About Raging Capital
Raging Capital is a family office founded in 2006. It is primarily based out of Rocky Hill, United States. As of Aug 2026, Raging Capital has invested in 3 companies. It primarily invests in PE round in United States based companies. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from High Tech, Enterprise Applications. Its latest investment was a $56M Series C round in Kandou on Sep 23, 2019, which also saw participation from Bessemer Venture Partners and Swisscom Ventures.
Overall, Raging Capital portfolio has seen 1 IPO and 1 acquisition, namely Immersion, Kandou and Shape Security. A lot of funds co-invest with Raging Capital, with names like Swisscom Ventures sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.
Raging Capital has a team of 2 people including 2 partners.
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2006
Location
Rocky Hill, United States
Sectors of Investment
Stages of Investment
PE, Series C & 1 more
Locations of Investment
Raging Capital's List of All Investments
Raging Capital has a portfolio of 3 companies. Their most notable investmentis in KandouTheir portfolio spans across United States and Switzerland. They have invested in High Tech, Enterprise Applications, Enterprise Infrastructure, across PE, Series C and 1 more. Here is the list of all investments by Raging Capital:1. Immersion
Provider of haptics software for multiple industries. The company licenses its technologies to OEMs or their suppliers that include Immersion’s technologies in products sold under their own brand names. It claims the adoption in various consumer devices including console game controllers, mobile phones, wearable, and automotive interfaces. The company holds multiple issued and pending patents in the U.S. and other countries.
Key facts about Immersion
- Founded Year: 1993
- Location: San Jose (United States)
- Annual Revenue: $1B+ as on Apr 30, 2025
- Stage: Public
- Employee Count: 80 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: Raging Capital, Cambrian Growth Partners and 2 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Grant (prize money), Jul 01, 2019, $*****
- Highlight: Public
2. Kandou
Developer of AI hardware systems and interconnect technology. It provides solutions for AI inference systems, AI training clusters, and CXL memory platforms. These solutions utilize a proprietary Copper MIMO interconnect technology to enable massively scalable AI systems. The company focuses on reducing the cost and improving the efficiency of AI hardware. Its offerings aim to make AI more accessible and affordable.
Key facts about Kandou
- Founded Year: 2011
- Location: Lausanne (Switzerland)
- Stage: Series E
- Total Funding till date: $551M
- Employee Count: 206 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Kreos Capital, SoftBank Group and 19 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series E, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Shape Security's product ShapeShifter appliance, sitting in front of the website, makes subtle transmutation of underlying HTML page code of web pages before presenting it to any visitor. Due to this, the attacker finds that the website is constantly changing and targeted attacks fail. Shapeshifter’s approach does require considerable processing power. Because it is computationally intensive, Shapeshifter has to be tested carefully in any website environment.
Key facts about Shape Security
- Founded Year: 2011
- Location: Mountain View (United States)
- Last Known Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $208M
- Employee Count: 50 - 199 as on Mar 01, 2026
- Investors: EPIC Ventures, Top Tier Capital Partners and 28 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series F, Sep 12, 2019, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
Raging Capital's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Its most recent first time investment was in Kandou.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Raging Capital's Investments by Stage
Raging Capital has made 1 investment in PE stage, 1 investment in Series C stage with an average round size of $56M and 1 investment in Series E stage with an average round size of $26M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
PE | 1 |
Series C | 1 |
Series E | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Raging Capital's Investments by Sector
Raging Capital has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, High Tech and Enterprise Infrastructure. Notably, it has invested in 3 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 3 Software companies, 3 Tech companies and at least 1 company focusing on AI-Native.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 2 |
High Tech | 2 |
Enterprise Infrastructure | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Raging Capital's Investments by Geography
Raging Capital has made most investments in United States (2), followed by Switzerland where it has made 1 investment.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 2 |
Switzerland | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Raging Capital's recent investments
Raging Capital has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Raging Capital:
Date | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sep 23, 2019 | Switzerland | Series C | 8384 | ||
Nov 01, 2018 | United States | Series E | 7438 | [+9] | |
Nov 30, 2017 | United States | PE | 2546 | - |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Raging Capital's Portfolio
1 of Raging Capital's portfolio company became public - Immersion. It got listed on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ), in Nov 1999.Here are Raging Capital's portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 12, 1999 | Nov 30, 2017 | PE | 5464 |
Acquired companies in Raging Capital's Portfolio
1 company from Raging Capital's portfolio has been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Shape Security in Dec 2019 by F5 Networks for $*****.Here are Raging Capital's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Dec 19, 2019 | Nov 01, 2018 | Series E | 9350 |
Team profile of Raging Capital
Raging Capital has a team of 2 members including 2 Partners located in United States. Raging Capital's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Co-investors of Raging Capital
Over the past 9 years, 43 investors have co-invested in Raging Capital's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Raging Capital: Venture Kick, volkswirtschaft-stiftung.ch and 19 others have invested in rounds before Raging Capital. There is 1 company where Venture Kick has invested before Raging Capital and 1 company where volkswirtschaft-stiftung.ch has invested before Raging Capital.
- Top Co-investors of Raging Capital: 8 investors entered a company along with Raging Capital. These include investors like Swisscom Ventures (1 company).
- Invested after Raging Capital: A total of 14 investors have invested in Raging Capital's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Europa (1 company) and Climb Ventures (1 company).
Recent News related to Raging Capital
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Kandou Secures $56 Million in Series C FundingStartupticker•Sep 23, 2019•Kandou Bus, Bessemer Venture Partners, Columbia Lake Partners, Fayerweather Capital Partners and 7 others
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Anti-fraud startup Shape Security raises $26M in Series E round to drive global expansionTechCrunch+•Nov 01, 2018•Shape Security, AllegisCyber Capital, Norwest Venture Partners, Kleiner Perkins and 8 others
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Daily funding roundup - November 1st, 2018Vator•Nov 01, 2018•ZDNet, CognitionX, CXO, Unilever Ventures and 58 others
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Raging Capital Management Reports 13.4 Pct Stake In Immersion CorpReuters•Dec 05, 2017•Raging Capital, Immersion
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