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

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Learn who this investor regularly partners with—both firms and angels—and explore their latest activity.

Who does Risk and Return frequently co-invest with?

Korify Capital

Europe, Sicilia, Italy, Santa Venerina

Co-Investments: 1

Stanford University

North America, California, United States, Stanford

Co-Investments: 1

Novalis Biotechnology Incubation

Europe, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium, Gent

Co-Investments: 2

What If Ventures

North America, Texas, United States, Frisco

Co-Investments: 1

Strathmere Healthcare Partners

North America, Texas, United States, Dallas

Co-Investments: 2

PsyMed Ventures

North America, California, United States, San Francisco

Co-Investments: 1

Relentless Pursuit Partners

North America, British Columbia, Canada, Vancouver

Co-Investments: 2

Able Partners

North America, New York, United States, New York

Co-Investments: 1

Presight Capital

North America, California, United States, West Hollywood

Co-Investments: 1

Apeiron Investment Group

Europe, NA - Malta, Malta, Sliema

Co-Investments: 1

Which angels does Risk and Return often collaborate with?

Tim Kendall

North America, California, United States, San Francisco

Shared Deals: 1

Youcef Es-skouri

North America, California, United States, San Francisco

Shared Deals: 1

Ray Muzyka

North America, Alberta, Canada, Edmonton

Shared Deals: 1

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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