# Rachel Zoe Ventures

> Rachel Zoe Ventures is a VC fund backing E-Commerce and Retail. See 24 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: West Hollywood, United States
- Total investments: 24
- Last investment: Oct 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last fund: Nov 2021
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rachel-zoe-ventures
- Website: https://www.rachelzoeventures.com

Rachel Zoe Ventures (RZV) is an early stage venture capital firm specialized in investing in disruptive consumer brands and the technology companies that power them. RZV was co-founded by Rachel Zoe and Rodger Berman in 2020.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $3M–$10M |
| Series A | $12M–$40M |
| Series B | $28M–$200M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 7 | 29% |
| Retail | 5 | 21% |
| Apps | 4 | 17% |
| Consumer Goods | 4 | 17% |
| Fashion | 3 | 13% |

56 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 10 | 42% |
| Series B | 6 | 25% |
| Series A | 4 | 17% |
| Series C | 2 | 8% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 4% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 20 | 83% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 4% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ari Kaplan | Operating Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ari-kaplan-eb4b |
| Jocelyn Lehman | Associate | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jocelyn-lehman-7c71 |
| Matthew Walker | Managing Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matthew-walker-1914 |
| Rachel Zoe | Chairwoman | 6 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rachel-zoe |
| Rodger Berman | Managing Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rodger-berman |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| firmly.ai | firmly.ai makes digital ads and impressions more shoppable with significantly higher conversions. It a multi-patented streamlined checkout experience that requires 0 changes for the Merchant site where the customer is inspired to shop—without redirects, extra clicks or missing data. |  | Seed | Oct 18, 2023 |  |
| Nori | Nori is a cloth and fabric care company that manufactures and sells handheld steam irons. | $4.7M | Seed | Sep 25, 2023 |  |
| BREAD BEAUTY SUPPLY | BREAD makes haircare basics for not so basic hair. We want you to spend less time on wash day, more time on anything else. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2023 |  |
| Via Carota Craft Cocktails | Ready-to-pour, premium craft cocktails |  | Seed | Jun 06, 2022 |  |
| LIT Method | LOW IMPACT TRAINING (LIT™) is a combination of personal training, physical therapy, and injury prevention known for delivering results not injuries. With an innovative suite of products, including our signature LIT Strength Machine™, our digital memberships, and our integrated showroom studio experiences. |  | Series A | May 19, 2022 |  |
| Sundial.ai | Sundial provides space-based commerce experiences. They serve the retailer's and brand’s products. It uses VisionAI to convert computer vision models. It also includes an analytics dashboard for optimizing product page experiences. |  | Seed | May 10, 2022 |  |
| KYX World | KYX World is the premiere sneaker subscription experience, revolutionizing sneaker culture by providing all-inclusive access to a robust rotation of authentic, limited-release shoes. | $3M | Seed | Feb 28, 2022 |  |
| Route | Route elevates the online customer journey by providing a simple way to protect and track all of the user's orders. Route App automatically connects to everything ordered from all retailers while allowing the user to visually track its packages, anytime, anywhere. | $200M | Series B | Jan 21, 2022 |  |
| KYX | Premier limited-release sneaker subscription program |  | Seed | Dec 20, 2021 |  |
| The List | The List is a retail marketplace connecting the world of fashion through intelligent software. It is a global mobile platform providing anyone with immediate and seamless access to the world of fashion anytime, anywhere. The List enables consumers to shop incredible products from the world’s best boutiques and brands and have them delivereddirectly to their doorstep in over 190 countries. The platform provides its partners with a Machine Learning-based supply chain integration to ensure easy and automated inventory management in real-time. With its iOS mobile application, THE LIST has launched a drop model to the regular marketplace, providing consumers the opportunity to purchase highly demanded, limited, and hard-to-get globally sourced products without VIP status, waitlist, or queue at dynamic market prices driven by Artificial Intelligence. | $3.5M | Seed | Dec 15, 2021 |  |

10 of 24 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Bossa Invest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bossanova-investimentos) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [FirsthandVC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/firsthandvc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does Rachel Zoe Ventures invest in?

Rachel Zoe Ventures invests primarily in E-Commerce, Retail and Apps startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 24 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 Rachel Zoe Ventures's check size?

Rachel Zoe Ventures typically joins rounds of $3M–$10M at Seed, $12M–$40M at Series A and $28M–$200M 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 Rachel Zoe Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Rachel Zoe Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Rachel Zoe Ventures?

The team at Rachel Zoe Ventures includes Ari Kaplan (Operating Partner), Jocelyn Lehman (Associate) and Matthew Walker (Managing Partner), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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