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Investment thesis
RTX advances aerospace and defense through transformative technologies spanning agentic, generative and physical AI, advanced materials and manufacturing, propulsion, intelligent avionics and autonomous aviation, resilient connected military systems, digital engineering, and advanced microelectronics including photonics and MEMS. Through its venture arm, RTX invests in early-stage companies poised to transform aerospace and defense, offering portfolio companies not only capital but access to RTX's technical expertise and resources to accelerate their growth. The effort draws on more than 95 years of multidisciplinary research collaboration with RTX businesses, universities, national laboratories and small businesses.
Source: firm website, verified Oct 17, 2026.
Team · 8 people
from the firm's website & public directoriesPresident and Managing Director of RTX Ventures, leading the firm's efforts to grow startups in the aerospace and defense ecosystem.
What they invest in
from 30 of 32 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×14Deep Tech ×12Hardware ×11Defense Tech ×9Enterprise Software ×5Fintech ×5Semiconductors ×5Cleantech ×4
HQs:United States×22Argentina×1Canada×1Switzerland×1Pakistan×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 10 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×42 founders×53 founders×1
What their founders studiedfrom 10 founders with field-of-study data
Engineering ×6Computer Science ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 10 founders with career history
AliveCor ×2Los Alamos National Laboratory ×2
Investments · 32 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 42025 · 52024 · 12023 · 92022 · 120 dated
Phoenix Semiconductor recreates late-generation, legacy, and mature microelectronic components to address the shortage of domestically manufactured legacy chips.
Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechDefense TechHardwareSemiconductorsAustin, US
Brian Hoerl(Chief Growth Officer & Founder)in
BoardRyan Hatcher(CEO and Founder)inJonathan Bronson(Director)inDidier Thibaud(Director)in
Co-investorsLockheed Martin VenturesCoalitionIronGate Capital AdvisorsJ2 Ventures
RxList is an online medical resource providing detailed pharmaceutical information on brand and generic drugs, written and reviewed by pharmacists and physicians.
Digital HealthHealthtechMedia & EntertainmentSan Clemente, US
Co-investorsHealthCapACVC PartnersAlleyCorpAnzu PartnersConstellation Technology VenturesIn-Q-Tel+5 more
Axilon builds Maestro, software that adds reliability and resilience to existing industrial IT/OT systems through virtualized clones for validation, failover, and online patching, plus version control with semantic change analysis.
Advanced ManufacturingCybersecurityIoT
Benjamin Simon(Founder)
Co-investorsBoxGroupSoma Capital
Code Metal builds AI-assisted code translation and modernization tools that use formal verification and program analysis to produce tested, standards-compliant, and portable code.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDeveloper ToolsBoston, US
Peter Morales(Co-Founder & CEO)inAlex Showalter-Bucher(Co-Founder & SVP of Technology)inRyan Aytay(President & COO)inLaura Shen(EVP & Head of Growth)inJennifer Paau(SVP of Business Operations & Strategy)Octavian Udrea(Chief Scientist)in
Co-investorsAccelB Capital GroupB4 CapitalFulcrum VentureJ2 VenturesSalesforce Ventures+4 more
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Compound Eye builds camera-based sensing and perception technology (VIDAS) that combines AI with classical computer vision to give autonomous machines depth measurement, scene understanding, and positioning without LiDAR or radar.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardwareRoboticsRedwood City, US
Jason Devitt(Founder)inHaoyang Wang(Founder)in
BoardManu Kumar(Director)inSven Strohband(Director)in
Co-investorsK9 VenturesKhosla Ventures
Darkhive builds integrated defense hardware and software solutions for military operations, including uncrewed systems, human-machine interfaces, and software platforms designed to enable rapid adaptation and mission success on the modern battlefield.
Defense TechHardwareSan Antonio, US
John Goodson(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardMatt Bigge(Director)inMark Hatfield(Director)inSteven Turner(Director)
Co-investorsCapital FactoryDraper AssociatesMVP VenturesTen ElevenAlamo AngelsBison Capital+1 more
Dominion develops autonomous systems and command-and-control platforms for defense and critical infrastructure operations in remote, harsh environments like the Arctic.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDefense TechWaterloo, CA
Eliot Pence(Founder)in
Co-investorsBCIBessemer Venture PartnersExpeditionsGarage CapitalGolden VenturesOMERS Ventures+6 more
Efficient Computer develops a programmable processor architecture designed for energy efficiency in general-purpose computation, including AI applications.
AI & Machine LearningEnergyHardwareSemiconductorsPittsburgh, US
Brandon Lucia(Founder)inAlex Hawkinson(Founder)Graham Gobieski(Founder)Nathan Beckmann(Founder)
Co-investorsBeyond Earth VenturesBoxGroupCollaborative FundIn-Q-TelMana VenturesMyelin VC+6 more
EnCharge AI develops advanced hardware and software solutions for AI computing, focused on semiconductor design and AI systems optimization.
AI & Machine LearningHardwareSemiconductorsSanta Clara, US
Naveen Verma(Founder)inKailash Gopalakrishnan(Founder)inEchere Iroaga(Founder)inEnchere Iroaga(Founder)
Co-investorsACVC PartnersAlleyCorpAlumni VenturesAnzu PartnersConstellation Technology VenturesIn-Q-Tel+6 more
EpiSci develops autonomy software and infrastructure for military applications across land, air, sea, space, and spectrum domains.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDefense Tech
Bo Ryu(Founder)in
Co-investorsDecisive Point
Extropic builds thermodynamic computing hardware, including thermodynamic sampling units (TSUs) designed to be more energy efficient than GPUs for probabilistic AI workloads.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardwareSemiconductorsAustin, US
Guillaume Verdon(Founder)inGuillaume Verdon Trevor McCourt(Founder)Trevor McCourt(Founder)
Co-investorsAtacama VenturesBeyond CapitalBlack FlagHOF CapitalHyperguapInfinite Capital+12 more
Forterra develops autonomous weapons, sensors, and battlefield systems using distributed control networks for defense operations.
AI & Machine LearningDefense TechRoboticsClarksburg, US
Alberto Lacaze(President and Founder; Chairman of the Board)inJoseph Putney(Chief Technology Officer)inJosh Araujo(Chief Executive Officer)
Co-investors645 VenturesCollaborative FundCRESCENT COVE CAPITALEnlightenment CapitalGlynn Capital ManagementLitquidity Ventures+13 more
Fortify is a student financing platform that lets schools offer payment plans (FortifyPay) and loans (FortifyLoan) through a single application, with a marketplace where buyers compete to purchase tuition.
EdTechFintechMarketplaces
Katrina Vanderveen(Founder)inStephanie Rempel(Founder)in
Co-investorsBroom VenturesFikaHustle FundCota CapitalLockheed Martin VenturesNeotribe Ventures+1 more
H55 develops certified electric propulsion systems and energy storage solutions for aviation, enabling aircraft manufacturers to transition to electric flight.
CleantechEnergyHardwareMobility & TransportationSion, CH
André Borschberg(Co-Founder and Executive Chairman)in
Co-investors+ND CapitalACE & CompanyTippet Venture Partners (Gp), Llc
JetZero designs and builds a blended-wing-body commercial jetliner for commercial aviation; the company is developing a full-scale demonstrator airplane slated to fly in 2027 with funding and support from the U.S.
Advanced ManufacturingCleantechDeep TechLong Beach, US
Tom O'Leary(CEO, Co-founder)inMark Page(Co-founder)inRene Sagebien(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardPat ShanahanEric Hirshberg
Co-investorsAdvection Growth CapitalB Capital GroupB4 CapitalCongruent VenturesDiamondStream PartnersGaingels+3 more
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Kalogon develops advanced seating technologies, including smart cushions, aimed at improving comfort and health for people who must sit for extended periods.
HardwareHealthtechMedical DevicesMelbourne, US
Aaron Jones(Co-Founder & Account Manager)inTimothy Balz(Founder)inCarla Borsoi(VP of Marketing & Research)inJon Buford(Engineering Manager)inAmanda Krantz(VP of Strategy & Business Development)inPaul Benz(VP of Sales)
Co-investorsEnable VenturesFlorida Opportunity FundvenVeloDeepWork Capital
Metal is an AI context platform that structures company data into a queryable knowledge graph and serves it to AI tools via an open API and Model Context Protocol server.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSNew York City, US
Taylor Lowe(Founder)inJames O'Dwyer(Founder)inSergio Prada(Founder)inAlex Bulmer(bdr)
Co-investorsAb Capital Holding BVSwift VenturesY CombinatorAccelB CapitalBase10 Partners+5 more
Metal is a platform that uses proprietary intelligence to identify and rank investors aligned with a company's fundraising round and investment thesis.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSLahore, PK
Usman Gul(Founder)inJames O'Dwyer(Founder)inSergio Prada(Founder)inTaylor Lowe(Founder)inSameer Nusrat(Manager)
Co-investorsGaingelsIndus Valley CapitalPhaze VenturesPioneerY CombinatorAccel+10 more
Plane is a payroll and HR platform designed for automation-first teams, offering open APIs, CLI, and MCP integrations so agents and software tools can directly manage payroll operations.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechFuture of WorkHR TechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Matt Pelc(CEO)inVamsi Kurama(Founder)Vihar Kurama(Founder)Amir Nathoo(Investor)in🌍 Staszek KolarzowskiAlex Kaplan(Sales)
Co-investorsOSS CapitalY CombinatorAPOLLO PROJECTSAutomatticB CapitalCredo Ventures+3 more
Radical AI develops AI software that generates experimental designs for self-driving labs to accelerate materials discovery.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechNew Materials
Joseph F. Krause(Founder)inJorge Colindres(Founder)inGerd Ceder(Founder)Joseph Krause(Founder)
Co-investorsAlleyCorpAlumni VenturesEni NextInfinite CapitalMarin Digital Venturesnoa+3 more
Reliable develops an autonomous flight control system that automates all phases of aircraft operation—taxi, takeoff, enroute, and landing—by adding high-integrity navigation, precision flight controls, secure communications, radar, and fault-tolerant compute to type-certified aircraft.
Deep TechDefense TechRoboticsMountain View, US
Juerg Frefel(Founder)inRobert Rose(Founder)in
Co-investorsCoatue ManagementCrosscourt VenturesLightspeed Venture PartnersMana VenturesPathbreaker VenturesPresidio Ventures+10 more
RFA Electric offers an autonomous analog circuit design platform that takes customer specifications through a conversational assistant and uses an autonomous engine to handle circuit design, simulation, optimization, and physical layout across millions of topologies.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechSemiconductors
Co-investorsLockheed Martin Ventures
Strangeworks provides optimization and quantum computing services, combining embedded PhD-level specialists with a heterogeneous hybrid compute platform and an agent product called Aura to turn complex operational problems into production systems.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareQuantum ComputingAustin, US
whurley(Founder & CEO)inJustin Youens(Founder)inWilliam Hurley(Founder)
Co-investorsBoxGroupHitachi VenturesAmplify PartnersEcliptic CapitalGreatPoint VenturesHitachi, Ltd.+2 more
Tomorrow Foods develops plant-based protein ingredients and turnkey vegetable protein systems for food companies, enabling them to launch plant-based products.
FoodTechNew Materials
Agustín Belloso(CoFounder & CEO)inGuillermo D. Lentini(CoFounder & COO)inCesar A. Belloso(CoFounder)
Co-investorsGRIDXACTivate CapitalBlue Horizon CorporationCanaan PartnersJetBlue VenturesPitango+1 more
Tomorrow offers a self-custodial MPC crypto wallet with built-in succession planning, letting users designate beneficiaries and set a "dead man's switch" that automatically transfers digital assets to heirs after a period of inactivity.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsDraper AssociatesACTivate CapitalCanaan PartnersJetBlue VenturesPitangoSeraphim Space
Tomorrow.io develops an AI-powered weather intelligence platform that combines satellite technology and proprietary data to help organizations forecast weather impacts and build resilience.
AI & Machine LearningClimate TechData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaSNew York, US
Shimon Elkabetz(Founder)inRei Goffer(Founder)inItai Zlotnik(Founder)in
Co-investorsSquare Peg CapitalACTIVATE CAPITAL PARTNERSCanaan PartnersClearvision VenturesEvergy VenturesFlying Tiger Capital+13 more
Ursa Major develops flight-proven aerospace and defense systems, including hypersonic engines, solid rocket motors, and space mobility solutions for military and defense applications.
Defense TechHardwareSpace TechBerthoud, US
Joe Laurienti(Founder)inNick Doucette(Co-Founder & Vice President, Strategic Operations)inDan Jablonsky(CEO)inChris Spagnoletti(Chief Executive Officer)in
Co-investorsAlpha EdisonAtento CapitalBalerion Space VenturesBrave CapitalCrosscourt VenturesEclipse Ventures+10 more
Colorado aerospace and defense manufacturer of rocket engines, solid rocket motors, hypersonic and in-space propulsion systems.
Berthoud, US
Joseph A. Laurienti, Jr.(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Nicholas Doucette(Executive Officer)David Gregory(Executive Officer)
BoardStewart Alsop(Director)in
Co-investorsAlsop Louie PartnersAlumni VenturesDolby Family VenturesAlpha EdisonBlackRockEclipse+3 more
Vatn designs and manufactures low-cost, modular autonomous underwater vehicles with proprietary autonomy, navigation, and control software for undersea ISR, logistics, sensing, and payload delivery missions.
Defense TechHardwareRoboticsProvidence, US
Frederick Mills(Founder)inNelson Mills(Founder)inGeoff Manchester(Founder)inDan Hendrix(Founder)Freddie Mills(Founder)
BoardThomas Hendrix(Director)in
Co-investorsAirbus VenturesBackswing VenturesBeyond CapitalBlue CollectiveBVVCCapital Factory+17 more
VerdeGo Aero develops and manufactures hybrid-electric powerplant and propulsion systems that combine conventional fuels with electrified propulsion for electric aircraft and large drones.
CleantechDefense TechHardwareDaytona Beach, US
Erik Lindbergh(Director)inEric Bartsch(Executive Officer, Director)inMatthew M. Thomas(Executive Officer)inRichard Anderson(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardDavid Spurlock(Director)Richard Dussault(Director)
Co-investorsDiamondStream PartnersFlorida Opportunity Fund
Xcimer Energy develops laser-driven inertial fusion technology, aiming to turn decades of fusion research into commercial fusion power plants that provide large-scale electricity while supporting air defense and national security applications.
CleantechDeep TechEnergyDenver, US
Conner Galloway(Founder)inAlexander Valys(Founder)inBrent Gill(Chief Operating Officer)inGary Sobolevskiy(General Counsel)in
Co-investorsBreakthrough Energy VenturesGigascale CapitalLeitmotifLowercarbon CapitalPrelude VenturesWireframe Ventures+1 more
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Metal · thesaasnews.com · Sep 2, 2026
Xcimer · techcrunch.com · Aug 15, 2026
Code Metal · fortune.com · Aug 14, 2026
Extropic · finance.yahoo.com · Jul 30, 2026
Phoenix Semiconductor · startupintros.com · Jul 13, 2026
Forterra · tectonicdefense.com · Jul 8, 2026
Dominion Dynamics · betakit.com · Jun 30, 2026
Tomorrow Io · intelligence360.news · Jun 24, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has RTX Ventures made?
- RTX Ventures has 32 tracked investments, including 10 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does RTX Ventures invest at?
- RTX Ventures invests at the Seed, Series A stages.
- What sectors does RTX Ventures focus on?
- RTX Ventures focuses on Advanced Manufacturing, AI & Machine Learning, Deep Tech, Defense Tech, Hardware, New Materials, Quantum Computing, Robotics, Semiconductors, Space Tech.
- Does RTX Ventures lead rounds?
- RTX Ventures has led 3 of the 20 rounds where its role is on record.
- Who does RTX Ventures co-invest with?
- RTX Ventures most often shares deals with Gaingels, B Capital Group, Bessemer Venture Partners, among 57 tracked co-investors.
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