Rhapsody Venture Partners
Rhapsody Venture Partners is a Pre-Seed venture capital firm based in Cambridge, MA investing in Healthcare, Other, Climate / Energy. The firm typically writes $500K–$1.5M checks and has 39 portfolio companies in our records.
Pre-Seed
$500K – $1.5M
39+ companies
22 partners
Investment Thesis
Focused on early-stage companies that are reinventing the healthcare process through innovative technologies.
How Rhapsody Venture Partners invests
Rhapsody Venture Partners is a vc firm based in Cambridge, MA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed stage, with a focus on Healthcare, Other, Climate / Energy, Food / AgTech, Consumer. It does not invest in Consumer Products.
Rhapsody Venture Partners typically writes checks of $500K–$1.5M per investment.
Rhapsody Venture Partners has backed 39 companies in our records, including Valeritas, AmberSemi, Relativity Networks.
Meet the Team
Yuri Rosenblit
Partner
Ryan Harne
Professor
Had been working at the frontier of vibration and shock damping for 15 years when he suffered a traumatic brain injury from a fall that led to permanent hearing loss and nerve damage.
Xin Li
Professor
Originating from Professor Xin Li’s lab at Harvard
Leaf Jiang
Dr.
Founded NODAR in 2018 based on his 20+ years of experience building optoelectronic systems at MIT and MIT Lincoln Lab.
Marcus Hultmark
Professor
Professor Marcus Hultmark’s research group at Princeton University
Reamonn Soto
US Marine
Saw firsthand how measurement limitations affect aircraft engine performance and maintenance. He founded Sensatek to commercialize inventions from UCF
ChEmpower
N/A
Delivers abrasive-free planarization for the semiconductor industry to solve a key manufacturing bottleneck.
Novel liquid crystals
N/A
Novel liquid crystals that enable the highest speed, most energy efficient integrated photonic devices unblocking data transfer bottlenecks.
Lasso
N/A
Creating groundbreaking foods that utilize a new and patented production method to create fibers with better nutrition, clean labels and great taste and chew.
GPR
N/A
GPR became part of BTG Positioning Systems in 2025. GPR’s ultra-wide band Ground Positioning Radar™ uses reflections of the underground to generate high-definition maps.
Luna Lu
Dr.
Luna Lu’s research group at Purdue University
Tendo Technologies
N/A
Tendo Technologies spun out of Professor Marcus Hultmark’s research group at Princeton University in 2017.
Manus Bio
N/A
Manus Bio was founded in 2011 with the mission of developing an economical and sustainable biomanufacturing platform, particularly for accessing rare and complex natural ingredients.
Titan
N/A
Titan's Linear Magnetic Rams (LMRs) are a breakthrough in haptics. Utilizing solid-state magnetic suspension instead of springs or flexures, Titan delivers broader frequency, strength and reliability of haptic outputs.
Netpreme
N/A
Netpreme is solving the critical memory bottleneck in generative AI infrastructures.
NuCicer
N/A
NuCicer owns the largest chickpea library in the world, and has developed a non-GMO breeding and machine learning platform to quickly breed new varieties.
Cnergreen
N/A
Cnergreen’s patent-pending ArmorFoam™ technology, developed at the University of Calgary, enables underground foams to remain stable for months at high pressures, temperatures, and salinities.
Wavelogix
N/A
Wavelogix is on a mission to transform safety and quality assurance for the construction industry. A spinout of Dr. Luna Lu’s research group at Purdue University
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (39)
Other
Valeritas
AmberSemi
Relativity Networks
VioNano
Light Trace Photonics
SpinDrive
Cnergreen
Ph7
Wavelogix
NuCicer
- •Raising at Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Healthcare, Other, Climate / Energy — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $500K – $1.5M check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Jason Whaley, General Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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