# The Rise Fund: portfolio, investments and team

> The Rise Fund is a vc firm based in United States. 5 investments on record, latest Oct 2018. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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

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# The Rise Fund

Last cheque observed Oct 2018. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

Quiet VC firm Now at tpg.com

Growth Pre-seed Seed Big Data & Analytics BioTech Climate & Impact

Cheques on record

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

Since the last cheque **2939** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$45M** Rounds led **0 of 5** Sole investor **1 rounds** Mostly in **United States, 80%**

Pitch The Rise Fund

## The Rise Fund highlights

- 01 5 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Series A and Series B: 100% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 1 rounds, median $130M

## What they do

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Growth Pre-seed Seed Series A
- **Sectors:** Big Data & Analytics BioTech Climate & Impact
- **Based in:** Washington, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

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

- **2018** 3 rounds
- **Oct** **[SystemOne](https://millionrounds.com/company/systemone)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$5.0M** With 4 others
- **Aug** **[DreamBox](https://millionrounds.com/company/dreambox)** US · FinSMEs **$130M** Sole investor
- **Jan** **[Varo Money](https://millionrounds.com/company/varo-money)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$45M** With 1 other
- **2017** 2 rounds
- **Dec** **[Digital House](https://millionrounds.com/company/digital-house)** AR · FinSMEs **$20M** With 5 others
- **Apr** **[Everfi](https://millionrounds.com/company/everfi)** US · FinSMEs **$190M** With 2 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

We hold **2** 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

**$141B** assets it manages Oct 2026

**Registered** investment adviser full reporting to the SEC

- **Legal name:** TPG Capital Advisors, LLC
- **SEC number:** CRD 159738

Who backs their funds

## 3 LPs on record in The Rise Fund's funds

- **Committed:** $725M
- **Funds:** 3
- **Vintages:** 2017 to 2026

The institutions that put money into its funds, which the firm then invests in companies. Source: the pension's own report, latest Mar 2026.

- [**Washington State Investment Board** 2 funds *$450M*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/washington-state-investment-board) Fund Vintage Committed The Rise Fund IV 2026 $200M The Rise Fund III 2023 $250M
- [**California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS)** 2 funds *$175M*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/california-public-employees) Fund Vintage Committed The Rise Fund III 2023 $100M The Rise Fund 2018 $75M
- [**Regents of the University of California** 1 fund *$100M*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/regents-of-the-university-of-california) Fund Vintage Committed The Rise Fund 2017 $100M

## The cheque

Growth Pre-seed Seed

Median round joined **$45M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$130M**

Led 0 of 5 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** 1 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Oct 2018

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series A said *1*
- Series B *1*
- Growth said *-*
- Pre-seed said *-*
- Seed said *-*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2017 2018

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## Recently backed

The latest companies The Rise Fund put money into.

[**DreamBox** $130M · Aug 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/dreambox)[**Digital House** $20M · Dec 2017](https://millionrounds.com/company/digital-house)[**Everfi** $190M · Apr 2017](https://millionrounds.com/company/everfi)

## Mentioned on podcasts

Episodes that name The Rise Fund in their description, not their title.

- [Growth Investor](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/growth-investor) 30 Nov 2020 · 17 min The Top Software Investor of 2020: TPG's Nehal Raj With [Nehal Raj](https://millionrounds.com/person/nehal-raj) Mentions [The Rise Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-rise-fund) Apple PodcastsShow page

## Quick answers about The Rise Fund

### What does The Rise Fund invest in?

The Rise Fund invests most often at Series A and Series B (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Big Data & Analytics, BioTech and Climate & Impact.

### How active is The Rise Fund?

5 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Oct 2018.

### What has The Rise Fund invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: SystemOne (Series A, Oct 2018), DreamBox (Undisclosed round, Aug 2018) and Varo Money (Series B, Jan 2018).

### How big are The Rise Fund's cheques?

The median round it joins is $45M.

### Does The Rise Fund lead rounds?

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

### Where does The Rise Fund invest?

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

### Is The Rise Fund investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Oct 2018.

### What kind of investor is The Rise Fund?

The Rise Fund is a VC firm based in Washington, United States.

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