Rapid Scale
Venture capitalActively deployingLas Vegas · Series A–Growth
Also known as RAPID SCALE LLC
Investment thesis
Rapid Scale backs software startups that have demonstrated product-market fit and defensible business models, aiming to help them scale rapidly to become category leaders. It sources deals across the Americas and Europe, leveraging global networks, a strong reputation for adding value to portfolio companies, and a proprietary intelligent platform that processes large volumes of data to surface relevant insights and trends. The firm emphasizes speed via an automated backend that closes deals quickly without compromising due diligence, deep industry expertise and networks, and substantial capital, frequently leading follow-on rounds and investing above its pro-rata allocation.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 25, 2026.
What they invest in
from 14 of 14 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×9Fintech ×6Data & Infrastructure ×4Enterprise Software ×3SaaS ×3Cloud Computing ×2Deep Tech ×2Digital Health ×2
HQs:Mexico×4United States×4Brazil×1United Kingdom×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 10 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×32 founders×33 founders×14+ founders×3
Where their founders studiedfrom 19 founders with education data
University of California, Berkeley ×4Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×3IE Business School ×2Stanford University Graduate School of Business ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 20 founders with career history
OpenAI ×5Google ×2Stanford University ×2Verse Technologies Inc ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
7 founders hold a PhD · 4 hold an MBA (of 20 with degree data)
Investments · 14 tracked
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Modelia is an AI tool that generates styled outfit visuals from a brand's product images, letting users mix and match items from their catalog to create complete looks.
AI & Machine LearningE-commerceRetail TechDover, US
Iván Rodríguez(Founder)inIvan Rodriguez Rodriguez(Executive Officer, Director)Ruben Colomer(Director)
BoardMiguel Quintanilla(Director)Rene Haas(Director)
Board seatIsaac de la Pena· per SEC Form D
Anthropic is an AI safety research company that builds reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Dario Amodei(Co-founder & CEO)inDaniela Amodei(Co-founder & President)inTom Brown(Co-founder)inJack Clark(Co-founder & Head of Policy)inJared Kaplan(Co-founder & Chief Science Officer)Chris Olah(Co-founder & Interpretability Research Lead)
Co-investors3Comma Capital7BC Venture CapitalA.Capital VenturesAccelAlkeon InnovationAllen Institute for AI (AI2) Incubator+85 more
Belvo provides an open finance platform that enables financial companies in Latin America to connect with customer financial data, understand behavior, and initiate account-to-account payments.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureFintechSaaSSão Paulo, BR
Oriol Tintoré(Founder)inPablo Viguera(Founder)inPablo Viguera Altolaguirre(Executive Officer, Director)Oriol Tintore Gazulla(Executive Officer, Director)Oriol Tintore(Founder)in
BoardNicolas Szekasy(Director)in
Co-investorsD4 VenturesKaszek VenturesKibo VenturesMSA NovoQuona CapitalTrousdale Ventures+4 more
Clivi provides an online medical treatment service in Mexico, combining virtual evaluations, laboratory tests, physician consultations, home medication delivery, and app-based progress tracking.
Digital HealthHealthtechWellness & Fitness
Eduardo OrtizinGISELA CORTESJair Morales OlveraRicardo Moguel
Co-investors500 GlobalDalus CapitalNext Billion Capital PartnersLatitud Ventures
Crusoe builds energy-first AI infrastructure, using innovative and renewable energy sources to power hyperscale AI factories and a cloud platform for AI workloads.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingEnergyDenver, US
Cully Cavness(Co-founder, President and Chief Strategy Officer)inChase Lochmiller(Co-founder, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors)in
Co-investorsAbstract VenturesACTIVATE CAPITAL PARTNERSAdvaita CapitalAir Street CapitalAlkeon InnovationAvenir Growth Capital+33 more
Databricks provides a unified platform for data engineering, analytics, and artificial intelligence, enabling organizations to build and deploy data and AI applications on cloud infrastructure.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Ali Ghodsi(Co-founder & CEO)inIon Stoica(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Matei Zaharia(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inReynold Xin(Founder)inPatrick Wendell(Founder)inAndy Konwinski(Founder)in
Co-investors137 VenturesA.Capital VenturesAglae VenturesAlkeon InnovationAltra VentureAmplify Partners+71 more
Feedzai provides AI-powered fraud detection and financial crime prevention for banks and financial institutions.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityFintech
Nuno Sebastião(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investors33NArmilar Venture PartnersBright Pixel CapitalDCVC (Data Collective)Dozen InvestmentsGutbrain Ventures+9 more
Kapital is a financial services platform offering digital banking, payment processing, and investment products in Mexico.
FintechSaaSMexico City, MX
Rene Saul(Founder)inFernando Sandoval Oseguera(Founder)in
Co-investorsAccial CapitalBroom VenturesCervinColabora VenturesFoundersX VenturesKube VC+7 more
Kushki operates a regional payment infrastructure platform for high-transaction businesses and payment service providers in Latin America.
E-commerceEnterprise SoftwareFintechLATAM, MX
Co-investorsAMK Investment OfficeFunction VenturesKaszek VenturesMagma PartnersWestern Technology Investmentdevlabs
Kushki provides card-present and online payment solutions for physical and digital businesses, integrating POS terminals with merchants' systems via API to automate payment collection, reconciliation, and reporting.
Data & InfrastructureFintechSaaS
Sebastián Castro(Founder)inAron Schwarzkopf(Founder)in
Co-investorsClocktower VenturesDila CapitalSoftbank Latin America FundWestern Technology Investment
Ualá is an Argentine digital bank offering banking, payments, savings, investment, and lending services to consumers across Argentina, Mexico, and Colombia.
Construction TechFintechMedia & EntertainmentPropTech
Co-investorsAllianz XBrick Mortar VenturesTetherMagma PartnersMGV CapitalInvexor Venture Partners
Recursive develops self-improving superintelligence systems designed to automate knowledge discovery.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechLondon, GB
Caiming Xiong(Founder)inYuandong Tian(Founder)inTim Rocktäschel(Founder)
Co-investorsAIX VenturesDCVC (Data Collective)Glasswing VenturesGreycroftHarpoon VenturesInception Fund+5 more
Savana is a healthtech SaaS company that applies multilingual clinical natural language processing trained on electronic health records to generate real-world evidence for hospitals, health technology assessment bodies, pharma, and medtech companies.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtech
Xoople builds a data infrastructure layer that delivers continuous, time-series Earth surface measurements in open, machine-readable formats to fuel analytics and AI foundation models.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureSpace Tech
Jamie Ritchie(Founder)in
Co-investorsBuenavista Equity PartnersCDTIEndeavor Catalyst
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesModelia · eu-startups.com · Aug 20, 2026
Anthropic · Reuters · Aug 15, 2026
Databricks · techcrunch.com · Aug 13, 2026
Kapital Bank · euromoney.com · Jul 17, 2026
Crusoe Energy · arti-trends.com · Jul 6, 2026
Recursive Super Intelligence · techcrunch.com · Jul 5, 2026
Xoople · orbitaltoday.com · Apr 10, 2026
Feedzai · fintechfutures.com · Oct 7, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Rapid Scale made?
- Rapid Scale has 14 tracked investments, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Rapid Scale invest at?
- Rapid Scale invests at the Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth stages.
- What sectors does Rapid Scale focus on?
- Rapid Scale focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Cloud Computing, Data & Infrastructure, Digital Health, Fintech, Healthtech, SaaS.
- Where is Rapid Scale located?
- Rapid Scale is headquartered in Las Vegas, US.
- Does Rapid Scale lead rounds?
- Yes, Rapid Scale leads investment rounds.
- Who does Rapid Scale co-invest with?
- Rapid Scale most often shares deals with DCVC (Data Collective), Kaszek Ventures, Magma Partners, among 83 tracked co-investors.
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