Rahul Ray
Senior Director @ Tyson Ventures
Rahul Ray is a Director at Tyson Ventures.
- Total investments:
- 6
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 67%
Last updated:
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Industries Rahul Ray invests in
InternetRoboticsSoftwareLivestockMarketing
Stages Rahul Ray invests in
SeedPre-SeedSeries ASeries BSeries C
Countries Rahul Ray invests in
United States
Contacts
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Internet 1 (17%)
- Robotics 1 (17%)
- Software 1 (17%)
- Livestock 1 (17%)
- Marketing 1 (17%)
Stage
- Seed 1 (17%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (17%)
- Series A 1 (17%)
- Series B 1 (17%)
- Series C 1 (17%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Athian enables animal agriculture producers to monetize their sustainability efforts — whether it's past work or progress towards a future sustainability goal. | $4M / Series A / Nov 19, 2025 | ||
| Athian enables animal agriculture producers to monetize their sustainability efforts — whether it's past work or progress towards a future sustainability goal. | $5M / Seed / May 01, 2023 | ||
| Athian enables animal agriculture producers to monetize their sustainability efforts — whether it's past work or progress towards a future sustainability goal. | Seed / Mar 13, 2023 | ||
| Soft Robotics opens new markets to automation through the application and commercialization of its proprietary soft robotics technology. The business end of a robotic arm is the gripper. The March 2105 edition of Modern Materials Handling best describes the challenge when they wrote: “Perhaps more than any other element of robotic development inwarehousing and distribution, the end-of-arm tooling, or gripper, is the place that can make or break a robot’s success.” Advancing gripper technology is the key to unlocking a new age of automation. An age where they can automate tote pick and pack for grocery distribution, bin picking of soft and delicate parts, e-commerce order fulfillment, fruit harvesting, luggage handling, and consumer goods packaging. The US fresh produce packing market alone represents a $27 billion retail market searching for automation solutions. Soft Robotics has demonstrated the ability to bring robotic product handling and packaging to this market. These are problems of adaptability, complexity, and cost. The search for a more adaptable gripper has driven up the complexity of design to devices like servo grippers and complicated tool changing requirements. This complexity comes at a high price in gripper cost, the need for larger arms, and complex software and hardware integration. Their revolutionary soft robotic technology, covered by more than 40 patents and applications, enables us to design and manufacture soft robotic hands that address the new unstructured world of automation and logistics. Through their propriety knowledge of actuator geometry, material selection, and operating envelope, they can tune actuators to be force limiting with NO CLOSED LOOP FEEDBACK system required. Soft Robotics brings the highest level of adaptability, while lowering system complexity and total system cost.The adaptive nature of their technology allows a single grasper to handle an unprecedented range of objects, regardless of shape, size, or weight, with no tool or software changes between cycles. We’ve demonstrated the ability to grasp bags of rice, raw food, bars of soap, boxes of toothpaste, and clothing all with a single device. But soft does not mean weak. Their technology has the ability to scale from the smallest to the largest task. The result is an automation solution that can pack a tote for retail distribution, pick fruit off the vine, or easily handle a ten pound kettle bell. They have demonstrated the speed and precision necessary to integrate into the factories and warehouses of today and the future, operating at speeds up to 130 picks per minute.Their system is plug and play with the most common industrial robots using industry standard protocols and vision systems.They have designed the system to be “robot and vision agnostic,” allowing the system to quickly and seamlessly integrate with the full range of robots, from small collaborative systems to high speed industrial packing cells. Soft Robotics launched their industrial product at Automate 2015 in March 2015, Their produce handling system in June 2015, and started shipping in June 2015. They are now selling systems to their pilot customers. Soft Robotics is foundational technology that solves the problems of today and unlocks the future of automation. | $26M / Series C / Nov 17, 2022 | ||
| Soft Robotics opens new markets to automation through the application and commercialization of its proprietary soft robotics technology. The business end of a robotic arm is the gripper. The March 2105 edition of Modern Materials Handling best describes the challenge when they wrote: “Perhaps more than any other element of robotic development inwarehousing and distribution, the end-of-arm tooling, or gripper, is the place that can make or break a robot’s success.” Advancing gripper technology is the key to unlocking a new age of automation. An age where they can automate tote pick and pack for grocery distribution, bin picking of soft and delicate parts, e-commerce order fulfillment, fruit harvesting, luggage handling, and consumer goods packaging. The US fresh produce packing market alone represents a $27 billion retail market searching for automation solutions. Soft Robotics has demonstrated the ability to bring robotic product handling and packaging to this market. These are problems of adaptability, complexity, and cost. The search for a more adaptable gripper has driven up the complexity of design to devices like servo grippers and complicated tool changing requirements. This complexity comes at a high price in gripper cost, the need for larger arms, and complex software and hardware integration. Their revolutionary soft robotic technology, covered by more than 40 patents and applications, enables us to design and manufacture soft robotic hands that address the new unstructured world of automation and logistics. Through their propriety knowledge of actuator geometry, material selection, and operating envelope, they can tune actuators to be force limiting with NO CLOSED LOOP FEEDBACK system required. Soft Robotics brings the highest level of adaptability, while lowering system complexity and total system cost.The adaptive nature of their technology allows a single grasper to handle an unprecedented range of objects, regardless of shape, size, or weight, with no tool or software changes between cycles. We’ve demonstrated the ability to grasp bags of rice, raw food, bars of soap, boxes of toothpaste, and clothing all with a single device. But soft does not mean weak. Their technology has the ability to scale from the smallest to the largest task. The result is an automation solution that can pack a tote for retail distribution, pick fruit off the vine, or easily handle a ten pound kettle bell. They have demonstrated the speed and precision necessary to integrate into the factories and warehouses of today and the future, operating at speeds up to 130 picks per minute.Their system is plug and play with the most common industrial robots using industry standard protocols and vision systems.They have designed the system to be “robot and vision agnostic,” allowing the system to quickly and seamlessly integrate with the full range of robots, from small collaborative systems to high speed industrial packing cells. Soft Robotics launched their industrial product at Automate 2015 in March 2015, Their produce handling system in June 2015, and started shipping in June 2015. They are now selling systems to their pilot customers. Soft Robotics is foundational technology that solves the problems of today and unlocks the future of automation. | $10M / Series B / Jun 29, 2021 | ||
| Rejoicy helps local businesses get discovered by offering digital storefronts and an online marketplace for community members to discover products and services from the comfort of their homes. | $500K / Pre-Seed / May 12, 2021 |
Co-Investors
About Tyson Ventures
Tyson Ventures is the investment arm of Tyson Foods. We aim to be the strategic partner of choice for disruptive innovators transforming the food industry, and provide sustainable nutrition to a growing global population. Our current areas of interest focus on emerging proteins, technology enablers and sustainability. Let’s build the future offood... together.
Tyson Ventures Contacts
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Adrienne Price
Corporate Counsel
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Amy Tu
President
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Gordon McGrath
Corporate Counsel
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Kate Powell
Associate Manager, Strategic Initiatives
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Rahul Ray
Senior Director
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FAQ
What does Rahul Ray invest in?
Rahul Ray invests primarily in Internet, Robotics and Software startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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When did Rahul Ray last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Rahul Ray closed in Nov 2025. Shizune tracks 6 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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