# Ria Bhutoria

> Ria Bhutoria is a seed investor at Castle Island Ventures backing Computer and Network Security. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Castle Island Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/castle-island-ventures)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Apr 2023
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ria-bhutoria

Ria Bhutoria is a seed investor at Castle Island Ventures in New York focused on Computer and Network Security. Ria Bhutoria is the General Partner as Castle Island Ventures. She previously worked at Fidelity Digital Assets as Director of Research. Ria attended NYU Stern School of Business in 2011.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Computer | 1 | 50% |
| Network Security | 1 | 50% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CAT Labs | CAT Labs is developing cybersecurity and digital asset recovery solutions to assist governments in combating cryptocurrency crime and protecting investors from scams, fraud, and hacking. | $4.3M | Seed | Apr 11, 2023 |  |
| CAT Labs | CAT Labs is developing cybersecurity and digital asset recovery solutions to assist governments in combating cryptocurrency crime and protecting investors from scams, fraud, and hacking. | $4.3M | Pre-Seed | Apr 10, 2023 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [RW3 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rw3-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [BH Digital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bh-digital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Borderless Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/borderless-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [CMT Digital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cmt-digital-ventures-llc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Crypto verse Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crypto-verse-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Hash3](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hash3) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Castle Island Ventures

VC Fund · Cambridge, United States

They are a venture capital firm focused exclusively on public blockchains. They invest in infrastructure and application companies that will enable these transformative protocols to power services for the next billion users.

5 contacts available at Castle Island Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ria Bhutoria | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ria-bhutoria |
| Hunter Merghart | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hunter-merghart |
| Matt Walsh | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matt-walsh-5103 |
| Nic Carter | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nic-carter |
| Sean Judge | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sean-judge-2 |

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## FAQ

### What does Ria Bhutoria invest in?

Ria Bhutoria invests primarily in Computer and Network Security startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 2 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 Ria Bhutoria last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ria Bhutoria closed in Apr 2023. Shizune tracks 2 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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