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Ryan Kriser

Founder & CEO, Helios Capital

About

Ryan Kriser is a venture capital investor at Helios Capital who has built his entire career around the commercial space sector, serving not only as an investor but also as Chairman of Space for Humanity, board member of Radian Aerospace, and advisor to multiple leading space companies like Voyager Space. Unlike typical VCs, he invests through a single-family office with permanent capital that allows him to back long-term, capital-intensive space infrastructure and propulsion companies across pre-seed to Series A stages. Ryan Kriser is a venture capital investor at Helios Capital who has built his entire career around the commercial space sector, serving not only as an investor but also as Chairman of Space for Humanity, board member of Radian Aerospace, and advisor to multiple leading space companies like Voyager Space. Unlike typical VCs, he invests through a single-family office with permanent capital that allows him to back long-term, capital-intensive space infrastructure and propulsion companies across pre-seed to Series A stages.

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Investment focus

Stages
Pre-Seed
Seed
Series A
Sectors
Space
Deeptech
Hardware
BioTech
Energy
Transportation

Investment details

Avg check size$25K - $1M
Can lead rounds
No
Geographies
USA