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Rho Ventures

152 West 57th Street, 23rd Floor, New York, 10019, United States

Overview

We invest across most high growth sectors of today’s economy and have developed deep expertise and relationships in Information Technology, Communications, New Media, Healthcare and New Energy. Since 1981, Rho Ventures has been investing in innovators that redefine the status quo. Rho’s investment philosophy does not fit a conventional model, much like the visionary innovators we back. We believe that formulaic approaches to investing lead to risk averse strategies that stifle innovation and differentiation. We actively avoid restrictive boundaries around ideas, growth opportunities and entrepreneur profiles. To find extraordinary opportunities, we are not bound by a particular stage of investment and do not shy away from contrarian ideas. We believe that great companies take root in unconventional places and that successful entrepreneurs frequently break the mold. The ideas we back come from a variety of sources: an MBA student who is trying to change new media advertising practices; an experienced entrepreneur seeking to commercialize a disruptive biofuels technology; or an executive looking to spin out and develop an abandoned asset developed by a pharmaceutical company. We are seasoned investors who have backed more than 200 companies through multiple cycles. Identifying interesting opportunities and providing capital is just the beginning. We offer deep-sector expertise in today’s high-growth markets, but we do not let any one area of knowledge guide our overall investment strategy. Ultimately, we look for entrepreneurs who we can help make very big waves, not just stir the waters and move on to the next venture.

Total investments
131
Lead investments
44
Investments · 12mo
1
Active investors
7

Sector focus

  • CleanTech
  • Financial Services
  • Venture Capital
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Investment portfolio

  • Zenskar

    Led · Series A · Apr 2026

    Zenskar builds an AI-native billing and revenue automation platform designed to handle complex B2B pricing models such as usage-based tiers, prepaid credits, amendments, customer hierarchies, and multi-entity/multi-currency structures. Its architecture models contract data as objects on a graph and combines rule-based calculations with purpose-built AI agents to automate order-to-cash processes. The company offers an Agents Marketplace for finance teams to create, customize, chain, and deploy agents without engineering involvement, plus integrations like a Slack agent and an MCP that links to major AI tools. Zenskar positions its platform to replace error-prone workarounds and in-house systems used by customers with bespoke pricing or high-volume usage. The company reported 5x revenue growth in the past year and cited customer outcomes such as faster billing, earlier collections, and faster close times. Zenskar's stated vision is to enable Zero-Touch Finance by expanding its agentic capabilities and reducing manual finance operations.

  • Clear Current

    Led · Seed · May 2025

    Clear Current develops an AI-driven virtual energy manager and enterprise energy resource planning (EERP) platform that automates complex energy analysis and decision-making. Its system uses machine learning to extract insights from thousands of energy documents and to orchestrate procurement, forecasting, consumption, and reporting. Product features include autonomous procurement, intelligent rate analysis, interactive mapping of energy assets, and a unified command center. The platform is already being piloted by major organizations, including AB InBev. Clear Current plans to use the new funding to accelerate U.S. market expansion, further develop its AI-driven solutions, and tap New Mexico’s growing AI talent pool while creating local technology jobs. The company is based in Albuquerque, N.M.

  • ESG Flo

    Participated · Series A · Apr 2025

    Tracera provides an AI-powered SaaS platform that automates collection, verification and auditing of sustainability (ESG) data with finance-grade accuracy and traceability. The platform handles thousands of data points across formats and languages, eliminating silos and manual spreadsheets to produce auditable sustainability reports. Tracera says it operates across more than 100 countries and has worked with over 30 Fortune 2000 enterprise clients, including EnerSys and La‑Z‑Boy, and with more than 30 companies across 13 countries. Its tools can reduce the time and cost of sustainability data management by up to 85 percent and it recently launched a Scope 3 emissions data tool to gather supplier-specific emissions information. Founded by CEO Patrick Obeid and spun out of Bain & Company’s Founder’s Studio, Tracera aims to scale its platform and expand adoption among manufacturing, construction, real estate, and retail clients. Financially, the company has raised $17.25M since its 2023 launch. ESG Flo offers an AI-powered data infrastructure platform that leverages AI automation and deep learning to gather data spread across organizations and create ESG reporting. Its technology is designed to produce reporting that complies with the EU CSRD and US SEC non-financial disclosure requirements. Led by CEO and founder Patrick Obeid, the company serves customers in the industrial, manufacturing, and infrastructure sectors. ESG Flo is based in New York and Houston, TX. The company plans to use the $5.25M seed funding to expand its solution to offer CSRD and SEC readiness, hire engineers to advance its AI engine, and scale its growth and marketing teams. The round includes board additions from investor representatives and a compliance expert to support product and go-to-market efforts.

  • Truewind

    Led · Series A · Jan 2025

    Truewind offers a secure generative-AI platform tailored to accounting professionals, used by public accounting firms, in-house accounting teams, and professional service providers. The platform is designed to augment productivity and streamline workflows, and in partnership with customers it absorbs 47% of month-end close tasks. Truewind says its revenue grew fourfold over the past year while working with firms including EisnerAmper and Frank Rimerman. The company will use the new funding to expand its accountant community network, scale its multidisciplinary team, and build out additional product features. Truewind emphasizes security and trust as core elements of its product for handling complex, sensitive work. The company reports having customers and accounting-firm partners across the country who are deploying its generative-AI solutions. Truewind provides an AI-powered bookkeeping and finance back‑office for startups, combining large language models (like GPT) with a concierge service to deliver reliable bookkeeping and detailed financial models. The platform captures business context to interpret financial data and supplies startups with financial models and ongoing accounting support. Truewind intends to transform the finance and accounting industry through automation and AI-assisted workflows. The company was founded by Alex Lee and Tennison Chan in November 2022 and participated in Y Combinator's Winter 2023 batch. Based in San Francisco, Truewind plans to use new capital to accelerate development of its AI-powered bookkeeping and finance platform. In September 2023 the company announced a $3.0M seed raise to fund that roadmap.

  • Toothio

    Participated · Equity · Oct 2024

    Toothio is a digital staffing marketplace that connects private dental practices and Dental Service Organizations (DSOs) with credentialed dental hygienists, assistants, and receptionists via a proprietary matching algorithm. It maintains a vetted pool of over 30,000 dental professionals and reports a 97% fill rate for open shifts. The platform added more than 15,000 professionals in 2024 and has driven 300% year-over-year growth since founding. Toothio’s product focuses on on-demand shift matching to streamline operations and maintain patient care quality while offering dental professionals flexible work. The company announced expansion into eight additional U.S. markets—Chicago, Los Angeles, San Jose, Portland, Seattle, Baltimore, Charlotte, and Orlando—to unlock access to thousands of practices and professionals. Founded in 2021, Toothio positions itself as a class-leading labor option for the dental industry. Toothio operates an on-demand staffing platform that gives dental practices quick access to hygienists and assistants to boost office production and patient support. Led by CEO Ian Prendergast, the company has facilitated thousands of completed shifts and expanded into Phoenix, Denver, Dallas, and Austin since founding in 2021. Toothio plans to enter three additional U.S. markets by the end of 2023 to increase access for practices, professionals, and DSOs. The company intends to use new capital to enhance its technology, grow its network of dental professionals, expand into key U.S. markets, and scale its sales team. To advance commercialization and scaling, Toothio appointed Keith Clements as Chief Commercial Officer to lead commercial expansion. The business model centers on alleviating staffing challenges for dentists through on-demand staffing solutions.

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