FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
BALTIMORE, MD — MAY 20, 2025 — Squadra Ventures, a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage cyber and national security companies, announced today that Meghan McGee joined the team as Head of Platform. In this cross-functional role, McGee will deliver her expertise from deal-structuring to fundraising to exit across the Squadra portfolio.
McGee has spent the last two decades of her career in private equity at Camden Partners, leading full-spectrum, full-lifecycle strategic and operational support for lower middle market companies in enterprise software, business services, technology services, and FinTech. In her roles, McGee drove initiatives that accelerated the capacity building of great teams, backed them with the right resourcing, and fueled them through the growth stage.
“For founders, we have become tremendously known in the industry for providing access to a deep network and powerful acceleration through value-add post-investment initiatives,” said Guy Filippelli, Managing Partner. “We could not be more excited for Meghan to round out that support from pre-investment to post-investment. At Squadra, we are a team of teams, and now are maturing our strengths with full-lifecycle, full-stack support as a firm.”
Serving as board member, CEO thought partner, and strategic innovator, McGee provided invaluable support to dozens of companies across many stages of their journey. From investment to exit, McGee has worked with management teams to engage clients, secure partners, resource for acceleration, access the right talent and tools they need to thrive, and when the time was right, secure financing or exit.
A two-time graduate of the University of Maryland, holding her B.S. in Family Studies and her M.B.A. from the Robert H. Smith School of Business, McGee knows both sides of the equation for the company and for the buyer.
“I’ve looked at and worked with a lot of companies both as they seek their Series B and just after they have raised growth capital,” said McGee. “Taking them through the preparation towards that inflection point and helping them actually deliver on growth, I’m excited to build upon Squadra’s competitive advantage as a firm and for where these companies are headed next.”
Building on a strong seed-stage track record, it is this unique perspective and mindset of extreme preparation for the growth stage that McGee will aim to institutionalize at Squadra.
Deploying capital out of its second fund, Squadra has opened office operations at its flagship location in Washington, D.C. Located in the heart of downtown at Metro Center, the Squadra team is able to readily support portfolio company teams in their efforts with and across the federal government and United States Department of Defense, providing a home base steps from the Capitol and a short Metro-ride to the Pentagon.
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About Squadra Ventures
Press Contact: Margaret Roth <margaret@squadra.vc>
Squadra Ventures is a venture capital firm led by founder-operators that invests in early stage cyber and national security companies. Grounded in the belief that success is a combination of people, product, and planning, the Squadra team provides transformational support to startup leaders in the complex dual-use technology ecosystem. By applying a growth-stage mindset at the seed stage and a commitment to building alongside entrepreneurs, Squadra empowers extraordinary teams to win and leave a lasting positive impact on the world.
Learn more at https://squadra.vc.
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