# R7 Partners

> R7 Partners is a VC fund in Chicago backing Software and Robotics. See 37 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Chicago, United States
- Total investments: 37
- Last investment: Oct 2025
- Lead investor: 24%
- Fund size: $60M
- Last fund: Dec 2019
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/r7-partners
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/r7partners
- Website: https://r7.vc

R7 Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage companies building transformational technologies.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $3.3M–$8M |
| Series A | $7.2M–$28M |
| Series B | $20M–$55M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 8 | 22% |
| Robotics | 5 | 14% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 5 | 14% |
| Health Care | 4 | 11% |
| Hardware | 3 | 8% |

66 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 14 | 38% |
| Seed | 10 | 27% |
| Series B | 4 | 11% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 8% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 5% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 23 | 62% |
| Canada | 2 | 5% |
| Denmark | 1 | 3% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ali Javidan | Venture Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ali-javidan-8f84 |
| Rich Padula | General Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rich-padula |
| Trey Ward | General Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/trey-ward |
| Tyler Engh | Founder and General Partner | 6 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tyler-engh |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Pila Energy | Pila Energy develops innovative battery systems and software to provide energy security and energy management for homes and businesses. The company offers a plug-and-play battery solution for renters and homeowners alike that installs via standard outlets, providing backup power, energy savings, and intelligent load management without complexinstallation overhead. Pila’s system integrates advanced battery storage, power electronics, and mesh networking software to optimize energy use and enhance resilience. Pila Energy was founded in 2024 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | $4M | Seed | Oct 21, 2025 |  |
| Vector | Vector is a defense and space manufacturing company. | $61M | Series A | Sep 03, 2025 |  |
| Soil Action | Soil Action offers AI-enabled real-time soil analysis developed by the Foundational Model for Soil, which allows them to see into the ground, direct agricultural implements, unlock latent crop yield potential, improve plant and food nutrition, and reduce fertilizer waste and its environmental effects. This technology is aimed at enhancing soilmanagement and agricultural productivity. | $5.3M | Seed | Aug 12, 2025 |  |
| Future Fields | Future Fields is committed to producing sustainable components for science through insect biotechnology. Its EntoEngine™ platform is the first to harness the genetic prowess of fruit flies to produce Earth’s most environmentally and economically sustainable biomolecules. Founded in 2018, Future Fields is headquartered in Edmonton, Canada andproudly backed by marquee venture capital firms and investors from Silicon Valley and beyond. Learn more about how Future Fields is enabling great science at https://futurefields.io/. | $8M | Series A | Jun 17, 2025 |  |
| Bedrock Ocean Exploration | Bedrock Ocean Exploration is a platform for underwater vehicles. Their technology allows to collection of seafloor data and makes ocean mapping safer, with minimal environmental impact, risk of endangered animal takes, and infrastructure damage. | $25M | Series A | Jun 10, 2025 |  |
| Moddule | Moddule is a supply chain software platform designed to simplify and automate supply chain operations for manufacturers, wholesalers, and distributors. | $1.5M | Pre-Seed | May 20, 2025 |  |
| Hexium | Hexium is advancing domestic isotope enrichment to initially power next-generation fission and fusion reactors. Building on proven AVLIS technology from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Hexium’s team of global leaders in laser isotope separation and industrial-scale production are creating a reliable, scalable supply of isotopes, startingwith lithium-6 and lithium-7. Hexium is driving the transition to cleaner, safer, and more sustainable energy solutions. | $8M | Seed | Jul 24, 2024 |  |
| Pila Energy | Pila Energy develops innovative battery systems and software to provide energy security and energy management for homes and businesses. The company offers a plug-and-play battery solution for renters and homeowners alike that installs via standard outlets, providing backup power, energy savings, and intelligent load management without complexinstallation overhead. Pila’s system integrates advanced battery storage, power electronics, and mesh networking software to optimize energy use and enhance resilience. Pila Energy was founded in 2024 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. |  | Pre-Seed | Jul 01, 2024 |  |
| Reshape Biotech | Reshape Biotech builds lab robots that automate the everyday tasks of microbiologists, from filling plates to analyzing images. | $20M | Series A | Apr 09, 2024 |  |
| Range Energy | Range accelerates the electrification of commercial transportation with powered trailers for the heavy-duty truck market. | $23.5M | Series A | Feb 28, 2024 |  |

10 of 37 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Eniac Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eniac-ventures) — VC Fund, 21 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does R7 Partners invest in?

R7 Partners invests primarily in Software, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 37 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is R7 Partners's check size?

R7 Partners typically joins rounds of $3.3M–$8M at Seed, $7.2M–$28M at Series A and $20M–$55M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds R7 Partners participates in.

### How do I contact R7 Partners?

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### Who are the partners at R7 Partners?

The team at R7 Partners includes Ali Javidan (Venture Partner), Rich Padula (General Partner) and Trey Ward (General Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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