Rho Capital Partners

Rho Capital Partners is a venture capital firm that actively invests in companies related to technology, new media, cleaning technology and healthcare.

Rho Capital Partners
Private
IndustryVenture capital
Founded1981
FounderJoshua Ruch, Robert Osterrieth
HeadquartersNew York, New York, United States
ProductsInvestments
AUM$1.1 billion [1]
Number of employees
18 [2]
Websitewww.rho.com

The firm, which is based in New York City, Palo Alto and Montreal, was founded in 1981. The firm has raised over $2 billion since inception across 6 funds. The firm is currently investing their sixth fund, Rho Ventures VI, a $510 million fund launched in 2008.[3]

Rho has invested in approximately 200 venture stage companies. Among Rho's portfolio companies are Bluefly,[4] Capstone Turbine, Celunol, Coulomb Technologies, Commerce One, Compaq, Dashlane,[5] Enerkem,[6] Human Genome Sciences, Innova Dynamics,[7] IntraLinks, iVillage, JustFab,[8] MedImmune, ReachLocal, SolarBridge Technologies,[9] Tacoda, Tercica, Tripod.com, Vanda, Verenium, Vertrue, Vidyo, Waterfront Media and Yantra.

References
  1. Form ADV
  2. Form ADV
  3. Rho Ventures Overview Archived 2010-03-05 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Rho Ventures Commits $15 Million Growth Equity Investment to Bluefly. Business Wire, December 21, 2009
  5. Dashlane Passes 2M Users, Collects $22M For Its Client-Based Password Manager. TechCrunch, May 19, 2014
  6. Waste Management and Enerkem Announce Strategic Investment. PR Newswire, February 24, 2010
  7. Innova Dynamics Raises $5.5 Million Series A Financing Rho Ventures Leads Round, Innova Dynamics Appoints Chairman. CNBC, May 26, 2010
  8. crunchbase. "JustFab." Retrieved Mar 23, 2013.
  9. SolarBridge Technologies Secures $15 Million in Series B Funding. Business Wire, April 26, 2010


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