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Rice Capital
Venture capital
Rice Capital is an investment firm led by founding partner Taro Fukuyama, the founder of Fond. It backs founders in the US and Japan.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software
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Or find every investor that fitsRice Capital lists 22 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 3 funding rounds, 2 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Series A, 100% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (33%), Enterprise Software (17%) and Cybersecurity (12%). 57% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Y Combinator, Phosphor Capital and Transpose Platform.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Rice Capital, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Rice Capital's whole history. Rounds on record name 3 companies; its own site lists 22. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundRice Capital does not state its stages on its site, so only what it does is shown.
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| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 0% |
| Series A | 100% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 0 | 0 |
| '26 | 3 | 2 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 55th | 22 companies |
| Recent activity | 76th | 3 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 62th | 33% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 59th | 3 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 33% | 18% |
| Enterprise Software | 17% | 8% |
| Cybersecurity | 12% | 4% |
| Fintech | 10% | 12% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 7% | 7% |
| Space & Defense | 5% | 3% |
| Human Resources | 5% | 1% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 5% | 6% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Y Combinator | 9 |
| Phosphor Capital | 6 |
| Transpose Platform | 6 |
| Ritual Capital | 4 |
| Eight Capital | 3 |
| Globis Capital Partners | 3 |
| Lobster Capital | 3 |
| Spark Capital | 3 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers22100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Rice Capital head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Rice Capital| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 31 Aug 2026 | Series A Led | |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Series A |
Round details for Rice Capital
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Rice Capital's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
22 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company provides an email inbox API for AI agents | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Baseten brings inference, training, and execution together on one platform to power companies | AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Better Auth provides an authentication framework for applications | CybersecurityEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides cloud browser infrastructure and agents for automated browsing tasks. | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| CADDi partners with manufacturers to accelerate physical innovation | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Solafune integrates multi-domain intelligence across space, cyber, and physical layers to create actionable, sovereign decision systems. | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Mar 2026Series A | Funding round | |
| Crustdata indexes every web page on the internet and parses it into one live graph of people and companies, available via API or MCP. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Domu handles conversations related to debt collection and payment completion for financial institutions. | FintechDeveloper Tools | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a platform for managing lost and found items, from registration to return, using AI and cloud technology. | AI & Machine LearningE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Harper provides business insurance services, including various types of liability insurance and other coverage options, to different industries | FintechIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides AI solutions and services to enable growth and empowerment in various industries | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Mastra develops and provides a TypeScript AI framework for building agents and apps | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Mosh provides an all-in-one platform for service sales, including reservation, payment, and customer management. | E-commerce & MarketplacesFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides an AI-based HR platform for recruitment, training, and employee development. | Human ResourcesAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Phonely lets businesses build and optimize AI agents across voice, chat, SMS, and more | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Ramp provides spend management, corporate cards, and accounts payable solutions for businesses. | FintechSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| SmartHR provides a cloud-based system for back office tasks, including labor management and talent management. | Human ResourcesEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Solafune integrates multi-domain intelligence across space, cyber, and physical layers to create actionable, sovereign decision systems. | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Sotas provides regulatory affairs and quality management services to medical device and IVD manufacturers worldwide. | Healthcare & Biotech | Aug 2026Series A | Funding round | |
| The company provides an AI work assistant that learns how users work and helps them with tasks across various apps and tools. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 7 Nov 2026- Site
- ricecapital.vc
- Last read
- 7 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 7 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 20 Feb 2026
- Companies checked
- 22
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