RH Capital

RH Capital is an impact first venture fund investing exclusively in women's health at Seed and Series A. It was created in 2019 as the wholly owned investment subsidiary of Rhia Ventures, a nonprofit that uses capital to improve reproductive and maternal health in the United States, and it grew out of an initiative philanthropist Dr. Ruth Shaber began with Rhia in 2017. The fund invests across devices, diagnostics, digital health, health services, therapeutics and consumer health, targeting maternal health, contraception, fertility, menopause, gynecological conditions, pelvic health and women's oncology. Every investment is screened against four impact pillars, transformative innovation, access, affordability and systemic change, with particular attention to historically underserved populations, and more than 90 percent of its portfolio companies have women or BIPOC founders. Fund I raised $5 million in 2019; the oversubscribed Fund II closed at $38.5 million in 2022, bringing combined assets to $43.5 million across more than 20 companies including Ovia Health and Nurx. On October 1, 2024 the investment team spun out of Rhia Ventures to form the independent firm Foreground Capital, which continues to manage RH Capital Funds I and II while raising a larger successor vehicle under the new name.

$43.5M (combined AUM across Funds I and II at Fund II close, 2022) AUM 63/100 Power Score™ 2019 Founded San Francisco, CA
Healthcare Digital Health Life Sciences Biotech
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Signature Exit

Portfolio company Ovia Health, a maternal and family health app maker, was acquired by Labcorp in 2021.

Key Partners & Leadership

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Firm Timeline

2017
Philanthropist Dr. Ruth Shaber began the women's health investing initiative at nonprofit Rhia Ventures from which RH Capital emerged.
2019
RH Capital launched and raised a $5 million Fund I, filing its first Form D for RH Capital Fund I, LP in June 2019.
2021
Portfolio company Ovia Health was acquired by Labcorp, an early realised exit for Fund I.
2022
The oversubscribed Fund II closed at $38.5 million, bringing combined assets under management to $43.5 million.
2024
Effective October 1, the investment team spun out of Rhia Ventures as independent firm Foreground Capital, which continues to manage RH Capital Funds I and II.