About Rogue Capital
Rogue Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2014. It is primarily based out of San Francisco, United States. As of May 2024, Rogue Capital has invested in 89 companies. It primarily invests in Seed round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to Consumer and FinTech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Greenboard Overall, Rogue Capital portfolio has seen 3 unicorns, 2 IPOs and 16 acquisitions including key companies like Coinbase, Republic and Benchling. A lot of funds co-invest with Rogue Capital, with names like Wayfinder sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Rogue Capital has team of 1 people including 1 partners.Key Metrics
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Rogue Capital's List of Top Investments
Rogue Capital has a portfolio of 89 companies, including 3 unicorns. Their most notable investments are in Maroo and Drifting in Space.Their portfolio spans across United States, Canada, India and 6 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Consumer, FinTech and 23 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A stages. Here is the list of top investments by Rogue Capital:
1. Coinbase
Online platform for crypto portfolio. It offers solutions for consumers such as regular trading platforms, wallets for storing cryptocurrencies, crypto exchanges, USD-backed stable coins, and more. It also provides solutions for businesses such as custodian services, crypto-based payment acceptance solutions, and more.
Key facts about Coinbase
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Annual Revenue: $1B+ as on Dec 31, 2025
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $547M
- Employee Count: 7,411 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: TrueBridge, Vibhu Venture Partners and 147 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Post IPO, Aug 13, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Public
2. Republic
Online alternative fundraising platform to invest in startups, real estate, crypto, and video games. It provides a platform where individuals receive equity in return for their investments. Its features include investment-related services in the private markets, which include a retail investment platform, a blockchain advisory service, a private capital division, and more. It also provides fundraising tools, SEC filing, designs campaign pages, marketing, and more. For investors, it offers portfolio management tools to review financials, and valuation, and read reviews from other investors. It is available on the iOS platform.
Key facts about Republic
- Founded Year: 2009
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $216M
- Employee Count: 672 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: State Street, Draper Esprit and 193 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Conventional Debt, Nov 28, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Public
3. Benchling
Provider of a cloud-based bioinformatics platform for biotech research It includes the premier suite for molecular biology research: CRISPR guide design, automated Gibson and Golden Gate cloning, primer design, multiple sequence alignment, and more. Other apps include image analysis like gel annotation and colony counting and protocol design with spreadsheet functionality. The company's tools are cloud-based and so can be shared with people instantly.
Key facts about Benchling
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series F
- Total Funding till date: $412M
- Employee Count: 806 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Fidelity Investments, Menlo Ventures and 28 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series F, Nov 18, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. Inito
Provider of test devices to track fertility hormones at home. The monitoring system works by measuring hormones such as Estrogen, LH, PdG and FSH in the urine sample to track fertility and confirm ovulation. The device is integrated with an app to provide a full picture of cycles with results.
Key facts about Inito
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: Houston (United States)
- Annual Revenue: ₹50 - ₹100 Cr as on Mar 31, 2025
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $45M
- Employee Count: 819 as on Aug 31, 2025
- Investors: Fireside Ventures, SRI Capital and 33 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Dec 10, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. Fourthwall
Platform offering website development solution for creators. It allows users to customize the website, domain name, logo, and more. It also offers analytics and data reports that enable users to understand the business by providing sales and customer breakdowns.
Key facts about Fourthwall
- Founded Year: 2019
- Location: Los Angeles (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $17M
- Employee Count: 184 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Initialized Capital, Defy and 5 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Jan 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Rogue Capital's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Rogue Capital has invested in 89 companies over the last 7 years, with an average of 2 new investments annually in the last 5 years. Its most recent first time investment was in Greenboard and most recent follow-on round was in PortalOne.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2023 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2022 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
2021 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
2020 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Rogue Capital's Investments by Stage
Rogue Capital has made 13 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $4.78M and 4 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $10.5M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 13 |
Series A | 4 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Rogue Capital's Investments by Sector
Rogue Capital has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Consumer, FinTech, Enterprise Infrastructure and Business Services. Notably, it has invested in 82 Tech companies, 65 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 60 Software companies and at least 37 companies focusing on Saas.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 7 |
Consumer | 6 |
FinTech | 5 |
Enterprise Infrastructure | 3 |
Business Services | 2 |
Others | 12 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Rogue Capital's Investments by Geography
Rogue Capital has made most investments in United States (13), followed by Canada where it has made 1 investment.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 13 |
Canada | 1 |
India | 1 |
Mexico | 1 |
Norway | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Rogue Capital's recent investments
Rogue Capital has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Rogue Capital:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 09, 2024 | United States | Seed | 1722 | [+6] | |
Apr 11, 2024 | United States | Seed | 6882 | [+6] | |
Dec 06, 2023 | United States | Seed | 9119 | [+1] | |
Dec 06, 2023 | United States | Seed | 2233 | [+1] | |
Sep 20, 2022 | United States | Seed | 8060 | [+9] |
Unicorns in Rogue Capital's Portfolio
Rogue Capital has 3 unicorns in its portfolio - Apex, Supabase and Benchling. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is Apex. It became a unicorn in 2025.Here is a list of unicorns in Rogue Capital's portfolio:
Tracxn Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
66 | Manufacturer of configurable satellite platforms designed for various mission requirements | 2022 | Los Angeles | Series D | tslsamq | ||
64 | Developer of relational database management tools and backend infrastructure services | 2020 | Singapore | Series F | vjwekqr | ||
73 | Provider of a cloud-based bioinformatics platform for biotech research | 2012 | San Francisco | Series F | znridxe |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Rogue Capital's Portfolio
2 of Rogue Capital's portfolio companies have become public. Republic got listed on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ), in May 2025 at marketcap of $330M and Coinbase got listed on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) at marketcap of $28.7B.Here are Rogue Capital's portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
May 01, 2025 | - | - | 5371 | |
Apr 14, 2021 | - | - | 4348 |
Acquired companies in Rogue Capital's Portfolio
16 companies from Rogue Capital's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Embed in Jun 2026 by OpenFX for $*****.Here are Rogue Capital's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 02, 2026 | - | - | 8761 | |
Apr 07, 2026 | Sep 24, 2021 | Seed | 9309 | |
Apr 07, 2026 | - | - | 3523 | |
Oct 22, 2025 | - | - | 1828 | |
Jul 30, 2024 | Apr 11, 2024 | Seed | 4485 |
Team profile of Rogue Capital
Rogue Capital has a team of 1 member located in United States. Rogue Capital's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Co-investors of Rogue Capital
Over the past 7 years, 171 investors have co-invested in Rogue Capital's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Rogue Capital: Y Combinator, Alexa Von Tobel and 14 others have invested in rounds before Rogue Capital. There are 5 companies where Y Combinator has invested before Rogue Capital and 1 company where Alexa Von Tobel has invested before Rogue Capital.
- Top Co-investors of Rogue Capital: 123 investors entered a company along with Rogue Capital. These include investors like Wayfinder (4 companies).
- Invested after Rogue Capital: A total of 32 investors have invested in Rogue Capital's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Gaingels (2 companies), Community Investment Management (1 company) and Eric Kinariwala (1 company).
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