About RK Ventures
RK Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2000. It is primarily based out of New York City, United States. As of Oct 2017, RK Ventures has invested in 14 companies. It primarily invests in Series A round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to FinTech and Life Sciences. Most recently it participated in the $***** Conventional Debt round of KrazyBee Overall, RK Ventures portfolio has seen 1 IPO and 6 acquisitions including key companies like Rackspace, HRsoft and Axioma. A lot of funds co-invest with RK Ventures, with names like Xiaomi sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. RK Ventures has team of 2 people including 1 partners.Key Metrics
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Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Series A & Series B
Portfolio IPOs
Portfolio Soonicorns
RK Ventures' List of Top Investments
RK Ventures has a portfolio of 14 companies. Their most notable investmentis in XenexTheir portfolio spans across United States and India. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, FinTech, Life Sciences and 7 other sectors, across stages such as Series A, Series B stages. Here is the list of top investments by RK Ventures:1. Rackspace
Provider of multicloud solutions, AI, data, and cybersecurity and resilience. The company delivers cloud adoption and migration, application modernization, and data management. It offers services such as consulting, professional services, and managed services. The company provides solutions across various platforms, including cloud, email, and applications.
Key facts about Rackspace
- Founded Year: 1998
- Location: San Antonio (United States)
- Annual Revenue: $1B+ as on Dec 31, 2025
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $17.8M
- Employee Count: 7,147 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Red Hat, RocketSpace and 12 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Post IPO, Nov 03, 2016, $*****
- Highlight: Public
2. HRsoft
Cloud-based compensation management software for businesses. Its product CompView, a compensation planning software to control, plan, and manage the compensation planning process; It also offers RewardView, an employee rewards communication portal that allows employers to engage, retain, and reward. Notable clients include Gannett, Microsemi, MedStar Health, World Resources Institute, Cypress, etc.
Key facts about HRsoft
- Founded Year: 1996
- Location: Maitland (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $1.25M
- Employee Count: 179 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: RK Ventures, Riverside and 3 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Unattributed, Jan 31, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
3. KrazyBee
Provider of digital lending and consumer financing services. It offers a range of financial products, including student loans, personal loans, business loans, loans against property, vehicle loans, and partnerships to enhance loan accessibility for borrowers.
Key facts about KrazyBee
- Founded Year: 2016
- Location: Bengaluru (India)
- Annual Revenue: ₹1,000+ Cr as on Mar 31, 2025
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $155M
- Employee Count: 3,028 as on Aug 31, 2025
- Investors: Premji Invest, Source Code Capital and 36 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Conventional Debt, Jun 14, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. Axioma
Axioma develops decision support, risk analysis, portfolio rebalancing, and performance attribution software tools. The Company provides daily updates of all risk model components as well as offers both fundamental and statistical factor models. Axioma serves customers worldwide
Key facts about Axioma
- Founded Year: 1998
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $22.5M
- Employee Count: 103 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Salmon River Capital, ThirdStream Partners and 8 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Dec 28, 2007, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
5. Xenex
Xenex provides disinfection robots for multiple healthcare purposes. It offers hospital sterilization robots that use strong, ultraviolet lights (termed patented Xenon Pulse or UV technology) to kill infection-causing microorganisms. Their patented room disinfection system reduces the bacterial load that is often associated with an increased risk for healthcare-associated infections (HAIs).
Key facts about Xenex
- Founded Year: 2009
- Location: San Antonio (United States)
- Stage: Series D
- Total Funding till date: $94.4M
- Employee Count: 79 as on Dec 31, 2022
- Investors: Piper Jaffray, RK Ventures and 5 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series D, Feb 19, 2019, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
RK Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
RK Ventures has invested in 14 companies over the last 21 years, with an average of 0 new investment annually in the last 10 years. Its most recent first time investment was in KrazyBee and most recent follow-on round was in KrazyBee.RK Ventures' Investments by Stage
RK Ventures has made 3 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $5.96M and 1 investment in Series B stage with an average round size of $11.4M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series A | 3 |
Series B | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
RK Ventures' Investments by Sector
RK Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Life Sciences, Financial Services, High Tech, Robotics - Industry Applications and Sustainability Tech. Notably, it has invested in 10 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 9 Tech companies, 7 Software companies and at least 6 companies focusing on Saas.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Life Sciences | 2 |
Financial Services | 1 |
High Tech | 1 |
Robotics - Industry Applications | 1 |
Sustainability Tech | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
RK Ventures' Investments by Geography
RK Ventures has made most investments in United States (3), followed by India where it has made 1 investment.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 3 |
India | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
RK Ventures' recent investments
RK Ventures has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by RK Ventures:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Oct 16, 2017 | India | Conventional Debt | 4274 | [+2] | |
Oct 16, 2017 | India | Series A | 6660 | [+2] | |
Jan 26, 2015 | United States | Series C | 1510 | [+2] | |
Dec 05, 2013 | United States | Series B | 4171 | [+1] | |
May 21, 2009 | United States | Series D | 8330 | [+5] |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in RK Ventures' Portfolio
1 of RK Ventures' portfolio company became public - Rackspace. It got listed on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ), in Aug 2020 at marketcap of $4.18BHere are RK Ventures' portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Aug 05, 2020 | - | - | 8172 |
Acquired companies in RK Ventures' Portfolio
6 companies from RK Ventures' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was HRsoft in Mar 2026 by Gryphon Investors for $*****.Here are RK Ventures' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mar 04, 2026 | - | - | 9537 | |
Apr 09, 2019 | - | - | 4928 | |
Mar 11, 2013 | - | - | 6627 | |
Feb 08, 2012 | - | - | 9499 | |
Aug 11, 2010 | Jan 05, 2006 | Series A | 8707 |
Team profile of RK Ventures
RK Ventures has a team of 2 members located in United States. RK Ventures' team sits on the board of 1 company.Co-investors of RK Ventures
Over the past 21 years, 31 investors have co-invested in RK Ventures's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before RK Ventures: Yeahmobi, Fenqile and 3 others have invested in rounds before RK Ventures. There is 1 company where Yeahmobi has invested before RK Ventures and 1 company where Fenqile has invested before RK Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of RK Ventures: 7 investors entered a company along with RK Ventures. These include investors like Xiaomi (1 company).
- Invested after RK Ventures: A total of 19 investors have invested in RK Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Motilal Oswal Financial Services (1 company), Newquest (1 company) and Mirae Asset Venture Investments (1 company).
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