What Radius Capital does

Radius Capital Ventures (DBA Radius Capital) is an early-stage deep tech venture capital firm founded in 2019 and headquartered in San Francisco, with a secondary office in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The firm invests in founders building technologies at the intersection of software, AI, and physical-world mobility systems, with a stated focus on aerospace, robotics, and mobility value chains. The two-person senior team comprises Peter Shannon (Founder and Managing Director, formerly of Firelake Capital and Atlas Venture) and Luka Tomljenovic (Partner, formerly of Airbus Ventures and a former fighter pilot in the Croatian Air Force). The firm serves as an advisor to NASA's Aeronautics Research and Technology Roundtable and to the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, and co-hosts The Vertical Space podcast with Celerity as its primary thought-leadership channel.

The disclosed portfolio comprises 13 companies spanning AI-driven manufacturing process planning (C-Infinity / AutoAssembler), industrial robotics AI (Trener Robotics / Acteris), physics-based engineering simulation (PhysicsX), drone autonomy (Manna, Drone-Hand, Swarmer, Orqa), airport computer vision (Assaia), geospatial AI (Danti), robotic sheet metal forming (Machina Labs), digital engineering collaboration (Istari), cybersecurity (Variant Security), and data fabric (Worldscape). Radius Capital generates returns through carried interest on portfolio exits and conventional VC management fees; revenue and AUM are not publicly disclosed. Recent strategic activity includes the first portfolio IPO (Swarmer, Nasdaq, March 2026), participation in PhysicsX's $135M Series B (June 2026), and international portfolio expansion into Australia (Drone-Hand, November 2025) and Croatia (Orqa, March 2026).

Name

Radius Capital

Legal name

Radius Capital Ventures

Website

https://radius.capital

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Radius Capital Ventures is an early-stage deep tech venture capital firm investing in aerospace, robotics, and mobility technologies. Its 13-company portfolio spans AI-driven manufacturing, drone autonomy, and engineering simulation, and the firm advises NASA and the National Academies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Venture Capital

NAICS

Other Financial Vehicles (52599), All Other Financial Investment Activities (52399)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

Sector-Focused Venture Capital (Vertical Specialists) (FSANAAAD)

Keywords

• Venture capital
• Deep tech investing
• Aerospace technology
• Robotics investment
• Mobility technology

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Venture Capital Returns: Returns on invested capital through equity ownership in early-stage deep tech companies. Revenue generated through carried interest on successful exits and portfolio company liquidity events.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Radius Capital Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in deep tech, software, and AI systems for the aerospace, robotics, and mobility sectors. The firm provides capital, strategic guidance, and industry network access to founders building complex cyber-physical systems. It sources deals through founder networks, advisory relationships with NASA and the National Academies of Science, and the thought leadership platform The Vertical Space podcast.

Product overview

Radius Capital Ventures is an early-stage deep tech venture capital firm focused on aerospace, robotics, and mobility. Rather than offering a unified product platform, the firm invests in and supports portfolio companies developing specialized technologies including: computer vision systems (Assaia), geospatial AI (Danti), AI-powered manufacturing (C-Infinity/AutoAssembler), industrial robotics AI (Trener Robotics/Acteris), drone delivery (Manna), agricultural drone autonomy (Drone-Hand), defense drone swarms (Swarmer, Orqa), AI engineering simulation (PhysicsX), robotic sheet metal forming (Machina Labs), digital engineering collaboration (Istari), cybersecurity (Variant Security), and data fabric solutions (Worldscape). The firm also produces The Vertical Space podcast as a thought leadership platform for the aerospace innovation community.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• The Vertical Space: Podcast hosted by Radius Capital for innovators at the intersection of technology and flight, in partnership with Celerity05

Products and services

• Early-stage deep tech venture capital investing Equity capital investment in pre-seed through Series A deep tech companies developing software, AI, robotics, advanced manufacturing, and cyber-physical systems for aerospace and adjacent industries. Targets founders building technologies enabling next-generation aerospace capabilities.
• The Vertical Space podcast

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

AI capability22 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• NASAcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRadius Capital serves as advisors to NASA's Aeronautics Research and Technology Roundtable. This advisory relationship provides unique access to institutional knowledge, research directions, and potential deal flow from NASA's ecosystem of technology partners.
• National Academies of Science, Engineering, and MedicinecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRadius Capital serves as advisors to the National Academies, with Peter Shannon co-authoring a national strategy for Advanced Air Mobility through the Committee on Urban Air Mobility Research and Technology. Peter is also a standing member of the Transportation Research Board's New Users of Shared Airspace Committee.
• CelerityminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCo-host of The Vertical Space podcast with Celerity, the aerospace industry's leading innovation podcast. This partnership serves as Radius Capital's primary content marketing and thought leadership platform.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Airbus Ventures: Aerospace-focused corporate venture fund backed by Airbus, investing in early-stage technologies shaping the future of flight. Most direct peer — Luka Tomljenovic was previously a Partner here, and both firms pursue the same early-stage aerospace-and-mobility mandate.
• Eclipse Ventures: Early-stage venture firm investing in industrial tech, transportation, and aerospace-enabling software and robotics. Direct peer in the 'industrial/aerospace deep tech at the intersection of software and physical systems' category.
• Lux Capital: Early-stage venture firm investing in frontier tech across AI, robotics, aerospace, and advanced manufacturing. Comparable in thesis around deep-tech founders building at the AI x physical-world boundary, though Lux is much larger and more generalist.
• Material Impact: Early-stage venture firm investing in deep-tech companies building at the intersection of physical materials, manufacturing, and AI. Comparable due to shared focus on advanced manufacturing, robotics, and aerospace-enabling technologies.
• Cybernetix Ventures: Specialist early-stage VC focused on robotics, automation, and AI-enabled industrial systems. Comparable on robotics, autonomy, and AI-for-physical-world investing themes adjacent to Radius's portfolio.
• DCVC (Data Collective): Early-stage deep-tech VC investing in compute, AI, robotics, and advanced engineering. Comparable given shared interest in AI applied to engineering, manufacturing, and physical systems.

Broad incumbents

• Lockheed Martin Ventures: Strategic corporate venture arm of Lockheed Martin investing in aerospace, defense, and adjacent dual-use technologies. Wider portfolio and significantly larger average check size; overlaps on the aerospace/dual-use mandate but with strategic rather than pure-financial objectives.
• Boeing HorizonX / Boeing Ventures: Strategic investment arm of Boeing focused on autonomous systems, advanced manufacturing, and next-generation aerospace. Strategic CVC incumbent with the same aerospace-first thesis as Radius but corporate balance-sheet firepower.
• RTX Ventures: Corporate venture arm of RTX (Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney, Raytheon) investing in aerospace, defense, and adjacent technologies. Overlaps with Radius on dual-use aerospace and autonomy.
• Founders Fund: Large deep-tech VC with public bets in space, aerospace, and frontier technologies (SpaceX, etc.). Broader mandate and materially larger fund, but invests in similar dual-use aerospace and autonomy domains.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/radius-capital-ventures

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments19 records

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