Rho Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 1981 and headquartered in New York, with a long history of investing in innovators building companies that redefine established markets. The firm operates outside conventional venture capital models, backing visionary companies across technology, internet, and related sectors with a philosophy that formulaic approaches to investing limit the ability to identify and support truly transformational businesses. The firm has been an active institutional investor for over four decades, providing capital and strategic partnership to founders across seed through growth stages, with a record of supporting companies through multiple market cycles.