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Risk and Return

North America, Virginia, United States, Mclean

Description

Our venture fund accelerates the solutions and technologies required by high-risk public servants

Investor Profile

Risk and Return has backed more than 6 startups, with 1 new investments in the last 12 months alone. The firm has led 1 rounds, about 17% of its total and boasts 1 exits across its portfolio.

Investment Focus Highlights

  • Concentrates on Seed, Series A rounds (top funding stages).
  • Majority of deals are located in United States.
  • Strong thematic focus on Artificial Intelligence (AI), Biotechnology, Neuroscience.

Stage Focus

  • Seed (67%)
  • Series A (33%)

Country Focus

  • United States (100%)

Industry Focus

  • Artificial Intelligence (Ai)
  • Biotechnology
  • Neuroscience
  • Health Care
  • Machine Learning
  • Natural Language Processing
  • Software
  • Video
  • Public Safety
  • Biopharma
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Who does Risk and Return frequently co-invest with?

Korify Capital
Korify Capital
Europe, Sicilia, Italy, Santa Venerina
Co-Investments: 1
Stanford University
Stanford University
North America, California, United States, Stanford
Co-Investments: 1
Novalis Biotechnology Incubation
Novalis Biotechnology Incubation
Europe, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium, Gent
Co-Investments: 2
What If Ventures
What If Ventures
North America, Texas, United States, Frisco
Co-Investments: 1
SH
Strathmere Healthcare Partners
North America, Texas, United States, Dallas
Co-Investments: 2
PsyMed Ventures
PsyMed Ventures
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 1
Relentless Pursuit Partners
Relentless Pursuit Partners
North America, British Columbia, Canada, Vancouver
Co-Investments: 2
Able Partners
Able Partners
North America, New York, United States, New York
Co-Investments: 1
Presight Capital
Presight Capital
North America, California, United States, West Hollywood
Co-Investments: 1
Apeiron Investment Group
Apeiron Investment Group
Europe, NA - Malta, Malta, Sliema
Co-Investments: 1

Which angels does Risk and Return often collaborate with?

TK
Tim Kendall
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 1
YE
Youcef Es-skouri
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 1
Ray Muzyka
Ray Muzyka
North America, Alberta, Canada, Edmonton
Shared Deals: 1
AK
Arda Kara
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 1

What are some of recent deals done by Risk and Return?

Phantom Neuro

Austin, Texas, United States

Phantom Neuro develops muscle-machine interfaces for robotic limb rehabilitation solutions.

BiotechnologyMedicalNeuroscienceRobotics
Series AApr 15, 2025
Amount Raised: $19,000,000
Modality.AI, Inc.

San Francisco, California, United States

Self-Driven Neurological Assessments

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Health CareMachine LearningNatural Language ProcessingSoftwareVideo
SeedOct 7, 2022
Amount Raised: $1,119,113
Prepared

New York, New York, United States

By offering real-time data from callers, Prepared empowers emergency operators to focus on doing what they do best: saving lives.

Enterprise SoftwarePublic Safety
SeedApr 6, 2022
Amount Raised: $9,800,000
HAAS Alert

Chicago, Illinois, United States

The HAAS Alert Safety Cloud® streams real-time road hazard information to connected and autonomous cars to make roads safer and smarter.

Autonomous VehiclesBig DataData IntegrationDeveloper APIsMobileNavigationPublic SafetySaaSSmart CitiesTransportation
SeedAug 30, 2021
Amount Raised: $5,000,000
Modality.AI, Inc.

San Francisco, California, United States

Self-Driven Neurological Assessments

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Health CareMachine LearningNatural Language ProcessingSoftwareVideo
SeedJul 30, 2021
Amount Raised: $2,520,765
Alto Neuroscience

Los Altos, California, United States

Alto Neuroscience is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company that creates precision medicines through its AI-driven biomarker platform.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)BiopharmaBiotechnologyNeurosciencePrecision Medicine
Series AMay 3, 2021
Amount Raised: $32,000,000

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