Rhapsody Venture Partners is a Cambridge, MA-based venture capital firm that invests exclusively in hard science startups addressing industrial problems. The firm leads seed rounds and co-creates companies with scientific founders, bridging the gap between laboratory research and market-ready products.
Deal activity increased 50% year-over-year (3 deals in the last 12 months). Average disclosed round size is $13.0M (across 24 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
23
Fund Size
$80M
Top Stage
Series A
Last 12 Mo
3
Team
CB
Carsten Boers
Managing Partner
JW
Jason Whaley
General Partner
CK
Corrie Kavanaugh
Principal
RN
Robert Newman
Associate
BL
Bernard Lupien
Investor
JF
Jessica Freyer
Hard Tech Investor
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
31 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Relativity Networks | Seed | $22M | Aug 2026 |
 Ph7 | Series B | $25.6M | Dec 2025 |
 PH7 Technologies | Series B | $25.6M | Dec 2025 |
 NuCicer | Series A | $11.5M | Jul 2025 |
 ChEmpower | Series A | $18.7M | Apr 2025 |
 Tender Food | Series A | $11M | Jun 2024 |
 Fluid Efficiency | Series A | $8M | Dec 2023 |
 SpinDrive | Series A | — | Nov 2023 |
| PH7 Technologies | Series A | $16M | Mar 2023 |
| SpinDrive | Unknown | — | Jan 2023 |
| CChinova | Series A | $6M | Jun 2022 |
 Nodar | Series A | $12M | Apr 2022 |
| Tender Food | Seed | $12M | Mar 2022 |
 Tender | Seed | $12M | Mar 2022 |
 Adden Energy | Unknown | $5.2M | Jan 2022 |
 Hazel Technologies | Series C | $70M | Apr 2021 |
| Hazel Technologies | Series B | $13M | Aug 2019 |
 WaveSense | Seed | $3M | Sep 2018 |
 Chinova Bioworks | Seed | $2M | Aug 2018 |
| Hazel Technologies | Seed | $3.3M | Mar 2018 |
 Polaris Electro-Optics | Pre-Seed | — | — |
 Cnergreen | Seed | $2M | — |
 Holiferm | Series A | — | — |
 Nuclear Turbines | Unknown | — | — |
| CChinova | Seed | $2M | — |
Page 1 of 2
Top Co-Investors
Lowercarbon Capital4 shared
Safar Partners4 shared
S2G Ventures3 shared
Asahi Kasei3 shared
BASF Venture Capital3 shared
TDK Ventures3 shared
AgFunder3 shared
Scale Venture Partners2 shared
Panacea Venture2 shared
Bread & Butter Ventures2 shared
MCJ2 shared
Innovestor2 shared
Nor'easter Ventures2 shared
M Ventures2 shared
Gaingels2 shared
SiteGround2 shared
Calm Ventures2 shared
Fine Structure Ventures2 shared
MassVentures2 shared
Last updated: 7 October 2026