# Kenneth Minihan

> Kenneth Minihan is a Series B investor at Paladin Capital Group backing Software and Analytics. See 11 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Paladin Capital Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paladin-capital-group)
- Location: Washington, United States
- Total investments: 11
- Last investment: Nov 2014
- Lead investor: 45%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ken-minihan-b7290079

Kenneth Minihan is a Series B investor at Paladin Capital Group in Washington focused on Software and Analytics. Lieutenant General Ken Minihan is a Managing Director at Paladin Capital Group. He retired from the U.S. Air Force after more than 33 years of active commissioned service and served as the 14th Director of the National Security Agency/Central Security Service. As Director, he was the senior uniformed intelligence officer in the Department ofDefense.He also served as the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency and has vast experience in national, defense and military information services, information technology development and diverse customer support services.Minihan has a B.A. from Florida State University, an M.A. from the Naval Postgraduate School, and has completed executive development programs at the University of Illinois and Harvard University. Among his awards and decorations are the National Security Medal, the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, the Bronze Star, and the National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 4 | 36% |
| Analytics | 3 | 27% |
| Security | 2 | 18% |
| Network Security | 2 | 18% |
| Enterprise Software | 2 | 18% |

22 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 3 | 27% |
| Series C | 2 | 18% |
| Series D | 2 | 18% |
| Series E | 2 | 18% |
| Series F | 1 | 9% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 5 | 45% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 9% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Endgame | Endgame is a leading endpoint security platform that transforms security operations teams and incident responders from crime scene investigators into hunters that prevent damage and loss, and dramatically reduces the time and cost associated with incident response and compromise assessment. Endgame’s platform uses machine learning and data scienceto prevent and detect unique attacks at the earliest and every stage of the attack lifecycle. Endgame’s integrated response stops attacks without disrupting normal business operations. It was founded in 2008 and has been operating in Arlington, Virginia. | $30M | Series C | Nov 19, 2014 |  |
| Endgame | Endgame is a leading endpoint security platform that transforms security operations teams and incident responders from crime scene investigators into hunters that prevent damage and loss, and dramatically reduces the time and cost associated with incident response and compromise assessment. Endgame’s platform uses machine learning and data scienceto prevent and detect unique attacks at the earliest and every stage of the attack lifecycle. Endgame’s integrated response stops attacks without disrupting normal business operations. It was founded in 2008 and has been operating in Arlington, Virginia. | $23M | Series B | Mar 13, 2013 |  |
| Neohapsis | Neohapsis provides mobile and cloud security services to enterprises and government agencies.It offers application security services, including application assessment, architecture design assessment, threat modeling, secure software development lifecycle assessment, and product security assessment; and cloud security services, including rapidsecure cloud application deployment, cloud application assessments, cloud data compliance, and cloud infrastructure assessment.It also assists clients with various compliance requirements, including payment card industry data security standard, the U.S. state data protection and data privacy, HIPAA/HITECH, NERC CIP, and DIACAP.In addition it provides IT risk management and governance, third-party risk management, cloud computing strategy, mobile security, and on-site advisory; mobile application, mobile infrastructure, mobile device security, mobile strategy, policy, and risk management services; and network and endpoint security services, including network archite... | $4.5M | Series B | Oct 26, 2010 |  |
| Nexidia | Nexidia has delivered a platform that unlocks the untapped value inside the massive amounts of unstructured audio and video content by making it searchable and enabling you to achieve competitive advantages, operational efficiencies, and new business opportunities. | $23M | Series F | Oct 18, 2010 |  |
| GlassHouse Technologies | GlassHouse Technologies (acquired by Signature Technology Group in 2014) is a global provider of data center consulting services. GlassHouse consultants offer a vendor-independent approach to architect, implement and operate IT environments that drive high performance and agility. GlassHouse delivers its services through TransomSM, a uniquedelivery framework comprised of proprietary software tools, methodologies and domain expertise that offer unprecedented visibility into enterprise infrastructures. With this insight, GlassHouse enables customers to identify and mitigate operational inefficiencies, yielding significant cost savings, reducing risk and creating a more stable environment to ensure service levels are continually met. | $7.5M | Series E | Jul 14, 2007 |  |
| Arxan Technologies | Arxan, a global trusted leader providing the industry’s most comprehensive application protection solutions, works with organizations looking to protect critical applications that deployed “into the wild.” Arxan currently protects more than one billion application instances across many industries including financial services, mobile payments,healthcare,automotive, gaming, and entertainment. Unlike legacy security providers that relying on perimeter-based barriers to keep bad actors out or that require device management controls, Arxan products protect at the application-level from the inside out. This approach protects the source and binary code to expand the corporate perimeter of trust. Arxan provides a broad range of patented security capabilities such as a dynamic app policy engine, code hardening, obfuscation, white-box cryptography and encryption, and threat analytics. | $13M | Series C | Mar 05, 2007 |  |
| Neohapsis | Neohapsis provides mobile and cloud security services to enterprises and government agencies.It offers application security services, including application assessment, architecture design assessment, threat modeling, secure software development lifecycle assessment, and product security assessment; and cloud security services, including rapidsecure cloud application deployment, cloud application assessments, cloud data compliance, and cloud infrastructure assessment.It also assists clients with various compliance requirements, including payment card industry data security standard, the U.S. state data protection and data privacy, HIPAA/HITECH, NERC CIP, and DIACAP.In addition it provides IT risk management and governance, third-party risk management, cloud computing strategy, mobile security, and on-site advisory; mobile application, mobile infrastructure, mobile device security, mobile strategy, policy, and risk management services; and network and endpoint security services, including network archite... | $9M |  | Jan 22, 2007 |  |
| Nexidia | Nexidia has delivered a platform that unlocks the untapped value inside the massive amounts of unstructured audio and video content by making it searchable and enabling you to achieve competitive advantages, operational efficiencies, and new business opportunities. | $13M | Series E | Aug 08, 2006 |  |
| GlassHouse Technologies | GlassHouse Technologies (acquired by Signature Technology Group in 2014) is a global provider of data center consulting services. GlassHouse consultants offer a vendor-independent approach to architect, implement and operate IT environments that drive high performance and agility. GlassHouse delivers its services through TransomSM, a uniquedelivery framework comprised of proprietary software tools, methodologies and domain expertise that offer unprecedented visibility into enterprise infrastructures. With this insight, GlassHouse enables customers to identify and mitigate operational inefficiencies, yielding significant cost savings, reducing risk and creating a more stable environment to ensure service levels are continually met. | $20M | Series D | Feb 03, 2005 |  |
| Arxan Technologies | Arxan, a global trusted leader providing the industry’s most comprehensive application protection solutions, works with organizations looking to protect critical applications that deployed “into the wild.” Arxan currently protects more than one billion application instances across many industries including financial services, mobile payments,healthcare,automotive, gaming, and entertainment. Unlike legacy security providers that relying on perimeter-based barriers to keep bad actors out or that require device management controls, Arxan products protect at the application-level from the inside out. This approach protects the source and binary code to expand the corporate perimeter of trust. Arxan provides a broad range of patented security capabilities such as a dynamic app policy engine, code hardening, obfuscation, white-box cryptography and encryption, and threat analytics. | $8.3M | Series B | Aug 06, 2003 |  |

10 of 11 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Trident Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/trident-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Boston Millennia Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/boston-millennia-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Columbia Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/columbia-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [EDF Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/edf-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [GrandBanks Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/grandbanks-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [H.I.G. Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hig-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Paladin Capital Group

VC Fund · Washington, United States

Paladin Capital Group is a leading global investor that supports and grows the world’s most innovative companies through venture investment, expansion, and growth capital. Paladin is a leader in investing in technologies, products, and services focused on dual use in both commercial and governmental markets with a strong value-add culture. ThePaladin team merges financial expertise with national security and technical competence to add value across a wide array of market sectors and company stages. Paladin is focused on being an active investor—bringing decades of experience, advice, access, and relationships to its portfolio companies.Their most recent fund focuses on digital infrastructure resilience, investing globally in advanced technologies and solutions which enable, monitor, manage, and defend critical infrastructure that is dependent on cyber space. The firm is headquartered in Washington, DC, with offices in New York City, Silicon Valley, London, and Luxembourg.

5 contacts available at Paladin Capital Group.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Chris Inglis | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-inglis |
| Christopher Steed | Chief Investment Officer and Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christopher-steed |
| Kenneth Minihan | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kenneth-a-minihan |
| Kenneth Pentimonti | Principal and European Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kenneth-pentimonti |
| Mark A. Maloney | Founder & Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mark-a-maloney |

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## FAQ

### What does Kenneth Minihan invest in?

Kenneth Minihan invests primarily in Software, Analytics and Security startups, most often at Series B and Series C stage. Most of the 11 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 Kenneth Minihan last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Kenneth Minihan closed in Nov 2014. Shizune tracks 11 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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