# Daniel Ruch

> Daniel Ruch is a seed investor at Rho Capital Partners (New York) backing SaaS and Energy. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Rho Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rho-capital-ventures)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: May 2025
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/danruch
- Website: https://x.com/DanRuch

Daniel Ruch is a seed investor at Rho Capital Partners in New York focused on SaaS and Energy. Dan Ruch is a Partner at Rho Capital Partners, Inc.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 1 | 100% |
| Energy | 1 | 100% |
| Marketing | 1 | 100% |
| Automotive | 1 | 100% |
| Enterprise | 1 | 100% |

10 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Clear Current | Clear Current is an AI-powered platform that acts as a comprehensive virtual energy manager for enterprise businesses. Its core mission is to bring unprecedented clarity, efficiency, and optimization to energy-intensive organizations facing increasingly complex and fragmented energy data landscapes. | $4.3M | Seed | May 27, 2025 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Avesta Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/avesta-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [City Light Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/city-light-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Coreline Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coreline-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Montauk Climate](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/montauk-climate) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Rho Capital Partners

VC Fund · New York, United States

Rho Capital Partners is the parent company to Rho's four operating divisions, Rho Ventures, Rho Canada Ventures, Rho Fund Investors and Rho Acceleration.

5 contacts available at Rho Capital Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Daniel Ruch | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniel-ruch |
| Habib Kairouz | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/habib-kairouz |
| Mark Leschly | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mark-leschly |
| Peter Kalkanis | Chief Financial Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/peter-kalkanis |
| Jeff Martin | Partner & General Counsel | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeff-martin-2 |

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## FAQ

### What does Daniel Ruch invest in?

Daniel Ruch invests primarily in SaaS, Energy and Marketing startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Daniel Ruch last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Daniel Ruch closed in May 2025. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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