# Habib Kairouz

> Habib Kairouz is a Series A investor at Rho Capital Partners backing Software. See 17 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: 17
- Last investment: Apr 2025
- Lead investor: 47%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/habib-kairouz/b/674/521
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/habibkairouz
- Website: https://x.com/habibkairouz

Habib Kairouz is a Series A investor at Rho Capital Partners in New York focused on Software and Information Technology. Habib Kairouz is the Managing Partner at Rho Capital Partners. Habib Kairouz has served on our board of directors since 2007.Kairouz is a Managing Partner of Rho Capital Partners, an investment and venture capital management company, which he joined in 1993.Prior to joining Rho, Kairouz worked for five years in investment banking and leveragebuyouts with Reich & Co. and Jesup & Lamont. Kairouz previously served on the board of directors of iVillage Inc., a publicly-held media company that operates a community website for women, and Bluefly, Inc., a publicly-held online retailer, and currently serves on the board of directors of IntraLinks Holdings, a publicly-held provider of information exchange solutions, and a number of privately-held companies.Kairouz holds a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering from Cornell University and a Master of Business Administration in Finance from Columbia University.Kairouz serves as the board nominee of Rho Capital Partners, one of our investors.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 18% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 18% |
| SaaS | 2 | 12% |
| Payments | 2 | 12% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 12% |

37 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 3 | 18% |
| Series B | 3 | 18% |
| Series D | 3 | 18% |
| Series C | 2 | 12% |
| Seed | 1 | 6% |

9 stages tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tracera | ESG Flo is a AI-powered data infrastructure platform. It helps to extract relevant information from source documents. | $12M | Series A | Apr 08, 2025 |  |
| Tracera | ESG Flo is a AI-powered data infrastructure platform. It helps to extract relevant information from source documents. | $5.3M | Seed | Oct 31, 2023 |  |
| Kasisto | Kasisto enables financial institutions to service, engage, and acquire customers via human-like, intelligent conversations anytime, anywhere.Its digital experience platform, KAI, powers omnichannel virtual assistants and chatbots who are fluent in banking across mobile apps, websites, messaging platforms, and voice-enabled devices.The companywas founded in 2013 by Dror Oren, Zor Gorelov, Sasha Caskey, and Ruth Brown and headquartered in New York, New York. | $15.5M | Series C | Jul 28, 2021 |  |
| Pawlicy Advisor | Pawlicy Advisor is a pet insurance brokerage company intended to help in finding optimal insurance coverage for pets. It seeks to protect pets by offering simple, intuitive, and value-oriented pet insurance advice, showing the risks and costs associated with pets, and how coverages are applied, thereby enabling pet owners to avoid hassles whiledeciding on insurance coverages and save money. | $6.5M | Series A | Feb 16, 2021 |  |
| Vertoe | Vertoe is the world's leading on-demand, short-term storage service that offers 500+ secure locations to store your bags and personal items across 50+ cities. With rates starting at a minimum of $5.95 per day coupled with the best in industry insurance of $5000, you can secure your items affordably and get the freedom to experience anywhere,anytime instantly. | $2M | Convertible Note | Dec 12, 2019 |  |
| Passport | Passport is the technology leader in parking compliance and curbside payment solutions. By helping cities integrate paid parking, enforcement operations, and payment infrastructure into one software solution, Passport provides the only platform that connects the complexities of mobility to efficiently manage and monetize the curb. From mobilepayments to citation issuance, permitting technology and more, Passport is empowering cities of all sizes with better insights to improve parking turnover, expand revenue opportunities, and create better compliance. | $65M | Series D | Dec 10, 2019 |  |
| Passport | Passport is the technology leader in parking compliance and curbside payment solutions. By helping cities integrate paid parking, enforcement operations, and payment infrastructure into one software solution, Passport provides the only platform that connects the complexities of mobility to efficiently manage and monetize the curb. From mobilepayments to citation issuance, permitting technology and more, Passport is empowering cities of all sizes with better insights to improve parking turnover, expand revenue opportunities, and create better compliance. | $65M | Series D | Dec 10, 2019 |  |
| Kasisto | Kasisto enables financial institutions to service, engage, and acquire customers via human-like, intelligent conversations anytime, anywhere.Its digital experience platform, KAI, powers omnichannel virtual assistants and chatbots who are fluent in banking across mobile apps, websites, messaging platforms, and voice-enabled devices.The companywas founded in 2013 by Dror Oren, Zor Gorelov, Sasha Caskey, and Ruth Brown and headquartered in New York, New York. | $15M | Series B | Sep 03, 2019 |  |
| Dashlane | Dashlane is an award-winning app that lets you access and share business and personal passwords anytime, anywhere. The app works across every major operating system and browser — so every user can enjoy a simpler, safer internet. Our team in Paris, New York, and Lisbon is united by our passion for improving the digital experience and the beliefthat with the right tools, we can help everyone simplify their online lives. Dashlane has empowered over 15 million users and 20,000 businesses in 180 countries to enjoy a faster, simpler, and more secure internet. | $110M | Series D | May 30, 2019 |  |
| Convercent | Convercent is an ethics and compliance software provider that helps companies instill ethics at the core of their organizations. Its Ethics Cloud Platform, which is comprised of a suite of applications including Convercent Insights, Convercent Helpline, Convercent Campaigns, Convercent Disclosures, and Convercent Third Party, leverages a globaldataset to deliver business leaders the insights required to make proactive, informed decisions about their company's ethical health. Companies use Convercent to engage with employees, understand organizational risk, and create opportunities for stronger, sustained business performance.Convercent has nearly 600 global customers including Microsoft, Tesla, Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, Capgemini, and Under Armour. Customers span all industries, regions and sizes and represent a growing breed of business leaders who care deeply about driving ethics to the center of their organizations. Convercent is based in Denver, Colorado, with an international office in London. The company is backed by Sapphire Ventures, Tola Capita,l, and Azure Capital Partners. | $25M | Series E | Dec 19, 2017 |  |

10 of 17 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [FirstMark](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/firstmark-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Bessemer Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bessemer-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Tola Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tola-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Commerce Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/commerce-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Contour Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/contour-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [H.I.G. Growth Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/h-i-g-growth-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals 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 Habib Kairouz invest in?

Habib Kairouz invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and SaaS startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 17 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 Habib Kairouz last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Habib Kairouz closed in Apr 2025. Shizune tracks 17 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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