# Helios Capital

> Helios Capital is a VC fund in New York backing Space Travel and Aerospace. See 25 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 25
- Last investment: Nov 2022
- Lead investor: 8%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/helioscapital
- Website: http://www.helioscapital.us

Helios Capital is a VC fund in New York focused on Space Travel and Aerospace. Founded in 2018 by Ryan Alexander Kriser, Helios Capital is a 3rd generation single family office based in NYC. At Helios, we invest in Series A or earlier with follow-on investments, with a focus on distributive technology contributing to industry 4.0. As we leverage our ecosystem of technological experts, partnerships and industry thoughtleaders, we strategically add value to our portfolio companies.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$28M |
| Pre-Seed | $900k–$4.5M |
| Series A | $4M–$20M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Space Travel | 9 | 36% |
| Aerospace | 7 | 28% |
| Software | 3 | 12% |
| Biotechnology | 3 | 12% |
| Logistics | 2 | 8% |

41 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 6 | 24% |
| Pre-Seed | 6 | 24% |
| Series A | 4 | 16% |
| Convertible Note | 3 | 12% |
| Series B | 1 | 4% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 15 | 60% |
| Norway | 1 | 4% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 4% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Edouard Ullmo | Co Chairman & CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/edouard-ullmo |
| Ryan Kriser | Founder & CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ryan-kriser-98cc |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Gravitics | Artificial gravity for human habitation in space. | $20M | Seed | Nov 17, 2022 |  |
| Gravitics | Artificial gravity for human habitation in space. |  | Seed | Mar 01, 2022 |  |
| Xplore | Xplore is flying commercial missions in Earth orbits with their XCRAFT™, and they invite you to join us. They take civilian, commercial and national security payloads to their desired orbit around Earth for their science or reconnaissance missions. | $7.2M | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 24, 2022 |  |
| Radian | Radian Aerospace (Radian) is disrupting the aerospace industry with a next generation aerospace vehicle that is the world’s first fully reusable horizontal takeoff and landing, single-stage to orbit spaceplane, delivering people and light cargo to low earth orbit (LEO) and multiple terrestrial destinations with aircraft-like operations. | $27.5M | Seed | Jan 19, 2022 |  |
| Space Forge | Space Forge make super materials in space that cannot be made on earth. | $10.2M | Seed | Dec 18, 2021 |  |
| Allocations | Allocations is a technology company building a private equity & venture capital economy that is open to all, enabling more financial inclusion for every person and business. Allocations has raised in excess of $7m from over 200 investors as of August 2021 including Irish Angels, Vitalize VC, Allocations Angels, LFG Ventures, Browder Capital,TVC, Jamie Rogozinski, Joey Krug, Bruce Menin and Russell Galbut. To date Allocations has powered over 300 private funds, totaling approximately $250m in volume. | $4M | Series A | Aug 05, 2021 |  |
| Allocations | Allocations is a technology company building a private equity & venture capital economy that is open to all, enabling more financial inclusion for every person and business. Allocations has raised in excess of $7m from over 200 investors as of August 2021 including Irish Angels, Vitalize VC, Allocations Angels, LFG Ventures, Browder Capital,TVC, Jamie Rogozinski, Joey Krug, Bruce Menin and Russell Galbut. To date Allocations has powered over 300 private funds, totaling approximately $250m in volume. | $4M | Seed | Aug 05, 2021 |  |
| Solstorm | Solstorm specializes in waste management of space assets and develops space debris removal technologies, aiming to safeguard the future usability and safety of space for all. | $100K | Convertible Note | Jun 14, 2021 |  |
| Scout Space | Scout Space develops in-space sensing systems and autonomy software designed to improve satellite awareness and orbital safety. The company builds optical and infrared sensor payloads that allow spacecraft to detect, observe, and track objects and activities in different orbital environments. It also creates software platforms for onboard dataprocessing and autonomous decision-making, enabling satellites to analyze surroundings without relying solely on ground control. Its technology is applied in space domain awareness, mission planning, collision avoidance, and spacecraft inspection use cases.Scout Space further works on edge computing systems that support real-time interpretation of sensor data directly in orbit. The company collaborates with government and commercial partners to deploy its hardware and software in operational satellite missions and demonstration programs. |  | Pre-Seed | Jun 07, 2021 |  |
| EnergyX | EnergyX is a clean technology company that optimizes the lithium extraction process. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, FL. |  | Equity Crowdfunding | May 03, 2021 |  |

10 of 25 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Type One Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/type-1-ventures) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
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- [SpaceFund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/spacefund) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
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- [Fine Structure Venture](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fine-structure-venture) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Helios Capital invest in?

Helios Capital invests primarily in Space Travel, Aerospace and Software startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 25 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Helios Capital's check size?

Helios Capital typically joins rounds of $1M–$28M at Seed, $900k–$4.5M at Pre-Seed and $4M–$20M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Helios Capital participates in.

### How do I contact Helios Capital?

Public channels for Helios Capital include LinkedIn and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Helios Capital?

The team at Helios Capital includes Edouard Ullmo (Co Chairman & CEO) and Ryan Kriser (Founder & CEO). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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