# Area 51: Paradise Ranch

> Area 51: Paradise Ranch is a VC fund in New York backing Software and Cyber Security. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Feb 2020
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://www.a51.nyc/

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 1 | 100% |
| Cyber Security | 1 | 100% |
| Developer Tools | 1 | 100% |
| Enterprise Software | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Phylum | Phylum defends applications at the perimeter of the open-source ecosystem and the tools used to build software. Its automated analysis engine scans third-party code as soon as it’s published into the open-source ecosystem to vet software packages, identify risks, inform users and block attacks. Phylum’s database of open-source software supply chainrisks is the most comprehensive and scalable offering available, and can be deployed throughout the development lifecycle depending on an organization’s infrastructure and appsec program maturity. The company is built by a team of career security researchers and developers with decades of experience in U.S. Intelligence Community and commercial sectors. Phylum won the Black Hat 2022 Innovation Spotlight Competition, was named to Inc. Magazine’s 2023 Best Workplaces and was named a Top Infosec Innovator by Cyber Defense Magazine. | $4.5M | Seed | Feb 15, 2020 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- First In — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [First In](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/first-in-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [General Advance](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-advance) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [TechOperators Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/techoperators) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Verissimo Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/verissimo-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Area 51: Paradise Ranch invest in?

Area 51: Paradise Ranch invests primarily in Software, Cyber Security and Developer Tools startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Area 51: Paradise Ranch last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Area 51: Paradise Ranch closed in Feb 2020. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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