Riot Ventures

Venture capital firm
Venice, California, USA$1.1B AUMriot.vc

Growth-stage venture firm investing in defense, aerospace, energy, robotics, and industrial technology companies in the US.

Strategy

Stages
Pre-SeedSeedSeries BGrowth
Sectors
Technology
Geographies
USAVenice, California, USA
Check size
$3M

Recent changes

  1. Mar 26, 2026Invested in Shield AI (Series G, $1.5B) Bloomberg
  2. Oct 31, 2025New fund: Riot Ventures Venture Fund III (target $160M) SEC EDGAR Form D
  3. Mar 28, 2022New fund: Riot Ventures Venture Fund II ($86.428571M) SEC EDGAR Form D
  4. Jan 1, 2021New fund: Riot Ventures Fund II ($90M) Value Add VC funds tracker
  5. Apr 11, 2017New fund: Riot Ventures Venture Fund I (target $25M) SEC EDGAR Form D

Funds

4
FundVintageSizeStrategySource
Riot Ventures Venture Fund III2025target $160MVenture
As of Oct 31, 2025SEC EDGAR Form D
Riot Ventures Venture Fund II2022$86.428571MVenture
As of Mar 28, 2022SEC EDGAR Form D
Riot Ventures Fund II2021$90MFlagship
As of 2021Value Add VC funds tracker
Riot Ventures Venture Fund I2017target $25MVenture
As of Apr 11, 2017SEC EDGAR Form D

Portfolio

3 total

Recent Investment Activity

1
DateCompanyEventAmountValuationInvestorsSource
Mar 26, 2026Shield AISeries G$1.5B$12.7B
outlined = lead
Bloomberg

Sector / Stage Activity

By sector (portfolio)
AI infra
1 · 33%
Defense
1 · 33%
Energy
1 · 33%

Co-Investors

12
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