# Romulus Capital: portfolio, investments and team

> Romulus Capital is a vc firm based in United States. 36 investments on record, latest Mar 2019. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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

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# Romulus Capital

Last cheque observed Mar 2019. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

Quiet New fund $83M, Jun 2018 VC firm Website unconfirmed Now at romuluscap.arkpes.com

Seed Series A Series B Food Ag-tech Energy

Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 36 on record

Since the last cheque **2777** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$5.0M** Cheque size, as they say **$100K – $10M** Rounds led **2 of 36** Sole investor **9 rounds** Exits **2 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 97%**

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## Romulus Capital highlights

- 01 36 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Seed and Series A: 83% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 9 rounds, median $2.1M
- 04 2 exits from the portfolio

## What they do

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** $100K – $10M as they say
- **Stages:** Seed Series A Series B
- **Sectors:** Food Ag-tech Energy
- **Based in:** Boston, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

A website was listed for this organisation, but we could not confirm it belongs to the firm that wrote these cheques. Either the site never mentions them, or it turned out to be a different company sharing the name. We show neither it nor anything read from it. [Tell us the right one](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=romulus-capital).

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **36 appearances**

- **2019** 1 round
- **Mar** **[ScopeAR](https://millionrounds.com/company/scopear)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$9.7M** *Led*
- **2018** 1 round
- **Dec** **[PetaGene](https://millionrounds.com/company/petagene)** GB · TechCrunch **$2.1M** Sole investor
- **2017** 3 rounds
- **Nov** **[Ceres Imaging](https://millionrounds.com/company/ceres-imaging)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$2.5M** Sole investor
- **May** **[Ceres Imaging](https://millionrounds.com/company/ceres-imaging)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$5.0M** Sole investor
- **Feb** **[Disruptor Beam](https://millionrounds.com/company/disruptor-beam)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$8.5M** With 1 other
- **2016** 2 rounds
- **Sept** **[Estify](https://millionrounds.com/company/estify)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$6.3M** Sole investor
- **Aug** **[ZeroCater](https://millionrounds.com/company/zerocater)** Series A · US · TechCrunch **$4.1M** *Led*
- **2015** 7 rounds
- **Nov** **[Placester](https://millionrounds.com/company/placester)** Series C · US **$27M** With 1 other
- **Nov** **[Cogito Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/company/cogito-corporation)** Series A · US **$5.5M** With 1 other
- **Jul** **[Beacon](https://millionrounds.com/company/beacon)** Series A · US **$7.5M** With 2 others
- **May** **[EquipmentShare.com](https://millionrounds.com/company/equipmentshare-com)** Seed · US **$2.1M** With 6 others
- **Apr** **[Placester](https://millionrounds.com/company/placester)** Series B · US **$15M** With 1 other
- **Mar** **[MHB Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/mhb-labs)** Seed · US **$1.1M** Sole investor
- **Feb** **[Humanyze](https://millionrounds.com/company/humanyze)** Seed · US **$1.0M** With 2 others
- **2014** 7 rounds
- **Nov** **[Disruptor Beam](https://millionrounds.com/company/disruptor-beam)** Series A · US **$3.2M** With 6 others
- **Oct** **[Estify](https://millionrounds.com/company/estify)** Series A · US **$1.5M** With 1 other
- **Oct** **[Cohealo](https://millionrounds.com/company/cohealo)** Series A · US **$9.0M** With 1 other
- **Sept** **[E la Carte](https://millionrounds.com/company/e-la-carte)** Series C · US **$35M** With 3 others
- **Sept** **[SchoolMint](https://millionrounds.com/company/schoolmint)** Seed · US **$2.2M** With 9 others
- **Apr** **[Placester](https://millionrounds.com/company/placester)** Series A · US **$5.5M** With 1 other
- **Mar** **[ClassPass](https://millionrounds.com/company/classpass)** Seed · US **$2.0M** With 14 others
- **2013** 9 rounds
- **Nov** **[E la Carte](https://millionrounds.com/company/e-la-carte)** Series B · US · techcrunch.com **$14M** With 3 others
- **Oct** **[Cohealo](https://millionrounds.com/company/cohealo)** Seed · US · finsmes.com **$750K** Sole investor
- **Sept** **[Estify](https://millionrounds.com/company/estify)** Seed · US **$800K** With 3 others
- **Sept** **[Cohealo](https://millionrounds.com/company/cohealo)** Seed · US **$1.1M** Sole investor
- **Jun** **[Smart Lunches](https://millionrounds.com/company/smart-lunches)** Series B · US · finsmes.com **$1.6M** With 4 others
- **Apr** **[Placester](https://millionrounds.com/company/placester)** Seed · US · techcrunch.com **$2.5M** With 13 others
- **Apr** **[Estify](https://millionrounds.com/company/estify)** Seed · US **Undisclosed** With 1 other
- **Mar** **[Cohealo](https://millionrounds.com/company/cohealo)** Seed · US · sec.gov **$400K** Sole investor
- **Feb** **[Bombfell](https://millionrounds.com/company/bombfell)** Seed · US · techcrunch.com **$730K** With 11 others
- **2012** 2 rounds
- **Nov** **[Ginger.io](https://millionrounds.com/company/ginger-io)** Series A · US · techcrunch.com **$6.5M** With 2 others
- **Sept** **[Gyft](https://millionrounds.com/company/gyft)** Seed · US · pevc.dowjones.com **$1.3M** With 2 others
- **2011** 2 rounds
- **Oct** **[Ginger.io](https://millionrounds.com/company/ginger-io)** Seed · US · xconomy.com **$1.7M** With 9 others
- **Sept** **[Fitocracy](https://millionrounds.com/company/fitocracy)** Seed · US · angel.co **$250K** With 27 others
- **2010** 2 rounds
- **Jul** **[E la Carte](https://millionrounds.com/company/e-la-carte)** Seed · US **Undisclosed** With 3 others
- **Apr** **[Crocodoc](https://millionrounds.com/company/crocodoc)** Seed · US · xconomy.com **Undisclosed** With 6 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 **4 named**

AK **Anantshree K. Chaturvedi** Manager of General Partner i Filing they signed

CK **Cankut K. Durgun** Manager of General Partner i Filing they signed

KK **Krishna K. Gupta** Manager of the General Partner of the Issuer and Co-Founder i Filing they signed

NK **Neil K. Chheda** Manager of Romulus Capital Management LLC; Manager of Romulus Capital Partners II, LLC i Form ADV

We also hold **14** 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

**$1.2B** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026

**Exempt** reporting adviser venture or small private funds

- **Legal name:** Romulus Capital Management, LLC
- **SEC number:** CRD 168442

## Exits from the portfolio

Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **2 in all**

**[Gyft](https://millionrounds.com/company/gyft)** Bought by [First Data Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/first-data) **$7.5M** Jul 2014

**[Crocodoc](https://millionrounds.com/company/crocodoc)** Bought by [Box](https://millionrounds.com/fund/box) **Undisclosed** May 2013

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

New fund on file

**$83M**

raised in Jun 2018

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

## The cheque

Seed Series A Series B

Median round joined **$5.0M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$2.1M**

Led 2 of 36 rounds **6%**

- **Said size:** $100K – $10M
- **Sole investor:** 9 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Mar 2019
- **Exits:** 2 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed said *17*
- Series A said *12*
- Series B said *4*
- Series C *2*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2010 2019

Often in the room with

- [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) 3
- [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) 3
- [ff Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ff-venture-capital) 3
- [Angel Street Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/angel-street-capital) 2
- [Eniac Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eniac-ventures) 2
- [GrandBanks Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/grandbanks-capital) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

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

[**500 Global** Angel **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups)[**Y Combinator** Accelerator **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator)[**ff Venture Capital** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ff-venture-capital)[**Angel Street Capital** Angel network **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/angel-street-capital)[**Eniac Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eniac-ventures)[**GrandBanks Capital** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/grandbanks-capital)[**Great Oaks Venture Capital** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/great-oaks-venture-capital)[**Intel Capital** Corporate VC **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/intel-capital)[**Kapor Capital** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kapor-capital)[**New Enterprise Associates** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates)[**Paul Buchheit** Angel **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/paul-buchheit)[**SV Angel** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Romulus Capital put money into.

[**ScopeAR** $9.7M · Mar 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/scopear)[**PetaGene** $2.1M · Dec 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/petagene)[**Ceres Imaging** $2.5M · Nov 2017](https://millionrounds.com/company/ceres-imaging)[**ZeroCater** $4.1M · Aug 2016](https://millionrounds.com/company/zerocater)

## On podcasts

1 episode naming Romulus Capital in the title.

- [This Much I Know](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/this-much-i-know) 29 Oct 2015 · 24 min Krishna Gupta, Founder and General Partner of Romulus Capital With [Krishna Gupta](https://millionrounds.com/person/krishna-gupta) Mentions [Romulus Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/romulus-capital) Apple PodcastsShow page

## Quick answers about Romulus Capital

### What does Romulus Capital invest in?

Romulus Capital invests most often at Seed and Series A (83% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Food, Ag-tech and Energy.

### How active is Romulus Capital?

36 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 2. The most recent was in Mar 2019.

### What has Romulus Capital invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: ScopeAR (Series A, Mar 2019), PetaGene (Undisclosed round, Dec 2018) and Ceres Imaging (Series A, Nov 2017).

### How big are Romulus Capital's cheques?

The median round it joins is $5.0M. It says it writes cheques of $100K to $10M.

### Does Romulus Capital lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 2 of its 36 investments on record (6%).

### Where does Romulus Capital invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (97%).

### Is Romulus Capital investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Mar 2019.

### Who does Romulus Capital invest alongside?

Most often 500 Global (3 rounds together), Y Combinator (3 rounds together) and ff Venture Capital (3 rounds together).

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