# Rita Sakus

> Rita Sakus is a seed investor in Vilnius backing Aerospace, Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Vilnius, Lithuania
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: May 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ritasakus/

Rita Sakus is a Board Member at European Business Angel Network EBAN

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $912k–$3.5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Aerospace | 3 | 43% |
| Software | 2 | 29% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 29% |
| SaaS | 1 | 14% |
| Retail | 1 | 14% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 57% |
| Angel | 1 | 14% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 14% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 14% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lithuania | 5 | 71% |
| The Netherlands | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Astrolight | Astrolight develops secure laser communication systems for aerospace and defence. | $3.2M | Seed | May 22, 2025 |  |
| Ver.iD | Ver.iD offers a platform that simplifies online identity verification through the use of identity apps, enabling businesses to streamline login and onboarding processes. The service enhances user experience by allowing customers to verify their identities using QR codes instead of traditional documents. Ver.iD ensures compliance with regulationswhile providing a secure and efficient solution for both commercial and non-profit organizations. | $2.1M | Angel | Jan 02, 2025 |  |
| PIXEVIA | PIXEVIA - AI for retail. Our flagship product - fully autonomous stores, powered by AI, cameras, and sensors. You simply walk in, take what you want, and go. | $351.9K | Convertible Note | Dec 31, 2024 |  |
| Ligence | We are Deep Tech startup company located in Lithuania. We are a team of medical doctors who also happen to know AI and thus we build exciting solutions for healthcare. Our latest project is the automation of heart ultrasound image analysis using Deep Learning algorithms. The product we call Ligence Heart is able to automatically recognise heartimage view and perform all the necessary measurements. Physicians can now skip doing those manual measurements themselves. | $3.2M | Seed | Nov 12, 2024 |  |
| Airvolve | Airvolve operates as an aerospace startup. | $911.5K | Seed | Sep 03, 2024 |  |
| Unmanned Defense Systems | Unmanned Defense Systems (UDS) is defense and space manufacturing company which was founded by experienced UAS and Satellite experts working in global markets. The main focus of UDS is to deliver new-generation cost-efficient UAS systems capable of complying with a doctrine of modern warfare. The team has covered areas related to autonomoussystems, GNSS-denied environment navigation, AI, computer vision, and many others. | $3.5M | Seed | May 24, 2024 |  |
| PIXEVIA | PIXEVIA - AI for retail. Our flagship product - fully autonomous stores, powered by AI, cameras, and sensors. You simply walk in, take what you want, and go. | $1.6M | Venture - Series Unknown | May 20, 2024 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Coinvest Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coinvest-capital) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Balnord](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/balnord) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [NGL](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ngl-ff69) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [BSV Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/baltic-sandbox-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/european-innovation-council-and-smes-executive-agency) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Export and Investment Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/export-and-investment-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Rita Sakus invest in?

Rita Sakus invests primarily in Aerospace, Software and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Lithuania. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Rita Sakus's check size?

Rita Sakus typically joins rounds of $912k–$3.5M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Rita Sakus participates in.

### When did Rita Sakus last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Rita Sakus closed in May 2025. 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?

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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