# Joe Pignato

> Joe Pignato is a Series C investor at Shield Capital (Boston) backing Software and Wireless. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Shield Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shield-capital)
- Location: Boston, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Sep 2019
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseph-pignato-682aab16

Joe Pignato is a Series C investor at Shield Capital in Boston focused on Software and Wireless. Joe Pignato is the Investment Team and CFO at Shield Capital.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 1 | 100% |
| Wireless | 1 | 100% |
| Infrastructure | 1 | 100% |
| Cloud Computing | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Federated Wireless | Formed in 2012, Federated Wireless, Inc., a subsidiary of Allied Minds (LSE: ALM), provides innovative cloud-based wireless infrastructure solutions to extend the access of carrier networks. Our dynamic Spectrum Access System (SAS) will revolutionize the way in which spectrum is allocated, managed, and optimized. Our unique approach incorporates aneural network of radio sensors allowing interference free access to low-cost, high-quality, licensed spectrum. Our solution breaks down traditional barriers of high cost and exclusive spectrum. Our differentiated business model creates opportunities for more efficient and innovative approaches to spectrum.Federated Wireless is headquartered in Arlington, VA, with offices in Boston, MA and Sunnyvale, CA. | $51M | Series C | Sep 04, 2019 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [GIC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gic) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Pennant Equity Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pennant-equity-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Shield Capital

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Shield Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in founders building frontier technologies. Shield Capital is a team of veteran investors, founders, and national security leaders focused on helping founders build solutions in cybersecurity, AI, space, and autonomy for commercial and government enterprises.

5 contacts available at Shield Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Joe Pignato | Investment Team/CFO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joe-pignato |
| John Serafini | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-serafini |
| Michael Brown | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-a-brown-3dc7 |
| Michael Brown | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-brown-2 |
| Philip M. Bilden | Founder and Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/philip-bilden |

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## FAQ

### What does Joe Pignato invest in?

Joe Pignato invests primarily in Software, Wireless and Infrastructure startups, most often at Series C 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 Joe Pignato last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Joe Pignato closed in Sep 2019. 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?

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