Investors / Rule 1 Ventures
Rule 1 Ventures
Venture capital
Rule 1 Ventures is an investment firm focused on early-stage aerospace and defense companies. It backs companies building technologies for the future battlefield.
Invests inAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordsdefense techaerospaceearly stage
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Or find every investor that fitsRule 1 Ventures lists 10 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 3 funding rounds, 2 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 100% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (63%), Industrial & Manufacturing (11%) and Healthcare & Biotech (5%). 86% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Capital Factory, 15th Rock and 7percent Ventures.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Rule 1 Ventures, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Rule 1 Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 3 companies; its own site lists 10. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 100% |
| Series A | 0% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 0 | 0 |
| '26 | 3 | 2 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 23th | 10 companies |
| Recent activity | 76th | 3 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 100th | 100% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 97th | 30% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 90th | 63% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 42th | 2 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 63% | 18% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 11% | 7% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 5% | 15% |
| Robotics & Hardware | 5% | 1% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 5% | 6% |
| Cybersecurity | 5% | 4% |
| Space & Defense | 5% | 3% |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers10100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Capital Factory | 2 |
| 15th Rock | 1 |
| 7percent Ventures | 1 |
| Aurelia Foundry | 1 |
| Backswing Ventures | 1 |
| Blackwing | 1 |
| Breakout Ventures | 1 |
| Dolby Family Ventures | 1 |
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Rule 1 Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Rule 1 Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Jun 2026 | Seed | |
| 12 Mar 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 5 Mar 2026 | Round Led |
Round details for Rule 1 Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Rule 1 Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
10 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Askari builds low-cost intelligent kinetic defenses for the age of robotic warfare. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Jun 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| CET develops and produces subsea robotics and energy storage systems, including subsea batteries and carbon fiber pressure vessels. | Robotics & HardwareE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Drove Aeropower hires engineers to work on challenges | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| General Sense develops a platform that utilizes dogs' sense of smell to detect various molecular signatures for applications in security, healthcare, and agriculture. | Healthcare & BiotechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Mantis Space delivers energy in orbit and powers satellites in space using laser technology | Space & Defense | Mar 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| Mesodyne develops and manufactures power generation technology, including a product called the LightCell. | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| oneNav develops and provides a direct-to-L5 GNSS receiver for mobile devices, delivering performance, deep urban accuracy, and resilience against jamming. | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Orion Edge Group develops and provides operational systems and training emitters for electronic attack and protection | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Roboze integrates industrial robotics, advanced high-performance materials, and Industrial AI to create autonomous production systems capable of manufacturing mission-critical components at scale. | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Mar 2026Round | Page + round | |
| ThinkOrbital is building the technologies that will secure America's future in space. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 7 Nov 2026- Site
- r1vs.com
- Last read
- 7 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 7 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 5 Mar 2026
- Companies checked
- 10
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