Rock Yard Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm backing U.S.-based startups, with a focus on robotics, supply chain, manufacturing, energy, infrastructure, healthcare, frontier technology, and selected AI-enabled enterprise software and LegalTech opportunities. It invests in Pre-Seed and Seed rounds, typically writing $50k-$100k checks, with a broader $10k-$100k range, and usually does not lead rounds. The firm is most relevant for founders seeking early capital plus support with customer acquisition, go-to-market, sales, pipeline development, and fundraising.