# Point72 Ventures The venture capital arm of Steve Cohen's Point72 Asset Management (formerly SAC Capital). Point72 Ventures invests in early- and growth-stage technology companies, with a notable cluster of defense tech investments. ## KB Relevance Point72 Ventures appears repeatedly in the [[Founding and Funding Map]] as a defense tech co-investor: - **[[Shield AI]]** — Series C ($165M, led), Series D investor alongside [[Koch Disruptive Technologies]], [[Andreessen Horowitz]] - **[[Saronic Technologies]]** — Series C participant alongside [[General Catalyst]], [[8VC]], [[Andreessen Horowitz]] - **[[Gecko Robotics]]** — Series B ($75M) alongside [[General Catalyst]] Point72 Ventures creates a link between Shield AI and Gecko Robotics through shared capital — the [[Founding and Funding Map]] explicitly identifies this cross-portfolio connection. ## See Also - [[Shield AI]] — Led Series D - [[Saronic Technologies]] — Portfolio company - [[Gecko Robotics]] — Portfolio company - [[Founding and Funding Map]] — Cross-company analysis