# Matthew Rhodes-Kropf

> Matthew Rhodes-Kropf is a pre-seed investor at HiddenGenius backing Software and Manufacturing. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [HiddenGenius](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hiddengenius)
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Jan 2023
- Lead investor: 67%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Matthew Rhodes-Kropf is a pre-seed investor at HiddenGenius focused on Software and Manufacturing. Matthew Rhodes-Kropf, senior advisor, is an associate professor of finance and economics at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business specializing in venture capital. Matt is a highly respected expert on venture capital financing, and is an award winning teacher of entrepreneurial finance at Columbia. Matt founded the RK Ventures groupin 1997 to make investments in promising early-stage companies, and has been actively involved in each company funded by the RK group.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 67% |
| Manufacturing | 2 | 67% |
| Service Industry | 2 | 67% |
| Supply Chain Management | 2 | 67% |
| Diabetes | 1 | 33% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Series A | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Movley | Movley helps firms manufacturing in China build better products through on-the-ground control inspections. | $1.3M | Pre-Seed | Jan 15, 2023 |  |
| Movley | Movley is your e-commerce brand's product quality control department. Built by sellers, and trusted by 800+ brands. Are you a Shopify or Amazon seller? Sign up in 30 seconds to start monitoring your product quality for free! | $1.3M | Pre-Seed | Jan 15, 2023 |  |
| Avid Radiopharmaceuticals | Avid develops molecular imaging agents to aid medical management of chronic human diseases. They are located in Philadelphia, PA. Their mission is to develop new molecular imaging agents capable of changing the medical management of significant, chronic human diseases by identifying the first stages of pathological change, potentially assisting inearlier diagnosis, and better management and development of new therapies. | $8.9M | Series A | Jan 05, 2006 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Dorm Room Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dorm-room-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [BioAdvance](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bioadvance) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Lilly Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lilly-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [OUP (Osage University Partners)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/osage-university-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Pfizer Venture Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pfizer-venture-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About HiddenGenius

VC Fund · Manhattan, United States

HiddenGenius.com changes how the world identifies and creates new technologies. Now anyone can spark a competition for a technology they want developed. The crowd helps shape the goals of the competition and sponsor a prize. Companies race to create the tech, win the prize, and gain visibility with the media and future customers.

2 contacts available at HiddenGenius.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Matthew Rhodes-Kropf | Advisor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matthew-rhodes-kropf |
| Trevor McKeeman | CEO / Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/trevor-mckeeman |

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## FAQ

### What does Matthew Rhodes-Kropf invest in?

Matthew Rhodes-Kropf invests primarily in Software, Manufacturing and Service Industry startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 3 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 Matthew Rhodes-Kropf last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Matthew Rhodes-Kropf closed in Jan 2023. Shizune tracks 3 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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