5 Capital is headquartered in London, GB.

Does C5 Capital lead rounds?

Yes, C5 Capital leads investment rounds.

Who does C5 Capital co-invest with?

C5 Capital most often shares deals with ForgePoint Capital, G Squared, GV (Google Ventures), among 70 tracked co-investors.

C5 Capital

Venture capital

London · Series A–Late Stage · 16 people tracked

Also known as C5 CAPITAL LIMITED · C5 CAPITAL USA LLC

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C5 Capital positions itself as an investment firm dedicated to fostering a secure digital future, indicating a focus on technologies related to digital security. The available page content is limited to high-level navigation and a tagline, so specifics on stage, check size, and detailed strategy are not stated.

Invests inCybersecurity Defense Tech Energy Space Tech Africa Europe Global London Middle East & North Africa North America

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Stage

Series A–Late Stage

London, District of Columbia, GB

Leads rounds

Leads

Instruments

Equity

Founded

2009

Private fund assets

$184.8M

VC funds

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Unicorns

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Team · 16 people

from the firm's website

André Pienaar· Founder, CEO and Head of Investor Relations· London

South African-born cybersecurity, space and energy investor who founded C5 Capital. He previously worked at Kroll, founded consulting firm G3 (later sold), and serves on several company boards and philanthropic organizations.

Alexander Richard Newman· Chairman, General Partners· London

Chairman of the General Partners and experienced investor and executive. He previously served as Corporate Finance Director and CFO at Antofagasta Minerals and has advised on defense procurement.

Kurt Scherer· Managing Director· Washingtonin

Managing Director overseeing a portfolio in cybersecurity, space and energy security. He previously spent 15 years at Booz Allen Hamilton and served as a US Marine Corps Cobra pilot.

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Zulfe Ali· Investment Principal

C5 Capital investment principal associated with the Axiom Space investment.

Robert Penfold· Venture Partner· Washington D.C.

Venture Partner and co-founder of Abundant Solutions AI, with prior leadership roles at Flexport and Amazon Web Services in sales, marketing and public sector operations.

Yonatan Alemu· Venture Partner· Washington D.C.

Venture Partner with over two decades in venture capital, growth equity and investment banking focused on energy technology and sustainable infrastructure. He previously worked at Hannon Armstrong and Leaf Capital Management.

Admiral Mike Mullen· Strategic Partner· Washington

Strategic Partner and former Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff (2007-2011) and 28th Chief of Naval Operations. He is President of MGM Consulting and serves on various corporate and nonprofit boards.

Chris Opperman· Operating Partner· Washington D.C.

Operating Partner for Africa and the Middle East, focused on the resilience of the global nuclear supply chain. He previously held leadership roles in critical infrastructure across Africa and the Middle East and served in South African diplomatic postings.

Janna Ayoub· Chief of Staff· Londonin

Chief of Staff with prior experience in the technology sector in risk management and strategic advisory, plus public policy roles in Europe and California. She holds a master's degree from Johns Hopkins SAIS.

Jeanne Tisinger· C5 Board Member

Former CIA Deputy Director for Support and CIO, now a board director and advisor across cyber, space and national security organizations. She serves as a C5 board representative for Axiom Space.

Jim Keyes· Senior Advisor· Washington, DCin

Senior Advisor and former CEO of Fortune 500 companies Blockbuster and 7-Eleven. He is engaged in technology initiatives across education, medicine and aerospace and founded the nonprofit Education is Freedom.

Karl Ilias Auersperg· Investment Analyst· Londonin

Investment Analyst supporting portfolio management, deal sourcing and execution, with a focus on Haven Cyber Technologies. He joined C5 in 2019 after graduating from McGill University.

Molly Denham· Executive Assistant· Washington D.C.

Executive Assistant who served 22 years in the US Air Force, including as EA to the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. She joined C5 Capital in 2024 and hosts a podcast on administrative professionals.

Rob Meyerson· C5 Board Member· Houstonin

Rob Meyerson is the CEO of Interlune, a space resources company working to commercialize natural resources from the Moon — most notably helium-3, a resource rare on Earth but plentiful on the lunar surface. Under his leadership, Interlune is developing harvesting systems, extreme-environment survival technologies, and cargo return infrastructure to enable an in-space economy. The company serves customers in quantum computing, national security, fusion power, and medical imaging, and works with commercial and government partners for launch, landing, and lunar infrastructure.

Umme Sameera· Fund Operations· London

Fund Operations professional with a background in private equity and venture capital fund administration, compliance and investor relations. She has held roles at Apex Group and Park Square Capital.

William Kilmer· Investment Principal / Board Member

C5 Capital investment principal and board representative for portfolio company Hazelcast.

What they invest in

from 18 of 21 portfolio companies

Enterprise Software ×11AI & Machine Learning ×9Cybersecurity ×7Data & Infrastructure ×7Cloud Computing ×5SaaS ×5Developer Tools ×3Hardware ×3

HQs:United States×11United Kingdom×1Israel×1

Who they back

founder profiles across 9 portfolio companies

78%

solo founders

7 of 9 mapped founding teams

Founding team size:solo founder×72 founders×2

Investments · 21 tracked

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By year:2021 · 4 2020 · 3 2019 · 3 2018 · 1 2017 · 112 dated

Axiom Spaceaxiomspace.com in 𝕏Series B · Feb 2021 · $130M

Axiom Space develops commercial space stations and provides access to low-Earth orbit microgravity environments for research, manufacturing, and innovation by governments, researchers, and organizations.

Defense TechEdTechHardwareSpace Tech

Dr. Kam Ghaffarian(Executive Chairman)inMichael Suffredini(Founder, former CEO and President)in

Co-investors2am VC Alumni Ventures Aurum Venture Partners Bascom Ventures Basecamp Fund Beyond Earth Ventures +35 more

Balabit IT Securitybalabit.com 𝕏acquired by One Identity

CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Blue Cedarbluecedar.com in 𝕏

Blue Cedar provides a platform for deploying and managing mobile applications across enterprise environments, integrating with popular tools like GitHub, GitLab, and Apple/Google app stores.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Kevin Fox(CEO and Co-Founder)in

Co-investorsMighty Capital Benhamou Global Ventures

Bluevoyantbluevoyant.com

BlueVoyant is a New York-based cybersecurity firm combining internal and external cyber defense on one platform.

James Rosenthal(Founder)in

Co-investors8VC Dns Capital ForgePoint Capital Manhattan Venture Partners Planven Entrepreneur Ventures TempoCap +1 more

Constella Intelligenceconstella.ai in

Constella Intelligence provides Digital Risk Protection solutions that combine proprietary breach data, technology, and human analysis to detect and mitigate digital threats across the surface and dark web.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Co-investorsForgePoint Capital TheVentureCity Adara Ventures Benhamou Global Ventures BGV

Enveil, Inc.enveil.com in 𝕏

Enveil develops Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs) that protect data while it is being used or processed, including its ZeroReveal solutions for secure data usage, collaboration, monetization, and secure AI.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareFulton, US

Ellison Anne Williams(Founder and CEO)in

Board Tim Eades(Director)inZulfe Ali(Director)Robert R. Ackerman Jr.(Director)in

Co-investorsBloomberg Beta Cyber Mentor Fund DataTribe In-Q-Tel AllegisCyber Capital

Hazelcasthazelcast.com in 𝕏Mar 2017

Hazelcast provides a distributed in-memory data platform offering caching, data integration, in-memory compute, and stream processing for building real-time applications.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwarePalo Alto, US

TALIP OZTURK(Executive Officer, Director)in Morgan Dioli(Executive Officer)inAli Kutay(Director)inNadine Teixeira(Executive Officer)in Greg Luck(Executive Officer, Director)inEric Bochner(Chief Executive Officer)in

Co-investorsEBRD Venture Capital Investment Programme Earlybird Venture Capital

Hermeus Mach 5 enginehermeus.com in 𝕏Seed · May 2019

Hermeus is a high-speed aircraft manufacturer developing unmanned, hypersonic aircraft for defense and national security missions.

Defense TechHardwareAtlanta, US

AJ Piplica(Founder)in Skyler Shuford(Founder)inErle Glenn Case IV(Executive Officer)Anthony John Piplica(Executive Officer, Director)Michael Smayda(Executive Officer)in

BoardRichard Boyle(Director)

Co-investorsBling Capital Brave Capital Canaan Partners Circadian Ventures Fundamental Ventures Hyperguap +5 more

Ionirionir.com in 𝕏Sep 2020 · $11M

ionir develops software-defined, cloud-native storage and data management technology for enterprise data centers and cloud environments.

Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software

Almog Apirion(CEO & Co-Founder)Nir Peleg(CTO)in Jacob Cherian(CEO)in Or Sagi(Chief Architect & VP, Technology)in Barak Azulay(VP, Engineering)in

Co-investorsJVP

IronNetironnet.com in 𝕏

IronNet provides network detection and response (NDR) services powered by behavioral analytics and crowdsourced threat intelligence for enterprise security teams.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareMaple Lawn, US

Keith B. Alexander(Executive Officer, Director)in GEN (Ret) Keith Alexander(Founder)in

Co-investorsKensington Capital Partners Limited Clean Energy Venture ForgePoint Cybersecurity Kleiner Perkins

Kevalakevala.com in 𝕏

Kevala operates a cloud-based platform that uses energy data analytics to model the electrical grid, forecast electrification impacts, and support siting of solar and storage projects.

CleantechData & InfrastructureEnergySan Francisco, US

ARAM SHUMAVON(CEO, Founder)in

BoardMARK FERRON(Director)

Co-investorsConstellation Technology Ventures High Alpha Thin Line Capital C5 Impact Partners Cercano Management Costanoa Ventures +1 more

Oomnitzaoomnitza.com in 𝕏Aug 2021 · $20M

Oomnitza provides an Enterprise Technology Management platform that automates key IT business processes by correlating data from existing solutions to manage users, endpoints, applications, and infrastructure.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareIoTSaaSSan Francisco, US

ARTHUR LOZINSKI(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardADAM SMITH(Director)

Co-investorsAspenwood Bloomberg Beta Gula Tech Adventures Riverside Acceleration Capital Syn Ventures Seed Management Llc Hummer Winblad Venture Partners (HWVP)+1 more

Panoplypanoply.io in 𝕏Oct 2020 · $10M

Panoply is a cloud-based, managed data platform that provides code-free ELT pipelines, a data warehouse (built on BigQuery), and dashboards to consolidate data from many sources into a single source of truth.

Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsSaaS

Roi Avinoamin Yaniv Leven in

Co-investors500 Global Blumberg Capital Ibex Investors Intel Capital

Shapeshape.xyz in 𝕏Sep 2019 · $51M

Shape uses natural language processing to make data exploration and analytics more accessible by answering specific data questions without requiring traditional dashboard interfaces.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareLondon, GB

Namit Chadha(Founder)in

Co-investorsY Combinator EBRD EPIC VENTURES HPE Growth Kleiner Perkins Moonfire Ventures +3 more

Shapeshape.comSep 2019 · $51M

Shape is a digital wellness media publication offering science-backed articles, product reviews, and expert advice on fitness, health, and wellness.

ConsumerMedia & EntertainmentWellness & FitnessNew York, US

Co-investorsBeechwood Capital Cue Ball EPIC VENTURES Excel Venture Management HPE Growth Kleiner Perkins +1 more

Shape Securityshapesecurity.com 𝕏Sep 2018 · $51M

Shape Security (now part of F5) provides bot defense that uses real-time behavioral analysis and platform-wide telemetry to distinguish humans, trusted AI agents, and malicious automation across web apps, mobile apps, and APIs.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareMenlo Park, US

Justin Call(Executive Officer)Tamara MacDuff(Executive Officer)

BoardGaurav Garg(Director)Derek Smith(Executive Officer, Director)Ray Rothrock(Director)Ted Schlein(Director)

Co-investorsAllegisCyber Capital Baseline Ventures EPIC VENTURES Focus Opportunity Fund GV (Google Ventures)JetBlue Ventures +10 more

Starfish Spacestarfishspace.com in 𝕏Seed · Aug 2021 · $7M

Starfish Space develops Otter, an autonomous satellite servicing vehicle that uses electric propulsion to dock with satellites for life extension and disposal.

Deep TechHardwareSpace TechTukwila, US

Trevor Bennett(Co-founder)in Austin Link(Co-founder)in

Board Morgan Beller(Director)inPeter Ortez(Director)Letitia Long(Director)

Co-investorsACTIVATE CAPITAL PARTNERS Alumni Ventures Booz Allen Ventures Carbon Denver Ventures Hypothesis +19 more

Synacksynack.com in 𝕏May 2020

Synack provides penetration testing and security assessments for enterprise security teams, combining AI agents with human testers to evaluate complex attack surfaces and protect critical infrastructure.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareRedwood City, US

Mark Kuhr(CTO and Co-Founder)inJay Kaplan(CEO and Co-Founder)in Angela Heindl-Schober(Chief Marketing Officer)inSteve Soper(Vice President of Legal)Rob Cross(Vice President, East)in

BoardTed Schlein(Director (Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, later Ballistic Ventures))

Co-investorsALLEGIS CAPITAL AllegisCyber Capital B Capital Group B4 Capital G Squared GV (Google Ventures)+11 more

Other

Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.

Haven Cyber TechnologiesOmadaX-Energy Reactor Company, LLC

Exits · 1

1 acquisitions

Balabit IT Securityacq. by One Identity

Portfolio news

latest coverage across their companies

Synack Supports Majority of Cabinet-Level Federal Departments as New AI Executive Order Raises the Bar on Federal Security | Markets Insider

Synack · markets.businessinsider.com · Jun 9, 2026

Starfish Space Raises $100M in Series B Funding

Starfish Space · finsmes.com · Apr 8, 2026

Principals & officers · per Companies House

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Andries Daniel Faber Pienaar

Director · British · since 2015

Stephen John Leadbetter Wright

Director · British · since 2026

Ownership & control

Andries Daniel Faber Pienaar — significant influence or control

C5 Holdings (Uk) Limited — 75–100% of shares, 50–75% of voting rights

Frequently asked questions

How many investments has C5 Capital made?: C5 Capital has 21 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited.
What stage does C5 Capital invest at?: C5 Capital invests at the Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth, Late Stage stages.
What sectors does C5 Capital focus on?: C5 Capital focuses on Cybersecurity, Defense Tech, Energy, Space Tech.
Where is C5 Capital located?: C5 Capital is headquartered in London, GB.
Does C5 Capital lead rounds?: Yes, C5 Capital leads investment rounds.
Who does C5 Capital co-invest with?: C5 Capital most often shares deals with ForgePoint Capital, G Squared, GV (Google Ventures), among 70 tracked co-investors.

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