
Riot Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on modernizing critical industries through advanced technologies. They invest in iconic companies with checks up to $100 million, concentrating on sectors like defense, manufacturing, energy, and industrial automation. Their portfolio includes companies such as Blue Water Autonomy, STOR, Karman Industries, and Shield AI, aiming to drive significant growth and innovation within these key industrial areas.

Riot Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on modernizing critical industries through advanced technologies. They invest in iconic companies with checks up to $100 million, concentrating on sectors like defense, manufacturing, energy, and industrial automation. Their portfolio includes companies such as Blue Water Autonomy, STOR, Karman Industries, and Shield AI, aiming to drive significant growth and innovation within these key industrial areas.
Headquarters: Los Angeles (Venice, CA)
Founded: 2017
Focus: Deep technology: intelligence, sensing & control, communications, mobility, security
Investment stage: Seed and early-stage
Notable portfolio companies: Shield AI, True Anomaly, Blue Water Autonomy, STOR, Karman Industries
Modernizing critical industries (defense, manufacturing, energy, industrial automation) via deep-technology startups.
2017
Venture capital / Investment management
$75M (target reported)
Reported target for a second fund (Fund II) raised by the firm