# Howard Ross

> Howard Ross is a private equity investor at LLR Partners backing Medical and SaaS. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [LLR Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/llr-partners)
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Dec 2019
- Lead investor: 80%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/howard-ross-a25524b7

Howard Ross is a private equity investor at LLR Partners focused on Medical and SaaS. Howard is a Partner at LLR Partners, a private equity firm that invests in middle market growth companies with proven business models in a broad range of industries, including business services, consumer and education, financial services, healthcare services and software and IT services. With more than $2 billion under management, LLR Partnersprovides capital for growth, recapitalizations and buyouts. Prior to founding LLR Partners, Howard spent 26 years at Arthur Andersen where he was the Senior Partner managing the Mid-Atlantic growth company and family-owned business practice. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A.).

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Medical | 3 | 60% |
| SaaS | 1 | 20% |
| Software | 1 | 20% |
| Analytics | 1 | 20% |
| Consulting | 1 | 20% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Private Equity | 4 | 80% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Suvoda | Suvoda’s sole focus is to offer the industry’s leading SaaS solution for randomization and trial supply management. Suvoda’s Interactive Response Technology (IRT/IWRS) system combines the flexibility of a custom solution with the speed of a configurable platform, offering 4-week deployment, reimagined reporting, and easy integration. | $40M |  | Dec 05, 2019 |  |
| Rapid Ratings International | RapidRatings® is transforming the way the world’s leading companies manage enterprise and financial risk. RapidRatings provides the most sophisticated analysis of the financial health of public and private companies in the world. The company’s analytics system provides predictive insights into third-party partners, suppliers, vendors, customersand securities issuers. Business relationships informed by the RapidRatings Financial Health System™ are more productive, transparent and rewarding. | $15M | Private Equity | Apr 20, 2016 |  |
| Aasonn | Aasonn is a global consultancy that provides Human Resources consulting, systems implementation and outsourced services. With over 4,000 successful cloud-based HR projects completed in 30 countries, they are the premier Enterprise HR Cloud provider. They are recognized by SuccessFactors as its most experienced implementation partner in the worldand deliver a high degree of customer satisfaction through a project methodology that ensures organizations “thrive” beyond go-live. They serve a broad range of customers in every size and industry, including 35 of the Fortune 500, 5 of the Fortune 100 and 5 of the largest private companies in the United States. www.aasonn.com | $20M | Private Equity | Jun 04, 2014 |  |
| Numotion | Numotion has decades of experience providing people with access to freedom. They have a trained staff of caring and passionate credentialed professionals and assignments from most insurance companies. With a strong local focus, they aim to be the most responsive and innovative provider of custom wheelchairs to do business with. |  | Private Equity | Feb 08, 2011 |  |
| Excellerx | ExcelleRx is a Philadelphia-based medication management company that provides support for medication access and therapy decision making and develops customized pharmacy service solutions to help healthcare providers meet their patient care quality and strategic growth goals. The company is staffed by clinicians who are trained in oversight ofcomplex and chronic diseases. | $37M | Private Equity | Mar 04, 2003 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Prime Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angelprime) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Audax Private Equity](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/audax-private-equity) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Pamlico Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pamlico-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Wachovia Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wachovia-corporation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About LLR Partners

VC Fund · Philadelphia, United States

LLR Partners is a lower middle market private equity firm investing in technology and healthcare businesses.

5 contacts available at LLR Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| David Reuter | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-reuter |
| David Stienes | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-stienes |
| Howard Ross | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/howard-ross |
| Jack Slye | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jack-slye |
| James Murphy | Managing Director, Value Creation | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-murphy-4 |

## Similar investors

### Similar stage
- [Foresight Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/foresight-group) — VC Fund
- [YFM Equity Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yfm-equity-partners) — VC Fund
- [Fondaction](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fondaction) — VC Fund

## FAQ

### What does Howard Ross invest in?

Howard Ross invests primarily in Medical, SaaS and Software startups, most often at Private Equity and Funding Round stage. Most of the 5 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 Howard Ross last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Howard Ross closed in Dec 2019. Shizune tracks 5 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?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

# About Shizune
Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features:
- 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others)
- Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data
- Updated daily from public funding news
- CSV and Excel export

The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co