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Ryan Kriser

Founder & CEO, Helios CapitalHelios Capital

Current Firm

Helios Capital

Investments

10+ companies

Focus

Deeptech, Biotech

About Ryan Kriser

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.

Focus Areas

DeeptechBiotechSpace

Investment Stage

Pre-Seed
Seed
Series A
Series B+

Notable Investments

Julian Capital
Harpoon Ventures
Humba Ventures
Fifty Years
Deep Checks
Founders Fund
Lightspeed
Sequoia Capital
Kleiner Perkins
Funds that lead pre-seeds