# Howard Ko

> Howard Ko is a Series A investor at Morpheus Ventures (Los Angeles) backing SaaS and Laser. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Morpheus Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/morpheus-ventures)
- Location: Los Angeles, United States
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Mar 2026
- Lead investor: 86%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/howard-k-5a5517/

Howard Ko is a Series A investor at Morpheus Ventures in Los Angeles focused on SaaS and Laser. Howard was previously with Mission Ventures, a Southern California venture capital firm focused on early stage technology investments. Prior to Mission, he was with Salomon Smith Barney in their Technology Investment Banking Group where he was involved with public and private financings and M&A. Howard has also served as co-chair of the SanDiego Telecom Council Wireless Infrastructure Group. He was a member of the Board of Reviewers for the San Diego based Center for Commercialization of Advanced Technology, an organization funded by the Department of Defense. Howard holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from UCLA and an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 1 | 14% |
| Laser | 1 | 14% |
| FinTech | 1 | 14% |
| Nuclear | 1 | 14% |
| Hospital | 1 | 14% |

16 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 3 | 43% |
| Seed | 2 | 29% |
| Series B | 1 | 14% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Applied Atomics, Inc. | Co-located nuclear power plants to unlock the next 1,000 years of advanced industry. | $8.3M | Seed | Mar 25, 2026 |  |
| xLight | xLight to commercialize particle accelerator driven Free Electron Lasers (FEL) for critical US economic and national security applications. | $40.6M | Series B | Jul 22, 2025 |  |
| INGENIOUS.BUILD | INGENIOUS.BUILD is an integrated cloud-based application, organized into three distinct modules. The modules provide daily management tools for project financials, project management, and construction administration. | $37M | Series A | Nov 16, 2023 |  |
| Rize | Rize creates customer-centric financial solutions for fintechs, incumbents, and non-financial brands. Rize was founded on October 4, 2015. | $11.4M | Series A | Sep 28, 2021 |  |
| RIOS | RIOS, founded in 2018, is a technology company helping global customers automate their factories, warehouses, and supply chain operations by deploying a new class of dexterous AI-powered robots. RIOS robots handle hard-to-automate tasks, typically requiring human-level dexterity, in unstructured environments. RIOS is headquartered in Palo Alto, CAand has a pilot facility in San Carlos, CA. More information is available at www.rios.ai. | $5M |  | Jun 30, 2020 |  |
| RIOS | RIOS, founded in 2018, is a technology company helping global customers automate their factories, warehouses, and supply chain operations by deploying a new class of dexterous AI-powered robots. RIOS robots handle hard-to-automate tasks, typically requiring human-level dexterity, in unstructured environments. RIOS is headquartered in Palo Alto, CAand has a pilot facility in San Carlos, CA. More information is available at www.rios.ai. | $5M | Seed | Jun 30, 2020 |  |
| Tagnos | Tagnos offers the leading clinical logistics automation solution for hospitals and clinics. Their SaaS platform analyzes data from clinical systems, including EHR, CPOE, LIS, RIS, and ADT systems, along with RTLS tracking devices, to facilitate patient flow through the hospital. The insights produced by their AI algorithms help healthcareorganizations optimize their staff and asset utilization to prevent bottlenecks, reduce wait times and improve throughput, while increasing patient and staff satisfaction. | $5.5M | Series A | Feb 28, 2018 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Grit Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gritlabs) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [MicroVentures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/microventure-marketplace) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [NGK SPARK PLUG CO](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ngk-spark-plug-co) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Playground Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/playground-global) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Motus Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/transportation-technology-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Morpheus Ventures

VC Fund · Los Angeles, United States

Morpheus is a venture capital firm that invests in consumer to enterprise technologies including data analytics, machine learning, robotics, transportation, and SaaS. The firm was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Los Angeles.

5 contacts available at Morpheus Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Evan Markiles | Investment Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/evan-markiles |
| Howard Ko | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/howard-ko-2 |
| Joseph Miller | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joseph-miller |
| Kristian Blaszczynski | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kristian-blaszczynski-2 |
| Martin Dalgleish | Investment Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/martin-dalgleish |

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## FAQ

### What does Howard Ko invest in?

Howard Ko invests primarily in SaaS, Laser and FinTech startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Howard Ko last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Howard Ko closed in Mar 2026. Shizune tracks 7 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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