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RPM Ventures

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RPM Ventures is a seed and early stage venture firm with $75 million under management.

RPM concentrates its investing in Information Technology, taking advantage of the firm’s West Coast experience and Midwest roots. The combination of these positions RPM to bring a grounded perspective to its investing that reflects an integration of Silicon Valley culture and relationships with Midwest values and network. RPM is a founding investor in numerous deals, often investing before there is a product or management team in place. Additionally, RPM is a valuable investing partner for companies within sectors in which the firm has specific expertise, including: Retail Automotive Software, Solutions for Industrial and Retail enterprises, E-commerce, Online Marketplaces, Cloud and Social Media Infrastructure, and spinouts from leading research universities.

Recent Milestones

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  RPM Ventures invested in Luvocracy. (5/16/13)
  Posted 5/16/13 at 6:47pm via techcrunch.com
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  RPM Ventures invested in Janrain. (1/14/13)
  Posted 1/14/13 at 7:01pm via techcrunch.com
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  RPM Ventures invested in Xtime. (11/13/12)
  Posted 11/14/12 at 7:47pm via finsmes.com
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  RPM Ventures invested in Mojo Motors. (5/8/12)
  Posted 5/8/12 at 3:49am via techcrunch.com
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  RPM Ventures invested in Wide Open Spaces. (12/1/11)
  Posted 3/5/13 at 4:49am
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  RPM Ventures invested in BountyJobs. (9/7/11)
  Posted 9/7/11 at 7:28pm via techcrunch.com
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  RPM Ventures invested in Caterva. (7/6/11)
  Posted 7/8/11 at 1:30am via yahoo.com
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  RPM Ventures invested in Giftly. (3/1/11)
  Posted 12/9/11 at 4:09pm via techcrunch.com
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  RPM Ventures invested in Kabongo. (10/14/10)
  Posted 10/19/10 at 1:47am via venturebeat.com
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  RPM Ventures invested in Mojo Motors. (2/1/10)
  Posted 5/8/12 at 7:27am
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  RPM Ventures invested in Janrain. (12/7/09)
  Posted 12/7/09 at 11:33am via nwinnovation.com
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  RPM Ventures invested in Glyde. (11/1/09)
  Posted 9/25/10 at 5:14pm via rpmvc.com
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  RPM Ventures invested in Janrain. (8/13/09)
  Posted 8/13/09 at 11:12am via paidcontent.org
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  RPM Ventures invested in Kabongo. (8/8/09)
  Posted 8/8/09 at 9:11pm via kabongo.com
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  RPM Ventures invested in OPENLANE. (12/31/08)
  Posted 1/12/09 at 4:46pm via venturebeat.com
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  RPM Ventures invested in TetraVitae Bioscience. (11/30/08)
  Posted 8/24/09 at 11:12pm

Investments

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1. RPM Ventures Successfully Closes $60 Million Second Fund (freshnews.com) [edit]
RPM Website (rpmvc.com) [edit]
RPM Website (rpmvc.com) [edit]
2. Luvocracy Raises $11M From Kleiner Perkins, Google Ventures And Others To Master Ecommerce And Social Recommendations (techcrunch.com) [edit]
3. Janrain Raises $33M From Salesforce, And Others For Social Log-In Management Platform (techcrunch.com) [edit]
4. Xtime Raises $23M in Series 2 Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
5. Mojo Motors Fuels Up With $3M From Atlas, RPM For Better Used Car Shopping (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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7. BountyJobs Lands $5M From Greylock, Accel Partners And RPM Ventures (techcrunch.com) [edit]
8. Caterva, Inc. Announces $1.2 Million in Seed Funding (news.yahoo.com) [edit]
9. Giftly Now Lets You Give The Gift Of Discovery (And Some Money, Too) (techcrunch.com) [edit]
10. Kabongo scores $1.1M to make reading fun for kids (venturebeat.com) [edit]
11. Citation Needed [add]
12. Northwest Innovation (nwinnovation.com) [edit]
13. RPM Ventures Portfolio (rpmvc.com) [edit]
14. JanRain Raises $1 Million In Funding For OpenID Products (paidcontent.org) [edit]
15. qlt website (kabongo.com) [edit]
16. OpenLane speeds ahead with $10M (venturebeat.com) [edit]
17. EDGAR [edit]
18. RiverGlass takes $2.4 million for information analytics (venturebeat.com) [edit]
19. Mobius Microsystems raises $10.22M (venturebeat.com) [edit]
20. U-M's Frankel Fund announces its first investment (ns.umich.edu) [edit]
21. Symwave Raises $12M Series C. (mywire.com) [edit]
22. Advanced Analytics Software Firm RiverGlass, Inc. Raises $4 Million Series 'B' Financing Round (riverglassinc.com) [edit]
23. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
24. EDGAR [edit]
25. BountyJobs Secures $12 Million Funding Round to Fuel Growth Plans (emediaworld.com) [edit]
26. EDGAR [edit]
27. Applimation Secures $4 Million in Series C Funding. (allbusiness.com) [edit]