Zebediah Rice
Partner and Co-Founder @ King River Capital
Zebediah Rice is an entrepreneur and venture capitalist. He has founded or backed dozens of young companies over his career in the technology, clean energy, media and financial services sectors. In 2000, Zebediah Rice co-founded Angeleno Group, a clean energy venture capital firm. Along with his co-founders he led the firm's growth to~US$500M AUM. While at Angeleno he focused on leading investments, raising capital, and managing the fund's portfolio companies. Prior to Angeleno Group, Zebediah Rice worked in corporate venture capital at News Corp in the 1990s. Since then he has been both an entrepreneur (as the founder or co-founder of several companies) and an active participant in civic life. He has served on the board of The Edmund G. “Pat” Brown Institute for Public Affairs (founded by his grandfather, two term California Governor Pat Brown), was on the Finance Committee for the Obama for America 2008 Presidential campaign as well as California Governor Jerry Brown’s 2010 Gubernatorial campaign.Zebediah Rice received a B.S. Magna Cum Laude in Government and Economics from Bowdoin College.
- Total investments:
- 18
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 56%
Last updated:
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Industries Zebediah Rice invests in
Stages Zebediah Rice invests in
Countries Zebediah Rice invests in
Contacts
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 6 (33%)
- Cyber Security 3 (17%)
- Artificial Intelligence 3 (17%)
- Gaming 2 (11%)
- Security 2 (11%)
Stage
- Series B 7 (39%)
- Series A 4 (22%)
- Series C 4 (22%)
- Series D 1 (6%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (6%)
Country
- Australia 8 (44%)
- United States 3 (17%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Block Earner is a blockchain-powered fintech on a mission to provide a user-friendly interface to access the benefits of decentralized finance. Block Earner provides better products built on blockchain and helps people take control of their money. | $5.2M / Series A / Aug 17, 2025 | ||
| Relevance AI is a platform for building custom AI agents, aiding companies in automating repetitive reasoning tasks efficiently. The company offers two main products: AI Tools, which facilitate seamless integration into workflows for automating repetitive tasks, and AI Agents, which streamline complete workflows in areas such as marketing, sales,and research. Relevance AI aims to empower teams, ensuring limitations are driven by ideas, not size. | $24M / Series B / May 06, 2025 | ||
| Relevance AI is a platform for building custom AI agents, aiding companies in automating repetitive reasoning tasks efficiently. The company offers two main products: AI Tools, which facilitate seamless integration into workflows for automating repetitive tasks, and AI Agents, which streamline complete workflows in areas such as marketing, sales,and research. Relevance AI aims to empower teams, ensuring limitations are driven by ideas, not size. | $15M / Series A / Dec 12, 2023 | ||
| Cyble provides the fastest and most comprehensive coverage across adversaries, infrastructure, exposure, weaknesses, and targets.Cyble empowers governments and enterprises to safeguard their citizens and infrastructure by providing critical intelligence in a timely manner and enabling rapid detection, prioritization, and remediation of securitythreats through its advanced capabilities for data analysis, expert insights, and automated processesHeadquartered in Cupertino, California, with offices in Australia, Malaysia, Singapore, Dubai, Saudi Arabia, and India, Cyble has a global presence. To learn more about Cyble, visit www.cyble.com.w: cyble.com / getodin.com / thecyberexpress.com / amibreached.com | $24M / Series B / Jul 30, 2023 | ||
| Immutable develops blockchain-based eSport games designed to familiarize users with blockchain technology in a fun and user-friendly environment. Its eSports games use ethereum blockchain to transform digital asset ownership in the video-gaming industry. Immutable provides scalable blockchain infrastructure for video games, enabling organizationsto bring transparency in the opaque world of in-game economies. | $200M / Series C / Mar 07, 2022 | ||
| Immutable develops blockchain-based eSport games designed to familiarize users with blockchain technology in a fun and user-friendly environment. Its eSports games use ethereum blockchain to transform digital asset ownership in the video-gaming industry. Immutable provides scalable blockchain infrastructure for video games, enabling organizationsto bring transparency in the opaque world of in-game economies. | $200M / Series C / Mar 07, 2022 | ||
| Zipline is a compliance platform designed for nursing homes, skilled nursing facilities, hospitals, and other healthcare facilities. Its SaaS platform is used on-site in nursing homes and hospitals to manage visitor, staff, volunteer, and contractor compliance.Zipline, formerly known as RateIt, was founded in 2017 with the goal of improvingretail experiences. | $4.3M / Series A / Nov 22, 2021 | ||
| Lark is a developer of chronic disease prevention and management platform used to prevent chronic conditions. The company uses cutting-edge AI combined with human coaches and connected devices to provide real-time, personalized, 24/7 support, and counseling to help users make healthier choices and manage their conditions. Its CDC-recognizedDiabetes Prevention Program, Wellness Program, Diabetes Care Program, and Hypertension Program have 1.5 million users and have demonstrated clinically validated improved health outcomes published in 11 peer-reviewed journals and analyst reports.Lark was founded by Julia Hu and Jeff Zira in 2011 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California. | $100M / Series D / Oct 13, 2021 | ||
| Immutable develops blockchain-based eSport games designed to familiarize users with blockchain technology in a fun and user-friendly environment. Its eSports games use ethereum blockchain to transform digital asset ownership in the video-gaming industry. Immutable provides scalable blockchain infrastructure for video games, enabling organizationsto bring transparency in the opaque world of in-game economies. | $53.5M / Series B / Sep 14, 2021 | ||
| Immutable develops blockchain-based eSport games designed to familiarize users with blockchain technology in a fun and user-friendly environment. Its eSports games use ethereum blockchain to transform digital asset ownership in the video-gaming industry. Immutable provides scalable blockchain infrastructure for video games, enabling organizationsto bring transparency in the opaque world of in-game economies. | $55.2M / Series B / Sep 14, 2021 | ||
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Co-Investors
About King River Capital
King River Capital invests in high-growth software and AI-driven technology businesses that are solving critical problems. The firm aims to cultivate a diverse, energized ecosystem of entrepreneurs, operators, and partners that will build the world’s iconic companies and create a better future. It invests typically in the Series A through Series Crounds. King River Capital (KRC) was founded in 2019 as a venture capital fund dedicated to investing in exceptional teams that are building innovative companies in Australia and the US.It is headquartered in Surry Hills, Australia.
King River Capital Contacts
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Christopher Barter
Partner and Co-Founder
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Phil Blythe
Entrepreneur In Residence
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Zebediah Rice
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What does Zebediah Rice invest in?
Zebediah Rice invests primarily in Software, Cyber Security and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 18 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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