# Rho Acceleration: portfolio, investments and team

> Rho Acceleration is an accelerator based in United States. 1 investment on record, latest Jan 2018. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/rho-acceleration (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Rho Acceleration

Last cheque observed Jan 2018. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

Quiet New fund $106M, Sept 2016 Accelerator

Growth Software Digital Media Tech-enabled Services

Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 1 on record

Since the last cheque **3211** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$25M** Rounds led **0 of 1** Sole investor **1 rounds**

Pitch Rho Acceleration

## Rho Acceleration highlights

- 01 1 rounds on record
- 02 Sole investor in 1 rounds, median $25M

## What they do

> Rho Acceleration was formed out of Rho Capital Partners in 2016 to make significant minority or control recapitalization investments in market leading technology companies. From their own website

- **Type:** Accelerator (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Growth
- **Sectors:** Software Digital Media Tech-enabled Services
- **Based in:** New York, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **1 appearances**

- **2018** 1 round
- **Jan** **[Skyword](https://millionrounds.com/company/skyword)** US · FinSMEs **$25M** Sole investor

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **3 named**

GA **George Assaf Bitar** Managing Member i Form ADV

HB **Habib Benoit Kairouz** Managing Member i Form ADV

PK **Peter Kalkanis** Chief Financial Officer, Chief Compliance Officer i Form ADV

We also hold **2** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

## What the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

**$145M** assets it manages Oct 2026

**Registered** investment adviser full reporting to the SEC

- **Legal name:** RHO Acceleration, LLC
- **SEC number:** CRD 313160

Funds on its Form ADV

**5** private funds, **$185M** in gross assets · filed Sept 2024

- Rho Acceleration, L.P. *Private equity* 16 investors $124M
- RA Coinvestment Fund LLC, Series 3 *Private equity* 1 investor $32M
- RA Coinvestment Fund LLC, Series 4 *Private equity* 7 investors $21M
- RA Coinvestment Fund LLC, Series 1 *Private equity* 2 investors $5.9M
- RA Coinvestment Fund LLC, Series 2 *Private equity* 1 investor $2.6M

New fund on file

**$106M**

raised in Sept 2016

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Growth

Median round joined **$25M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$25M**

Led 0 of 1 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** 1 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Jan 2018

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Growth said *-*

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## Recently backed

The latest companies Rho Acceleration put money into.

[**Skyword** $25M · Jan 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/skyword)

## Quick answers about Rho Acceleration

### What does Rho Acceleration invest in?

Rho Acceleration says it invests in Software, Digital Media and Tech-enabled Services.

### How active is Rho Acceleration?

1 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Jan 2018.

### What has Rho Acceleration invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Skyword (Undisclosed round, Jan 2018).

### How big are Rho Acceleration's cheques?

The median round it joins is $25M.

### Is Rho Acceleration investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Jan 2018.

### What kind of investor is Rho Acceleration?

Rho Acceleration is an accelerator based in New York, United States.

### How much does Rho Acceleration manage?

About $145M, as regulatory assets under management (Oct 2026).

### Has Rho Acceleration raised a new fund?

Its latest fund filing with the SEC was in Sept 2016, reporting $106M raised.

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