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Ryan Gembala
Managing Partner, Pathbreaker
Company

Based in
San Francisco, CA
Invests
Pre-Seed or Seed
Type
Investor
Ryan Gembala is founder and managing partner of Pathbreaker Ventures, a pre-seed and seed firm he started in San Francisco in 2015. He previously led corporate development deals at Meta, including the acquisitions of Oculus and NimbleVR, and invested at Azure Capital before that. Pathbreaker backs technical teams building in robotics, aerospace, and hardware, with a portfolio that includes K2 Space, Reliable Robotics, and Antares. Business Insider named him a top seed investor in both 2023 and 2024.
Relevant Investments
K2 Space
Builds high power satellite platforms designed for SpaceX Starship class launch vehicles.
Seed 2022 to Series D 2026
www.k2space.com
Reliable Robotics
Builds autonomous flight systems that let existing cargo aircraft fly uncrewed routes.
Series C 2026
www.reliable.co
Antares
Builds deployable nuclear microreactors that power remote defense and industrial sites.
Seed 2023 to Series C 2026
antaresindustries.com
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