# RISE: portfolio, investments and team

> RISE is an accelerator based in United States. 1 investment on record, latest Sept 2017. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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# RISE

Filed with the SEC to raise a fund in May 2026, closing $683M. Last cheque observed Sep 2017.

Quiet New fund $683M, May 2026 Accelerator

Seed Series A Flooding Coastal Resilience Climate Adaptation

Cheques on record

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

Since the last cheque **3314** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$14M** Rounds led **0 of 1**

Pitch RISE

## RISE highlights

- 01 1 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Series C: 100% of its rounds

## What they do

> RISE finds, funds and accelerates businesses creating the most promising and scalable solutions to the growing impacts of flooding. From their own website

- **Type:** Accelerator
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Seed Series A
- **Sectors:** Flooding Coastal Resilience Climate Adaptation
- **Based in:** United States
- **Cold pitches:** Accepted

## The record

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

- **2017** 1 round
- **Sept** **[ComparaOnline](https://millionrounds.com/company/comparaonline)** Series C · CL · FinSMEs **$14M** With 3 others

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 **16 named**

AA **Anilu A. Vazquez-Ubarri** Officer i Filing they signed

BA **Bradford A. Berenson** Officer of the General Partner i Filing they signed

DB **David Bonderman** Officer and Director of the General Partner i Filing they signed

JA **Jack A. Weingart** Officer i Filing they signed

JG **James G. Coulter** Officer and Director of the General Partner i Filing they signed

JG **Jean-Baptiste Garcia** Officer of the General Partner of the Issuer's GP i Filing they signed

JH **Joann Harris** Officer of the General Partner of the Issuer's GP i Filing they signed

JA **Jon A. Winkelried** Officer i Filing they signed

JA **Jordan A. Kolar** Officer of the General Partner of the Issuer's GP i Filing they signed

JL **Justin Lioi** Executive Officer of the Sole Member of the General Partner and Promoter i Filing they signed

KM **Ken Madeleine Murphy** Officer of the General Partner i Filing they signed

MA **Martin A Davidson** Officer of the General Partner of the Issuer's GP i Filing they signed

MW **Matthew White** Officer of the General Partner of the Issuer's GP i Filing they signed

NM **Nadia Madeleine Karkar** Officer of the General Partner i Filing they signed

SA **Steven A. Willmann** Officer of the General Partner of the Issuer's GP i Filing they signed

TA **Todd A. Sisitsky** Officer i Filing they signed

We also hold **18** 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.

## Companies it bought

Acquisitions by the firm itself

**[HealthyOut](https://millionrounds.com/company/healthyout)** **Undisclosed** Aug 2015

New fund on file

**$683M**

raised in May 2026

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

## The cheque

Seed Series A

Median round joined **$14M** the round, not its cheque

Led 0 of 1 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** Sept 2017

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series C *1*
- Seed said *-*
- Series A said *-*

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## Recently backed

The latest companies RISE put money into.

[**ComparaOnline** $14M · Sept 2017](https://millionrounds.com/company/comparaonline)

## Quick answers about RISE

### What does RISE invest in?

RISE invests most often at Series C (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Flooding, Coastal Resilience and Climate Adaptation.

### How active is RISE?

1 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Sept 2017.

### What has RISE invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: ComparaOnline (Series C, Sept 2017).

### How big are RISE's cheques?

The median round it joins is $14M.

### Is RISE investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Sept 2017.

### What kind of investor is RISE?

RISE is an accelerator based in United States.

### Has RISE raised a new fund?

Its latest fund filing with the SEC was in May 2026, reporting $683M raised.

### Does RISE take cold pitches?

Yes: its own website says it reads unsolicited pitches.

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