Reckitt
VC Fund
Slough, United Kingdom
Reckitt is a VC fund in Slough focused on E-Commerce and Health Care. Reckitt Benckiser Group manufactures, markets, and sells health, hygiene, and home products. It offers acne treatment creams, facial washes, and cleansing pads; disinfection, hygiene, and first aid products; condoms, sex toys, and lubricants; heartburn and indigestion solutions; and cough and chest congestion, multi-symptom, and sinus remedies foradults and children under the Clearasil, Dettol, Durex, Gaviscon, and Mucinex brands. Reckitt Benckiser Group also provides analgesics; footcare and footwear products; sore throat medications; and women's beauty products under the Nurofen, Scholl, Strepsils, and Veet brand. Moreover, it offers fragrances and devices; water softeners; home cleaning products; dish washes; toilet bowl cleaners; disinfectants; sprays, baits, and plug-ins for pest control; stain removals; and fabric washing products under the Air Wick, Calgon, Cillit Bang, Finish, Harpic, Lysol, Mortein, Vanish, and Woolite brands, as well as infant and child nutrition products under the Enfamil and Nutramigen brands. Reckitt Benckiser Group operates in the United States, Canada, Europe, Russia/CIS, Turkey, Israel, Australia, New Zealand, and internationally. It began operation in 1823, with its headquarters in Slough in the United Kingdom.
- Total investments:
- 9
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 56%
Last updated:
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Industries Reckitt invests in
Stages Reckitt invests in
Countries Reckitt invests in
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 12 contacts → | |||
Investment Focus
Industry
- E-Commerce 3 (33%)
- Health Care 2 (22%)
- Enterprise Software 2 (22%)
- Artificial Intelligence 2 (22%)
- Men's 1 (11%)
Stage
- Series A 2 (22%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 2 (22%)
- Grant 1 (11%)
- Series B 1 (11%)
- Private Equity 1 (11%)
Country
- United States 3 (33%)
- India 1 (11%)
- United Kingdom 1 (11%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Rakesh Kapoor
CEO
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CEO | Total investments: 9 | Find email | |
Adrian Hennah
CFO
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CFO | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Arjun Purkayastha
SVP & Managing Director - Greater China
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SVP & Managing Director - Greater China | Total investments: 45 | Find email | |
Brioney Moore
NPS Procurement Director Global Marketing
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NPS Procurement Director Global Marketing | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Filippo Catalano
Chief Information and Digitisation Officer
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Chief Information and Digitisation Officer | Total investments: 2 | Find email | |
| See all 12 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Powwater is a mobile community marketplace for water. | $1.6M / Grant / Mar 01, 2024 | ||
| Healthily is the world’s first medically approved self-care app designed around you. Combining responsive AI with trusted insights and tools, we match your personal needs to the latest information from doctors and healthcare specialists. So you can understand your health and take the next step with confidence, wherever you are. Used by millions ofpeople all over the world, Healthily’s pioneering approach to online clinical safety has attracted the support of leading investors and health organisations. | $20M / Venture - Series Unknown / Sep 07, 2022 | ||
| Bombay Shaving Company is a consumer goods company that focuses on developing a range of shave care, beard care, and skincare products. It specializes in men's grooming, personal care, shaving, beard grooming, skincare, and handmade soaps. Bombay Shaving Company was founded in 2015 and is based in New Delhi, Delhi, India. | $6.2M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jan 28, 2021 | ||
| Pharmapacks is an e-commerce company with a proprietary tech platform that empowers brands with a complete logistics, fulfillment, marketing, and sales solution. It sells both direct-to-consumer on Pharmapacks.com and through its partner websites, including Amazon, Walmart.com, eBay amongst others. Pharmapacks operates as a launchpad for emergingbrands by giving a select amount of lesser-known brands access to the Pharmapacks e-commerce platform and consumer base.Founded as a brick-and-mortar pharmacy shop in 2010, Pharmapacks is based in Islandia, New York. | $250M / Private Equity / Nov 12, 2020 | ||
| Tailos is on a mission to bridge the gap between robots and humans - starting with Rosie - the world's very first housekeeping robot for hotels and commercial buildings. Like a self-driving car, Rosie navigates intelligently through the space while cleaning floors and collecting invaluable operational and environmental data.Tailos'automated systems deliver unprecedented value to hotel operators, room attendants, and hotel guests. There are three major issues Tailos is tackling:*Housekeeping is the highest variable cost regardless of the hotel. *Room attendants have the highest injury rates in the service sector. *Current commercial cleaning practices are inconsistent and hard to objectively manage.By using Tailos' systems, hotel and commercial cleaning operators will see an increase in profitability; healthier and happier staff; and higher guest satisfaction. In addition, room attendants will be able to focus on less strenuous tasks - ultimately reducing injury rates. Finally, guests will have a more enjoyable experience through consistent cleanliness and more flexible check-in and check-out times.Given the size and scale of the hospitality market, a lack of innovation in the field, and the potential to improve the health and safety of room attendants; Tailos transforms the industry by leveraging the power of robotics.By solving the two biggest issues in housekeeping – time and injuries – Tailos revolutionizes commercial cleaning - one bot at a time. | Series B / Nov 12, 2020 | ||
| Healthily is the world’s first medically approved self-care app designed around you. Combining responsive AI with trusted insights and tools, we match your personal needs to the latest information from doctors and healthcare specialists. So you can understand your health and take the next step with confidence, wherever you are. Used by millions ofpeople all over the world, Healthily’s pioneering approach to online clinical safety has attracted the support of leading investors and health organisations. | $30M / Series A / Oct 05, 2020 | ||
| Pharmapacks is an e-commerce company with a proprietary tech platform that empowers brands with a complete logistics, fulfillment, marketing, and sales solution. It sells both direct-to-consumer on Pharmapacks.com and through its partner websites, including Amazon, Walmart.com, eBay amongst others. Pharmapacks operates as a launchpad for emergingbrands by giving a select amount of lesser-known brands access to the Pharmapacks e-commerce platform and consumer base.Founded as a brick-and-mortar pharmacy shop in 2010, Pharmapacks is based in Islandia, New York. | $40M / Convertible Note / Sep 03, 2020 | ||
| Pharmapacks is an e-commerce company with a proprietary tech platform that empowers brands with a complete logistics, fulfillment, marketing, and sales solution. It sells both direct-to-consumer on Pharmapacks.com and through its partner websites, including Amazon, Walmart.com, eBay amongst others. Pharmapacks operates as a launchpad for emergingbrands by giving a select amount of lesser-known brands access to the Pharmapacks e-commerce platform and consumer base.Founded as a brick-and-mortar pharmacy shop in 2010, Pharmapacks is based in Islandia, New York. | $150M / Private Equity / Jul 28, 2020 | ||
| Pharmapacks is an e-commerce company with a proprietary tech platform that empowers brands with a complete logistics, fulfillment, marketing, and sales solution. It sells both direct-to-consumer on Pharmapacks.com and through its partner websites, including Amazon, Walmart.com, eBay amongst others. Pharmapacks operates as a launchpad for emergingbrands by giving a select amount of lesser-known brands access to the Pharmapacks e-commerce platform and consumer base.Founded as a brick-and-mortar pharmacy shop in 2010, Pharmapacks is based in Islandia, New York. | $32.5M / Series A / Jun 12, 2018 |
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What does Reckitt invest in?
Reckitt invests primarily in E-Commerce, Health Care and Enterprise Software startups, most often at Series A and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 9 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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The team at Reckitt includes Rakesh Kapoor (CEO), Adrian Hennah (CFO) and Arjun Purkayastha (SVP & Managing Director - Greater China), among 12 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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