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What does RPM Ventures invest in?
RPM Ventures invests most often at Series A and Seed (48% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Insurance, B2b2c and Transportation.
RPM Ventures highlights
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1 cheques in the last 12 months
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Mostly Series A and Seed: 48% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 3 rounds, median $5.6M
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9 exits from the portfolio
What they do
RPM Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm that has been investing in revolutionary businesses for two decades.From their own website
- Type
- VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- $100K – $5.0M as they say
- Stages
- SeedSeries ASeries BGrowthPre-IPO
- Sectors
- InsuranceB2b2cTransportation
- Based in
- Ann Arbor, United States
- Cold pitches
- Not accepted
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first46 appearances
- 2026
1 round
- Sept
- 2024
1 round
- Nov
- 2019
5 rounds
- Dec
- Sept
- Jul
- Feb
- Jan
- 2018
2 rounds
- Oct
- Jun
- 2017
1 round
- Aug
- 2016
1 round
- Sept
- 2015
2 rounds
- Sept
- Aug
- 2014
4 rounds
- Sept
- May
- Feb
- Feb
- 2013
5 rounds
- Oct
- Sept
- Jul
- May
- Jan
- 2012
2 rounds
- Nov
- May
- 2011
4 rounds
- Dec
- Sept
- Jul
- Mar
- 2010
2 rounds
- Oct
- Feb
- 2009
3 rounds
- Dec
- Nov
- Aug
- 2008
3 rounds
- Dec
- Nov
- Jan
- 2007
6 rounds
- Dec
- Nov
- Aug
- Jul
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 registration4 named
AGAdam Gilbert BoydenManaging Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed
ADAnthony David GroverManaging Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed
MDMarc David WeiserManaging Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed
TGTony GroverManaging Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed
We also hold 8 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
$920Mgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
- Legal name
- RPM Ventures III Management, L.L.C.
- SEC number
- CRD 283398
What they claim to have backed
From their own portfolio page (on their website)
7 of 12 we have independently watched raise
Axiom SpaceCesium AstroDailyPay logo DailyPayFamily-firstHubble Logo HubbleMobiPlayers HealthCoterie logo CoterieFindigs logo FindigsFor Limited PartnersOveralls logo OverallsWyndetryst
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 listed9 in all
XtimeBought by Cox Automotive$325MNov 2014
LuvocracyBought by WalmartLabsUndisclosedJul 2014
GiftlyBought by GiftCards.comUndisclosedMay 2013
Arbor PhotonicsBought by nLIGHT Corp.UndisclosedJan 2013
TetraVitae BioscienceBought by Eastman Chemical CompanyUndisclosedNov 2011
OPENLANEBought by KAR Auction Services$210MAug 2011
SymwaveBought by SMSC$8.3MNov 2010
Mobius MicrosystemsBought by IDTUndisclosedJan 2010
ApplimationBought by Informatica$40MFeb 2009
An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.