Founded and led by Stefan Kohli (Founder and Managing Partner) with a small team focused on defense technology, autonomy, and industrial hardware. Riot Ventures backs founders building at the intersection of deep tech, defense, and industrial technology, providing hands-on technical and go-to-market support. The firm has emerged as a specialist pre-seed investor in the American defense tech renaissance, with portfolio companies pursuing dual-use applications across autonomy, robotics, and aerospace. Team combines engineering expertise with commercial operating experience to help early-stage founders navigate government contracts, dual-use commercialization, and hardware scale-up challenges.