Rhapsody Venture Partners — Full Portfolio

Advanced ManufacturingWayne, US

David Klopp(Executive Officer, Director)Timothy Bernstein(Director)Glenn Emory(Director)

BoardJason Whaley(Director)in

Board seatJessica Freyer· per SEC Form D · $2M raise · filed Jun 2023

Adden Energy develops solid-state, dynamically-stable batteries based on self-healing separator technology discovered at Harvard, aimed at fast charging, long lifetime, and non-flammable components.

CleantechDeep TechEnergyWaltham, US

William Fitzhugh(Executive Officer, Director)inLuhan Ye(Executive Officer, Director)inXin Li(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardBernard Lupien(Director)inFred Hu(Director)inLaurie Menoud(Director)in

Co-investorsAt One VenturesMassVenturesPrimavera Venture Management Limited

AmberSemi builds PowerTile, a DC-DC vertical power conversion chip that delivers up to 1,000A directly under data center processors, replacing over 30 power ICs.

Deep TechHardwareSemiconductors

Apeel Sciences develops plant-based coatings derived from fatty acids and glycerides—ingredients naturally found in plant peels and seeds—that are applied to fresh fruits and vegetables to extend shelf life, preserve flavor and nutrients, and reduce reliance on refrigeration, pesticides, waxes, and plastics.

Circular EconomyCleantechFoodTech

LouJames Rogers(Founder)inJenny Du(Founder)in

Co-investors3cubed VenturesA-Rod CorpAgFunderAndreessen HorowitzBild Alternative Investments CorporationDBL Partners+10 more

Biophilica is a biotechnology company that develops Treekind, a 100% biobased, plastic-free material for the fashion, footwear, packaging, furniture, homeware and automotive industries.

BiotechCircular EconomyNew MaterialsLondon, GB

Mira Nameth(CEO)

Co-investorsSustainable Ventures

BTG Positioning Systems develops, produces, and installs measurement and positioning systems, including its Ground Sensing Localization (GSL) method for cranes and vehicles, primarily for automated container ports.

HardwareIoTLogistics & Supply Chain

ChemPower develops an abrasive-free chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) technology and materials for advanced semiconductor chip manufacturing.

Advanced ManufacturingCleantechNew MaterialsSemiconductorsBeaverton, US

Sudhanshu Misra(CEO)SV Babu(CTO)SUDHANSHU MISRA(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardSCOTT SHAW(Director)inOWEN LOZMAN(Director)JESSICA FREYER(Director)in

Co-investorsFoothill VenturesIntel CapitalM VenturesPangaea Ventures Us Inc.Portland Seed FundTEL Venture Capital, Inc.+2 more

Chinova Bioworks develops natural preservation and clarification products for the food and beverage industry, made from fiber extracted from white button mushrooms.

BiotechFoodTechNew Materials

Co-investorsAgFunder

Fluid Efficiency develops a removable drag reducing agent for natural gas liquids pipelines that increases throughput without fouling downstream equipment.

Deep TechEnergyPasadena, US

Simon C. Jones(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardJason Whaley(Director)inJohn Freer(Director)in

Co-investorsCortado Ventures

GPR builds WaveSense, a ground-penetrating radar system that scans subterranean features to create unique "fingerprints" for localizing and positioning autonomous vehicles.

Deep TechHardwareMobility & Transportation

Co-investorsJazzya InvestmentsSummit Peak Ventures

Hazel Technologies develops shelf-life extension and modified atmosphere packaging solutions, including its BreatheWay membrane packaging platform, to maintain the quality of fruits and vegetables in the produce supply chain.

AgTechFoodTechNew MaterialsFresno, US

Patrick Flynn(Chief Marketing Officer)Aidan Mouat(Chief Executive Officer, Director)Parker R Booth(Chief Executive Officer, Director)Adam Preslar(Chief Technology Officer)

BoardTimothy Bluth(Director)Matthew Walker(Director)

Co-investorsAliment CapitalClimate Impact CapitalPangaea Ventures Us Inc.Pontifax AgTechPangaea VenturesS2G Investments+1 more

Holiferm develops and produces performance ingredients using biomanufacturing and fermentation, supplying biosurfactants for use in personal care, cosmetics, and household cleaning products.

BiotechCleantechNew Materials

Co-investorsClean Growth Fund

HyperDamping develops lightweight, durable damping materials that reduce noise, vibration, and shock, using mechanical design methods combined with materials science.

Deep TechHardwareNew Materials

Lasso develops a patented fiber-spinning food processing technology (SpinTech) that uses centrifugal force to turn protein, fiber, and other simple ingredients into textured food products.

Deep TechFoodTech

LATYS builds protocol-agnostic, non-reciprocal wireless relay antennas based on reconfigurable metasurfaces that operate below the MAC/physical layer.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardware

Co-investorsTandemLaunch

LT Photonics develops ultra-low-loss, detachable fibre-to-chip optical connections that avoid micro-optics, active alignment, and epoxy, targeting scalable manufacturing.

Deep TechQuantum ComputingSemiconductors

Dave Smith(Founder)

Co-investorsStruck Capital

Magnolia Medical develops diagnostic devices to reduce blood culture contamination and false-positive sepsis test results for hospitals and healthcare systems.

HardwareHealthtechMedical DevicesSeattle, US

Richard G Patton(Director)Gregory J Bullington(Executive Officer, Director)Richard Patton(Co-founder)

BoardPaul Meister(Director)

Co-investorsEvidity Health CapitalLauder PartnersVivo CapitalHealthQuest Capital

Manus Bio uses industrial biotechnology and engineered microbial cell factories to produce "BioAlternatives" — sustainable versions of molecules normally sourced from petrochemicals, agriculture, or animal husbandry — and offers a scale-up platform covering cell factory design through biomanufacturing.

BiotechFoodTechNew MaterialsAugusta, US

Ajikumar Parayil(Executive Officer, Director)Aji Parayil(Co-founder)Greg Stephanopoulos(Co-founder)Gregory Stephanopoulos(Director)

BoardJason Whaley(Director)inCarsten Boers(Director)in

Co-investors+ND CapitalCivilization Ventures Management, LlcEnergy Impact PartnersLiebenthal VenturesNelstone VenturesNXT Ventures+2 more

Netpreme develops a Memory Processing Unit (MPU) and Networked Memory Tiering technology designed to extend XPU memory capacity for AI systems.

AI & Machine LearningHardwareSemiconductorsCambridge, US

Zhizhen Zhong(Executive Officer, Director)inNikita Lazarev(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardYuqin Duan(Director)

Co-investorsThe E14 Fundboldstart venturesPropeller Inc.

NODAR develops stereo-vision technology that uses patented algorithms with standard cameras to produce long-range, high-precision 3D spatial data.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardwareMobility & TransportationRoboticsConcord, US

Leaf Jiang(Founder)in

BoardCarsten Boers(Director)inGreg Papadopoulos(Director)inRoger Nielsen(Director)in

Co-investorsNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)

NuCicer develops improved crop varieties through selective breeding, starting with high-protein chickpeas designed for better nutrition.

AgTechAI & Machine LearningFoodTechDavis, US

Kathryn Cook(Executive Officer, Director)inDouglas Cook(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardPaimun Amini(Director)inJerry Steiner(Director)inCarsten Boers(Director)in

Co-investorsBetter Ventures Central LlcBlue Horizon CorporationIllumina VenturesLever VCStray Dog Capital

Nuclear Turbines develops advanced modular nuclear generation systems in which a reactor directly heats compressed air to drive a commercial gas turbine, targeting low-cost electricity.

CleantechDeep TechEnergy

Co-investorsEmpirical VenturesZero Carbon Capital

pH7 Technologies develops sustainable metallurgical extraction solutions for critical and precious metals from primary mining operations and recycled materials, using proprietary organo-electrochemical processes to maximize recovery while reducing environmental impact and energy consumption.

Circular EconomyCleantechVancouver, CA

Co-investorsCollaborative FundFraser McCombs CapitalPangaea Ventures Us Inc.SeaChange

Broomfield, US

Jason Sickler(Executive Officer, Director)Cory Pecinovsky(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardDaniel Franke(Director)inAdithyaram Narisimha(Director)Bernard Lupien(Director)

Co-investorsBuff Gold VenturesM VenturesKoch Disruptive Technologies

Polaris Electro-Optics develops a ferroelectric nematic glass (Polaris Glass) modulator platform that integrates with standard silicon photonics to build high-speed, energy-efficient optical interconnects.

Deep TechHardwareSemiconductorsBroomfield, US

Co-investorsKoch Disruptive TechnologiesM Ventures

Relativity Networks develops Hollow Core Fiber (HCF) optics that replace glass with air to move data nearly 50% faster, reducing latency over distance.

CleantechData & InfrastructureDeep TechHardwareOrlando, US

Jason Eichenholz(Founder & CEO)inRodrigo Amezcua Correa(Co-founder & CTO)inChristopher Ryan Lubeck(Executive Officer)Jason Matthew Eichenholz(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardJonathan Taylor(Director)Adam Meyers(Director)

Co-investorsGOVO Venture PartnersBell Ventures

SAFI-Tech offers a patented low-temperature soldering platform that lets SAC305 and other standard high-temperature alloys be processed at dramatically lower temperatures for electronics manufacturing.

Advanced ManufacturingHardwareNew Materials

Sensatek develops battery-free passive RF sensors and high-temperature interrogation antennas that wirelessly measure strain and temperature on rotating turbomachinery components such as turbine blades, shafts, and rotors without slip rings or wiring.

Deep TechHardwareIoTDaytona Beach, US

Co-investorsBeresford VenturesCloquet Capital Partners, LLC

SpinDrive develops active magnetic bearing (AMB) technology and provides services spanning client-specific AMB system design, parts supply, and commissioning for manufacturers of high-speed machines.

Advanced ManufacturingCleantechClimate TechDeep TechHardware

Alexander Smirnov(CTO)inJanne Heikkinen(CEO)inNikita Uzhegov(COO)inTeemu Sillanpää(CPO)

Co-investorsButterfly VenturesD11ZInnovestor VenturesSDGx

SpinDrive designs, supplies and supports active magnetic bearing (AMB) systems and controller platforms for industrial OEMs whose high-speed machinery depends on bearing performance and lifecycle cost.

Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechHardware

Co-investorsButterfly VenturesSDGxInnovestor

Tendo operates a mobile platform connecting African merchants with wholesale suppliers, allowing them to source and resell products through social messaging apps without purchasing inventory upfront.

ConsumerFintechLogistics & Supply ChainMarketplacesSocialAccra, GH

Felix Manford(Founder)inEvans Darbo Boateng(Founder)inPrimerose Katena(Founder)inDerrick Mungai(Founder)in

Co-investorsLoftyInc CapitalLux CapitalY CombinatorGeneral CatalystTyche PartnersVistara Growth

Tendo develops a gas management platform using industrial automation and IIoT technology to help industrial gas suppliers manage inventory and supply chains.

IoTLogistics & Supply ChainSaaS

Co-investorsFitz Gate VenturesTyche Partners

Titan Haptics develops LMR (Linear Magnetic Ram) wideband voice-coil haptic actuators that use a solid-state magnetic suspension instead of springs, along with a haptics API (Vector Haptics) and development kits for integrating high-definition touch feedback into interactive devices.

Deep TechHardwareIoT

Co-investorsEntrada VenturesEntropy VenturesFoothill VenturesGeneral CatalystHighland EuropeMangrove Capital Partners

Turbine provides financing that lets venture capital firms and their limited partners borrow against fund positions and carried interest instead of selling them, giving GPs and LPs access to liquidity while retaining ownership.

Fintech

Co-investorsAlpha EdisonTTV CapitalB Capital GroupB4 CapitalEvolution VenturesTemerity Capital Partners+5 more

Verdafresh develops water-based barrier coatings and coated films that reduce oxygen transmission through flexible packaging to extend food shelf life.

Circular EconomyFoodTechNew Materials

Co-investorsRobin Hood Ventures

VioNano develops specialty material solutions for semiconductor manufacturing, aimed at helping chipmakers produce smaller, faster, and more cost-effective chips.

Deep TechNew MaterialsSemiconductors

Wavelogix makes the REBEL sensing system, an AASHTO T-412-24 compliant, non-destructive sensor system that measures concrete strength and temperature in real time without mix design pre-calibration or break testing.

Construction TechHardwareIoTWest Lafayette, US

Na Lu(Executive Officer, Director)Joseph Turek(Executive Officer)Luna Lu(Chairman of the Board & CTO)Joe Turek(CEO)Robert Alanis(Executive Officer)