# Rockefeller Foundation: portfolio, investments and team

> Rockefeller Foundation is a vc firm based in United States. 5 investments on record, latest Feb 2015. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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

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# Rockefeller Foundation

Last cheque observed Feb 2015. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

Quiet VC firm

Seed Series A Series B Environnement Tech For Good Biodiversity

Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 5 on record

Since the last cheque **4273** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$2.0M** Rounds led **0 of 5** Sole investor **3 rounds** Mostly in **United States, 80%**

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## Rockefeller Foundation highlights

- 01 5 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Grant and Seed: 80% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 3 rounds, median $2.0M

## What they do

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Seed Series A Series B
- **Sectors:** Environnement Tech For Good Biodiversity
- **Based in:** New York, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **5 appearances**

- **2015** 1 round
- **Feb** **[CloudFactory](https://millionrounds.com/company/cloudfactory)** Series A · US **$2.0M** Sole investor
- **2014** 1 round
- **Sept** **[BPeSA](https://millionrounds.com/company/bpesa)** Grant · ZA **$3.7M** Sole investor
- **2013** 1 round
- **Jan** **[Treedom](https://millionrounds.com/company/treedom)** Grant · US **$500K** With 1 other
- **2008** 1 round
- **Dec** **[Samasource](https://millionrounds.com/company/samasource)** Grant · US · rockefellerfoundation.org **$867K** Sole investor
- **2005** 1 round
- **Jan** **[United States Artists](https://millionrounds.com/company/united-states-artists)** Seed · US **$22M** 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 cheque

Seed Series A Series B

Median round joined **$2.0M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$2.0M**

Led 0 of 5 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** 3 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Feb 2015

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Grant *3*
- Seed said *1*
- Series A said *1*
- Series B said *-*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2005 2015

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## On podcasts

1 episode naming Rockefeller Foundation in the title, and 2 more that mention it.

- [Masters of Scale](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/masters-of-scale) 8 Oct 2020 · 36 min Rapid Response: The Covid test facts every CEO needs, w/Rajiv Shah (Rockefeller Foundation) Mentions [Rockefeller Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rockefeller-foundation) Apple Podcasts

### Mentioned in

- [Inevitable](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/inevitable) 17 Mar 2026 · 49 min Inside Rockefeller's Big Bet: The Global Energy Alliance with Ashvin Dayal Apple PodcastsShow page
- [BRAVE Southeast Asia Tech](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/brave-southeast-asia) 14 Jul 2022 · 33 min Ren Yi Hooi: Ikigai, MBA Guidance & Bain To Founder Decisions - E179 Apple PodcastsShow page

## Quick answers about Rockefeller Foundation

### What does Rockefeller Foundation invest in?

Rockefeller Foundation invests most often at Grant and Seed (80% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Environnement, Tech For Good and Biodiversity.

### How active is Rockefeller Foundation?

5 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Feb 2015.

### How big are Rockefeller Foundation's cheques?

The median round it joins is $2.0M.

### Does Rockefeller Foundation lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 5 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does Rockefeller Foundation invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (80%) and South Africa (20%).

### Is Rockefeller Foundation investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Feb 2015.

### What kind of investor is Rockefeller Foundation?

Rockefeller Foundation is a VC firm based in New York, United States.

### When was Rockefeller Foundation founded?

Rockefeller Foundation was founded in 1913.

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