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Roadster Capital — Seed VC Firm

VC

Roadster Capital is a Seed venture capital firm investing in Deep Tech, AI / ML, Other. The firm has 8 portfolio companies in our records.

Portfolio
8 companies on record
Partners
1 listed
Stage
Seed
Sectors
Deep Tech, AI / ML, Other, Security, SaaS
Check size
Not in our records
AUM
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Last verified: 2026-10-06

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed

Portfolio

8+ companies

Team

1 partner

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Emerging fund manager focused on modernizing the industrial base through automation, security, and sustainability. The mandate spans deep tech, AI, defense, manufacturing, and robotics.

How Roadster Capital invests

Roadster Capital is a vc firm. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on Deep Tech, AI / ML, Other, Security, SaaS.

Roadster Capital has backed 8 companies in our records, including PsiQuantum, xLight, Rapta AI.

Partners & Team

RE

Ryan Else

Partner

Industry Focus

Invests In

Deep Tech
AI / ML
Other
Security
SaaS

Portfolio Companies (8)

Other

PS

PsiQuantum

Roadster Capital Fund I

Quantum computing company building fault-tolerant photonic quantum computers

XL

xLight

Developer of EUV lasers / free-electron-laser technology for semiconductor manufacturing

RA

Rapta AI

PH

Photon Marine

Electrified maritime logistics and manufacturing company focused on EV outboard engines and software

UN

Union

Software-defined factories for defense manufacturing

DE

Decile Group

OM

Omega Chipset

RA

Rapta (Rapta AI / Rapta Inc.)

industrial AI / manufacturing automation·Seed

AI-powered manufacturing monitoring, quality control, and workforce training software

How to pitch Roadster Capital
  • •Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Deep Tech, AI / ML, Other — the sectors they actively back.
  • •warm intro preferred
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Ryan Else, Partner.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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