Rackhouse Venture Capital
VC Fund
Menlo Park, United States
Rackhouse Venture Capital is a VC fund in Menlo Park focused on Artificial Intelligence and Software. We’re an early-stage venture capital fund that backs data founders, regardless of sector or geography.
- Total investments:
- 32
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 25%
- Fund size:
- $8.1M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Rackhouse Venture Capital invests in
Stages Rackhouse Venture Capital invests in
Countries Rackhouse Venture Capital invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $4M–$7.5M
- Pre-Seed
- $1.1M–$2.7M
- Series A
- $5M–$23M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Artificial Intelligence 11 (34%)
- Software 6 (19%)
- Logistics 5 (16%)
- SaaS 4 (13%)
- Machine Learning 3 (9%)
Stage
- Seed 14 (44%)
- Series A 9 (28%)
- Pre-Seed 6 (19%)
- Funding Round 1 (3%)
- Debt Financing 1 (3%)
Country
- United States 23 (72%)
- Kenya 1 (3%)
- Finland 1 (3%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Kevin Novak
Founder and Managing Partner
|
Founder and Managing Partner | Total investments: 11 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI Hospitality Group is an AI-powered hotel management platform that runs the back office operations, including staffing, and scheduling. | $7.5M / Seed / Sep 21, 2026 | ||
| Bluecore Energy is a maritime nuclear energy startup that builds compact, zero-emission small modular reactors (SMRs) on floating barges to democratize access to clean energy. The company develops portable, water-cooled power systems designed to scale and meet the energy demands of heavy maritime operations, coastal communities, and major ports. | $50M / Seed / Sep 03, 2026 | ||
| Climate Club embeds sustainability into the employee experience at leading companies and drives Net Zero emissions across every department, team and employee. | $11.5M / Series A / Apr 28, 2026 | ||
| Tamber is an AI-powered creative suite for musicians. It acts as a "bionic arm" that enhances production workflows using sonic intelligence for real-time sound control via text, voice, or gestures. | $5M / Seed / Apr 23, 2026 | ||
| Natter provides a web-based conversational intelligence platform that enables organizations to gather, analyze, and act on large-scale qualitative feedback through real-time video interactions and AI-driven insights. The platform allows companies to engage employees, customers, or stakeholders in structured conversations, capturing responsessimultaneously and converting them into summarized insights for decision-making. Its core functionality centers on running live or asynchronous video conversations at scale, where participants respond to prompts and questions, and the system processes these inputs using AI to generate themes, trends, and actionable outputs. This approach replaces traditional surveys and focus groups by delivering faster and more nuanced qualitative data.Natter includes analytics and reporting tools that transform conversational data into structured insights, enabling teams to identify patterns, surface ideas, and prioritize actions across areas such as human resources, product development, sales, and strategy. The platform supports large participant volumes, allowing organizations to capture input from entire workforces or customer bases in a short time frame. | $23M / Series A / Apr 07, 2026 | ||
| XBuild is an AI-powered construction platform designed to streamline various aspects of the construction process, including estimation, supplementation, permitting, closeout, and instant financing. The platform specifically caters to the construction industry's needs by offering tools for insurance-ready roofing scopes for immediate approvalsand facilitating access to payments immediately after job completion. XBuild aims to simplify the construction workflow, allowing contractors to focus on the building aspect while it handles the administrative and financial tasks. The platform also features a collection of timber construction and hybrid structural solutions for inspiration and practical application. | $19M / Series A / Jan 20, 2026 | ||
| ArcPrime is an AI Legal Tech for Intellectual Property Lawyers | $4M / Seed / Oct 29, 2025 | ||
| ArcPrime is an AI Legal Tech for Intellectual Property Lawyers | $1.1M / Pre-Seed / Oct 29, 2025 | ||
| Legal AI for contract negotiations | Pre-Seed / Oct 07, 2025 | ||
| Hipp Health provides an AI-powered platform for Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and mobile therapy practices. The system automates tasks such as scheduling, data collection, clinical note generation, and care management. It includes real-time analytics, live session streaming, and tools for treatment planning. The platform tracks session data,manages clinician workflows, and supports regulatory compliance. It integrates operational and clinical information to provide a centralized view of therapy activities. | $6.2M / Seed / Oct 06, 2025 | ||
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FAQ
What does Rackhouse Venture Capital invest in?
Rackhouse Venture Capital invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Software and Logistics startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 32 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Rackhouse Venture Capital invest in?
Rackhouse Venture Capital typically joins rounds of $4M–$7.5M at Seed, $1.1M–$2.7M at Pre-Seed and $5M–$23M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Rackhouse Venture Capital's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Rackhouse Venture Capital took part in.
How do I contact Rackhouse Venture Capital?
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Who are the partners at Rackhouse Venture Capital?
The team at Rackhouse Venture Capital includes Kevin Novak (Founder and Managing Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
Is Shizune's investor data accurate?
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