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Pre-SeedSeedSeries ACybersecurityClimate & EnergySpace & DefenseRoboticsManufacturingAerospace & DefenseManufacturing & IndustrialRobotics & AutomationSecurity & CybersecurityClimate & Clean Energy

Thesis

Investing in founders building critical software that addresses the decay of Western infrastructure, institutions, and industrial base. Ravelin backs software-defined transformation of aerospace, defense, manufacturing, energy, and industrial sectors.

Likely not a fit for

No consumer social apps, entertainment technology, or pure software without hard-industry application. Explicitly avoids technology that distracts rather than empowers.

How they invest

Lead or follow
Usually follows
Typical decision
~2 weeks
Warm intro
Not required
Involvement
Passive
Fund status
Actively deploying
Decision process
Solo GP

Partners & team

2 contacts on file

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Lucas Vaz

General PartnerFounder and General Partner · Primary contact

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Adam Corey

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Portfolio

Apex SpaceAerospace Defense

Apex is focused on redefining how satellites are designed and manufactured, enabling rapid deployment of critical constellations through productized and mass-produced satellite bus platforms.

TrabaEnterprise Software

Traba is a staffing company founded in 2021 that connects businesses with reliable workers for industrial jobs. It uses technology to improve global supply chain efficiency.

PylonEnterprise Software

Pylon is an AI-native B2B support platform that unifies fragmented customer support across various channels such as Slack, Teams, email, and meetings. It offers omnichannel ticketing, AI agents for automating workflows, and Account Intelligence for managing customer relationships.

ShinkeiFood Beverage

Shinkei Systems uses robotics to enhance fishing and food supply chains, focusing on transparency and quality.

Orchard RoboticsRobotics Automation

Orchard Robotics specializes in developing robotic solutions for agriculture, particularly focused on improving the efficiency and productivity of orchard management.

Chariot DefenseAerospace Defense

Chariot Defense is building the intelligent hardware and software infrastructure to solve the military’s most critical bottleneck: how energy is transformed, controlled, and distributed as power across the modern battlefield. Their Amphora product line delivers silent, variable power specifically designed for distributed operations, electronic warfare, and autonomous systems at the tactical edge.

GalvanickSecurity Cyber

Galvanick protects the industrial world against cyber attacks. Our threat detection platform for factories and critical infrastructure defends the modern world against criminals and nation-states that target SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) and ICS (Industrial Control Systems).

Epsilon3Enterprise Software

Epsilon3 is an AI-powered procedure execution software designed for complex operations in advanced engineering, manufacturing, and testing, particularly within the aerospace and space industries.

EyebotHealthcare Digital

Eyebot is a technology company focused on revolutionizing vision care access through innovative solutions that provide precision eyeglass prescriptions quickly and conveniently.

AetherfluxClimate Clean Energy

Aetherflux's mission is to deliver energy to planet Earth through space solar power. The company aims to collect sunlight in Low Earth Orbit and transmit that power via infrared lasers to portable ground receivers, providing energy access where traditional delivery is expensive or dangerous.

Metalware
Realm AllianceEnterprise Software

Realm transforms how mines see, think, and respond by linking existing infrastructure into one predictive platform, enhancing safety and productivity through AI.

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Research briefRead more
Ravelin Capital Research Investment Thesis Ravelin Capital is an early-stage venture firm founded in 2023 by Lucas Vaz with a singular focus on "critical industries" — the sectors underlying modern civilization that have suffered decades of underinvestment and institutional decay. The firm backs founders building critical software that addresses infrastructure collapse, institutional dysfunction, …

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