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rocketship.vc

Last cheque observed Apr 2025. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

QuietNew fund $35M, Feb 2022VC firm

SeedSeries ASeries BWearablesSmart ClothesFashion

Cheques on record
0%of best year0cheques in 12 months, 10 on record
Since the last cheque571days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$12MCheque size, as they say$1.0M – $5.0MRounds led0 of 10Sole investor2 roundsExits1 from the portfolioMostly inUnited States, 70%
Pitch rocketship.vc

rocketship.vc highlights

  1. 01

    10 rounds on record

  2. 02

    Mostly Seed and Series B: 80% of its rounds

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    Sole investor in 2 rounds, median $1.1M

  4. 04

    1 exits from the portfolio

What they do

Our partners have invested in companies all over the worldFrom their own website
Type
VC firm (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
$1.0M – $5.0M as they say
Stages
SeedSeries ASeries BGrowth
Sectors
WearablesSmart ClothesFashion
Based in
Los Altos, United States
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first10 appearances

  1. 2025

    1 round

  2. Apr
    TessellSeries B · US · TechCrunch$60MWith 3 others
  3. 2024

    1 round

  4. Oct
    FleakSeed · US · Firms' own news pages$5.0MWith 12 others
  5. 2017

    3 rounds

  6. Dec
    SpingboardSeries A · US · FinSMEs$9.5MWith 4 others
  7. Jul
    MoglixSeries B · IN · TechCrunch$12MWith 5 others
  8. Mar
    QapitalSeries A · US · FinSMEs$12MWith 3 others
  9. 2015

    1 round

  10. Feb
    ChewseSeed · US$700KWith 5 others
  11. 2014

    4 rounds

  12. Dec
    LatergrammeSeed · CAUndisclosedSole investor
  13. Dec
    TattoodoSeed · DK$1.1MSole investor
  14. Dec
    SplitwiseSeed · US$1.4MWith 7 others
  15. Nov
    fitmobSeries B · US$5.0MWith 18 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 registration5 named

ARAnand RajaramanManaging Director of the ManageriFiling they signed
GLGreg LahannChief Financial OfficeriForm ADV
MSMadhu Shalini IyerManaging DirectoriFiling they signed
SRSailesh RamakrishnanManaging Director of the ManageriFiling they signed
VHVenkatesh HarinarayanManaging Director of the ManageriFiling they signed

We also hold 10 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

$368Mgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
Legal name
Rocketship.vc, LLC
SEC number
CRD 301994

What they claim to have backed

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

Exits from the portfolio

Companies it backed that were later bought or listed1 in all

fitmobBought by ClassPassUndisclosedApr 2015

An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.

Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as rocketship.vc. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

Recently backed

The latest companies rocketship.vc put money into.

Quick answers about rocketship.vc

What does rocketship.vc invest in?

rocketship.vc invests most often at Seed and Series B (80% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Wearables, Smart Clothes and Fashion.

How active is rocketship.vc?

10 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Apr 2025.

What has rocketship.vc invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Tessell (Series B, Apr 2025), Fleak (Seed, Oct 2024) and Spingboard (Series A, Dec 2017).

How big are rocketship.vc's cheques?

The median round it joins is $12M. It says it writes cheques of $1.0M to $5.0M.

Does rocketship.vc lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 10 investments on record names it as the lead.

Where does rocketship.vc invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (70%), India (10%) and Canada (10%).

Is rocketship.vc investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Apr 2025.

Who does rocketship.vc invest alongside?

Most often Marc Bell Capital (2 rounds together).

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