Riot Ventures

Shield AI to acquire Aechelon Technology Inc. and raise $2B at $12.7B valuation. We’re accelerating the shift in how defense systems get built: increasingly shaped in software, trained in simulation, and improved through use. Aechelon, a Sagewind Capital portfolio company, is one of the most trusted simulation companies in defense. Their technology is used to model real-world environments and test systems before they fly. Bringing that capability together alongside Hivemind connects how autonomy is trained with how it performs in the field, helping customers move faster and field capability with greater confidence. Read more:  https://lnkd.in/ewQ_T8Jk Led by Advent and co-led by JPMorganChase’s Strategic Investment Group, with participation from Blackstone, Snowpoint Ventures, Innovation X Advisors, Riot Ventures, Disruptive, Apandion, and others.

Sift is building the data infrastructure for advanced manufacturing.

Thrilled to share that we have closed our $200M Series C. Thank you to Thomas Tull's US Innovative Technology for leading this round, along with Eclipse, Riot Ventures, Jane Street, Intel Capital, Counterpart Ventures, Friends & Family Capital and all of our additional investors. And thank you to our incredible team, customers, and community for getting us to where we are today! https://buff.ly/YXIle16

New Scale. More Capacity.   We are excited to announce a $104 million funding round which will ensure significant production capability for advanced constellation players, accelerating time-to-orbit by enabling the actual production of 2 ESPA-class satellites per day.   A huge welcome to Riot Ventures, GV (Google Ventures), Lux Capital, EIC - European Innovation Council Fund, and Shrug Capital on our mission to streamline access to space data.   We were honored to celebrate this milestone at the official opening of our new Space Center. A special thank you to our distinguished guests for joining us, including the President of Bulgaria, Rumen Radev, the Mayor of Sofia, Vasil Terziev, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Innovation and Growth, Tomislav Donchev, ambassadors, and our valued customers and partners.   Learn more at: https://lnkd.in/dPqq2ZXZ

One week from today: 🌯 free Erewhon breakfast burritos ⚙️ an abundance of El Segundo's finest founders + engineers + investors ☕ endless amounts of caffeine Come start your morning off like a champion at Tech Breakfast Club hosted by Riot Ventures and Morgan Barrett Link to register: https://luma.com/olahj6jd

hi! we just launched SF + LA Tech Week and it’s crazy to say (I know I say this every time) but it really is true - it’s the biggest one yet. we’ve broken more records and now have 1,500+ events, over 2x last year’s launch! Register for events here: tech-week.com/calendar Tech Week Dates: - SF Tech Week: Oct 6-12  - LA Tech Week: Oct 13-19 SF is on fire, on track to be home to the biggest TECH WEEK by a16z. When we first started Tech Week, it was right after COVID, and we saw so many founders relocating outside the Bay Area to cities all over the US. That first year, SF Tech Week was actually the smallest. This year, it’s set to be the largest. We’ve doubled the number of SF events at launch year over year, a clear signal showing just how much the AI wave is fueling the city’s growth. And this is shaping up to be *the* week for tech in the city. LA was home to the very first Tech Week, and it’s special for me to see how much it’s grown. What makes LA unique is the mix of industries here. We’re seeing two in particular take off - AI in entertainment and deep tech. The best part is how the ecosystem really comes together around Tech Week to champion the city, with so many LA investors and GPs hosting. One of the biggest pieces of feedback we’ve heard from attendees is that now that Tech Week has gotten so big, we need more ways to discover events most relevant to you. So, this year we’ve put together curated tracks: future of work in SF, entertainment in LA, investor-focused events, hard tech, fintech, hackathons, and more. We hope you like it, let us know what you think. And Tech Week would not be possible without the core partners behind it! 🙏   Platinum Sponsors: Andreessen Horowitz, Fenwick & West, HSBC Innovation Banking, IBM Gold Sponsors: Anthropic, Atlassian, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Deel, PwC, a16z speedrun Bronze Sponsors:CodeRabbit, Dataiku, Workday The best thing about tech week is the team behind it. everyone punches above their weight to make these weeks go round - such a privilege to work with A+ players every day. Thank you Andrew Chen, Rose Johnson, Shrikala Kashyap, Joung Lee, Emlyn Thompson, Tracy Massaro, Janelle Johnson and so many more folks working tirelessly behind the scenes! 

We are proud to announce our Series A. GV (Google Ventures) - with all Blue Water insiders joining - has led a $50M round that allows us to deliver for our customers and our country. 🇺🇸 We are not slowing down. We have used the last year to hire the best robotics engineers in Boston, build a team of veteran shipbuilders, and open a third office in Washington D.C. We are testing on the salt water on ship-scale hardware. We are building capability to attack America's shipbuilding crisis at its core. This round allows us to build our first full ship and keep pace with a Navy customer that demands speed. We will double down on our fully autonomous design, deepen relationships with our 50+ suppliers, and deliver mass-producible ships to the U.S. Navy and future customers. Thanks to our incredible employees, their families, and to our investors. All of us know this is only an early chapter in the story of America's maritime industrial renaissance. Much work lies ahead. 🛠️ Damn the torpedoes. CC Dave Munichiello Eclipse Riot Ventures Impatient Ventures Seth Winterroth Stephen Marcus Jack Dreifuss Lior Susan Will Coffield Sam Bill Stephen Aidan Pauline Meghan JOHN Laura Mandy Shannon Natalie Scott Rylan Austin

Leaving SpaceX isn't easy, but for Karthik Gollapudi, it was the first step toward building Sift. Last night, we got the inside story, from early doubts about starting a company to landing $25M in funding and solving critical safety issues in aerospace. Thank you to Will Coffield, Riot Ventures and Karthik Gollapudi, Sift for pulling back the curtain on what it really takes to go from idea to impact. Some powerful takeaways from last nights Summer Speaker Series: 💡 The importance of talking to customers early, and really listening. 💡 How trust (and some conflict!) between cofounders can be a strength. 💡 Why a 50/50 equity split can drive accountability and longterm partnership. 💡 Building a high performing team: look for slope over flashy resumes. 💡 The mindset shift from discovery to scalable execution. It was an honest and energizing conversation about what it really takes to build in hard tech. Next week, we’re back with Dustin Rosen, Wonder Ventures and Ari Mir, Clutter. We've only got four sessions left. To attend, register here: https://lnkd.in/gu-8PRmU