C5 Capital is a specialist venture capital firm headquartered in London that invests in cybersecurity, space, and energy security. The firm focuses on the secure data ecosystem, including cloud infrastructure, data analytics, and clean energy, and is currently raising a $750 million growth equity fund targeting the nuclear energy supply chain.
36% of their portfolio is in Cybersecurity. Average disclosed round size is $43.9M (across 23 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
17
Fund Size
$750M
Top Stage
Series B
Last 12 Mo
0
Team
KS
Kurt Scherer
Managing Director
AT
Adam Treger
Investment Associate
CH
Christopher Hay
Associate
DP
Dan Pienaar
Associate
MC
Matthew Campbell
Growth Equity Investment Analyst
AP
André Pienaar
Founder
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
25 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 RapidSOS | Series C | $75M | Oct 2022 |
 Cassava Technologies | Unknown | — | Jul 2022 |
 Enveil | Series B | $25M | Apr 2022 |
 Kevala | Series A | $21M | Aug 2021 |
 Axiom Space | Series B | $130M | Feb 2021 |
| RapidSOS | Series C | $85M | Feb 2021 |
| Axiom Space | Series B | $130M | Jan 2021 |
 Panoply | Series B | $10M | Oct 2020 |
| 44iQ | Series C | $30M | Oct 2020 |
| Enveil | Series A | $10M | Feb 2020 |
| Panoply | Seed | $10M | Jan 2020 |
 Constella Intelligence | Series C | $30M | Jan 2020 |
| 44iQ | Series C | — | Jan 2020 |
| SSatelles | Series C | $26M | Oct 2019 |
 Shape Security | Series F | $51M | Sep 2019 |
 Blue Cedar | Series B | $17M | Jan 2019 |
 Hazelcast | Series D | $50M | Jan 2019 |
| Shape Security | Series F | $51M | Jan 2019 |
| 44iQ | Series B | $18M | Dec 2018 |
 IronNet Cybersecurity | Series B | $78M | May 2018 |
| Panoply | Series A | $7M | Aug 2016 |
| RReduxio Systems | Series A | $15M | Oct 2014 |
| IIronNet | Series B | $78M | — |
 Synack, Inc. | Series A | $52M | — |
 Ionir | Unknown | $11M | — |
Top Co-Investors
Forgepoint Capital6 shared
Kleiner Perkins5 shared
Benhamou Global Ventures5 shared
Adara Ventures4 shared
GV3 shared
Capital One Ventures3 shared
Telefonica3 shared
Intel Capital3 shared
Top Tier Capital Partners2 shared
HPE Growth2 shared
Hewlett Packard Enterprise2 shared
JetBlue2 shared
Norwest Venture Partners2 shared
Mastercard2 shared
1843 Capital2 shared
In-Q-Tel2 shared
Bloomberg Beta2 shared
M122 shared
Playground Global2 shared
Honeywell Ventures2 shared
Last updated: 7 October 2026