Ryan Gembala
InvestorManaging Partner at Pathbreaker Ventures
San Francisco, California
Writes $250K – $1M checks · typically $500K
About
Ryan Gembala is an early Silicon Valley deep‑tech VC focused on pre‑seed and seed startups building robotics, drones and AI-driven climate/industrial systems, and a go‑to media expert on infrastructure-level tech.
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardwareRoboticsSaaSSpace Tech
Experience
- Pathbreaker VenturesManaging Partner & Foundercurrent2015 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Simbe RoboticsInvestor & Board Membercurrent2016 — present
- Stealth StartupInvestorcurrent2026 — present
- Stealth StartupInvestorcurrent2026 — present
- Stealth StartupInvestorcurrent2026 — present
- Stealth StartupInvestorcurrent2025 — present
- Stealth StartupInvestorcurrent2025 — present
- Stealth StartupInvestorcurrent2025 — present
- Stealth StartupInvestorcurrent2025 — present
- Bravo OrdnanceInvestorcurrent2025 — present
- xNilioInvestorcurrent2025 — present
- WestmagInvestorcurrent2025 — present
- Exia LabsInvestorcurrent2024 — present
- General GalacticInvestorcurrent2024 — present
- KoobzInvestorcurrent2024 — present
- OwayInvestorcurrent2024 — present
- AntaresInvestorcurrent2023 — present
- Material Hybrid Manufacturing IncInvestorcurrent2023 — present
- ThinkOrbitalInvestorcurrent2023 — present
- First BiteInvestorcurrent2023 — present
Education
- The University of Chicago Booth School of BusinessMBA, Finance and Entrepreneurship2008 — 2010
- The University of GeorgiaBBA, Summa Cum Laude with Honors1999 — 2003
- Universidad Autónoma de MadridEconomics and History2001
Skills & more
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Marketing StrategyBusiness DevelopmentMobile DevicesEmerging MarketsDigital MediaCloud ComputingStrategic PartnershipsMergers & AcquisitionsMarketingPortugueseSpanishItalianLanguages English · Italian · Portuguese · Spanish
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Same school
Also attended The University of Chicago Booth School of Business431
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Also attended The University of Georgia40
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Also attended Universidad Autónoma de Madrid53
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Shared employers
Also worked at Ingest1
Deals · 64
ApprenteSolo GP
BeyondviewSolo GP
Biobot AnalyticsSolo GP
Bravo OrdnanceSolo GP
BurnBotSolo GP
CatalogdnaSolo GP
DatagridSolo GP
Diligent RoboticsSolo GP
EsperSolo GP
First BiteSolo GP
FoxgloveSolo GP
HyphenSolo GP
Inevitable TechSolo GP
IngestSolo GP
MuxSolo GP
nTopologySolo GP
OptimoRouteSolo GP
OrderfulSolo GP
OwaySolo GP
Row64Solo GP
SimbeSolo GP
Slip RoboticsSolo GP
SolideonSolo GP
SpiketrapSolo GP
SuperhumanSolo GP
Text IQSolo GP
Think OrbitalSolo GP
TreeswiftSolo GP
VergeSenseSolo GP
WestmagSolo GP
XnilioSolo GP
AntaresSolo GP
AntaresindustyresSolo GP
AptEdgeSolo GP
AstridSolo GP
by CatepillarSolo GP
CompScienceSolo GP
Construction DiveSolo GP
Empowering first-party deliverySolo GP
ExialabsSolo GP
Fathom RadiantSolo GP
FrameSolo GP
FrecSolo GP
General GalacticSolo GP
General GalacticSolo GP
Gray MatterSolo GP
InvisvSolo GP
K2Solo GP
KooSolo GP
Making industrial workspaces saferSolo GP
MaterialSolo GP
PaintjetSolo GP
ParkadeSolo GP
Piñata FarmsSolo GP
PressoSolo GP
RangeviewSolo GP
Reliable RoboticsSolo GP
Remedy RoboticsSolo GP
SafelyYouSolo GP
SideworkSolo GP
TenyxSolo GP
TextIQSolo GP
TingonoSolo GP
TwentyfourSolo GP
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