RTX Ventures
VC Fund
Arlington, United States
RTX Ventures is a venture capital arm of Raytheon Technologies that invests in companies accelerating the development of transformational aerospace and defense technologies. It enables partners to employ resources and mentorship to promote growth and fuel innovation.
- Total investments:
- 37
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 24%
Last updated:
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Industries RTX Ventures invests in
Stages RTX Ventures invests in
Countries RTX Ventures invests in
Contacts
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Christopher Calio
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Daniel Ateya
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3 more contacts available
Investment Focus
Industry
- Manufacturing 10 (27%)
- Aerospace 8 (22%)
- Software 5 (14%)
- Artificial Intelligence 5 (14%)
- Machine Learning 4 (11%)
Stage
- Series A 7 (19%)
- Series B 6 (16%)
- Seed 5 (14%)
- Series C 4 (11%)
- Funding Round 3 (8%)
Country
- United States 21 (57%)
- Switzerland 1 (3%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
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Christopher Calio
Chief Executive Officer; President and Chief Operating Officer
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Chief Executive Officer; President and Chief Operating Officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Daniel Ateya
President & Managing Director
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President & Managing Director | Total investments: 19 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Observable Space
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OurSky is a developer platform for space applications that provides observational data and analysis of objects and activities in space. | $90M / Series A / May 28, 2026 | |
Darkhive
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Autonomy for Everyone | $30M / Series B / May 07, 2026 | |
Darkhive Inc.
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Darkhive Inc. develops autonomous uncrewed aircraft systems, tactical drones, and defense software for military and public safety users. The company builds hardware and software that integrate into modern battlefields, emphasizing open architectures and documented interfaces. Its offerings include short- and long-range reconnaissance drones, fleetand edge device management platforms, and autonomy software integrated with Team Awareness Kit systems. Darkhive also provides manufacturing and supply chain services for mass-produceable, software-defined defense systems. Its products support situational awareness, threat assessment, and mission planning for tactical and emergency response teams. | $30M / Series B / May 07, 2026 | |
Reliable Robotics
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Reliable Robotics provides advanced automation systems for aviation companies. The company was founded by Juerg Frefel and Robert Rose in 2017 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California, United States. | $160M / Series D / Apr 21, 2026 | |
Hermeus
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Hermeus is an aerospace and defense company that develops hypersonic aircraft capable of reaching speeds around Mach 5. The company’s core mission is to drastically reduce global travel times by creating next-generation aircraft that can fly significantly faster than traditional commercial jets. Its flagship programs include the Quarterhorse seriesof high-speed test aircraft and the development of the Chimera engine, a turbine-based combined cycle propulsion system designed for hypersonic flight. Hermeus follows a rapid, iterative development approach, building and testing multiple prototypes to accelerate innovation and reduce engineering timelines. The company collaborates with organizations such as the U.S. Air Force and NASA, positioning its technology for both commercial aviation and defense applications. | $200M / Series C / Apr 07, 2026 | |
Code Metal
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AI-Powered development at the Edge | $125M / Series B / Feb 19, 2026 | |
Efficient Computer
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Efficient is a computer architecture and software stack company that creates a general-purpose processor for embedded computing applications. The company's patented technology uses 100x less energy than state-of-the-art commercially available processors and is programmable using standard high-level programming languages like C and C++, as wellas the most popular AI/ML frameworks. This class-defining efficiency and flexibility makes possible a huge variety of high-value use cases ranging from DSP, to embedded analytics, to AI/ML, and many more. The Efficient architecture is inherently scalable from IoT to the edge: decade-scale, battery-powered edge computation & ML and mobile devices with 10-100x longer battery life. The unprecedented energy efficiency and flexibility provided by Efficient's architecture and software ecosystem solves the energy problem that is the main impediment to a broad range of important computing applications. | $60M / Series A / Feb 18, 2026 | |
JetZero
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JetZero is an aerospace company that designs and manufactures zero-emissions jet aircraft.Airlines have long sought more fuel-efficient aircraft and now that climate change is a worldwide problem, planes with minimal carbon emissions, if not zero, are unavoidable. Their objective is to hasten such shift. JetZero is actively collaborating withNASA on sustainable aircraft ideas that will soon make zero-emission flight a reality.JetZero is headquartered in Long Beach, California and was founded in 2020. | $175M / Series B / Jan 13, 2026 | |
Hadrian
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Hadrian is a precision manufacturing company that manufactures precision components to serve aerospace and defense clients. It builds autonomous, software-defined precision component factories that help its customers make rockets, satellites, jets, and eVTOLs. | $131.3M / Series C / Dec 30, 2025 | |
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Code Metal
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AI-Powered development at the Edge | $36.5M / Series A / Nov 12, 2025 | |
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FAQ
What does RTX Ventures invest in?
RTX Ventures invests primarily in Manufacturing, Aerospace and Software startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 37 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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Who are the partners at RTX Ventures?
The team at RTX Ventures includes Christopher Calio (Chief Executive Officer; President and Chief Operating Officer) and Daniel Ateya (President & Managing Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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