VC  Rock Yard Ventures

https://rockyardventures.com/





     Office Locations:

Austin, TX

 
Stages:

  • Seed


 
Industries:

  • Energy & Clean Tech
  • Information Technology
  • Manufacturing & Industrial
  • Real Estate & Construction
  • Semiconductor
  • Software & Internet

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    Description:

    Founded 2022, Rock Yard is a Seed-stage VC firm built by a genuine outlier, investing in founders who are redefining core and critical industries. The firm invests invest exclusively in US-based companies, across the industrial base, including construction, supply chain, manufacturing, energy, and frontier tech (quantum, chip design, and sometimes cyber). Rock Yard usually invests $50k-$100k in Pre-Seed and Seed rounds, and traditionally does not lead rounds.



    Investment Firm Key

       VC = Venture Capital
       PE = Private Equity
       A = Angel
       I = Incubator
       MB = Merchant Bank
       VD = Venture Debt
       FI = Family Investment Office
       FOF = Fund of Funds
       ED = Economic Development Office   
       TT = Technology Transfer Office
       CVC = Corporate Venture Capital
       SEC = Secondary Purchaser
       HF = Hedge Fund/Mutual Fund
       
       
       
    COMPANY STAGEREVENUE
    Venture Capital
    Seed Stage
    (includes "pre-seed," or
    concept stage)
    No Revenue
    Early StageMinimal
    Revenue
    Growth Stage
    (also called Mid-stage)
    $2M-$7M
    Expansion Stage
    (also called Late-stage)
    $7M and greater
    Private Equity
    Lower Middle Market$10M-$249M
    Middle Market$250M-$499M
    Upper Middle Market$500M-$1B
    Large Cap>$1B
       
       
     
    Investment Team:


    Name   Title
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    Daniel Dart General Partner

     
    Recent Funding Events (trailing 12 months):


      Date


      Name


      State


      Amount


      Stage


      04/24/2026


      Iridius


      WA


      $8,600,000


      Seed


     
    Portfolio companies include:


      Iridius
        web link


     
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