Rudyard Partners

Rudyard Partners LLC is a venture capital firm based in Concord, Massachusetts, that specializes in early-stage investments. The firm focuses on emerging high-technology sectors and luxury lifestyle consumer brands, including fashion, hospitality, food and beverage, and health and beauty. In addition to financial investments, Rudyard Partners offers creative and management services to help young brands enhance their visibility and distribution channels, both prior to and following financing rounds. The firm has established strong relationships with key industry players in technology and consumer packaged goods, enabling it to support the growth of its portfolio companies effectively.

Matthew Growney

Founder and Managing Partner

9 past transactions

Thermal Brands

Seed Round in 2020
Thermal Brands is a management consulting firm that helps to grow the business of different brands.

QuadPay

Venture Round in 2020
Quadpay (ASX: Z1P) is a leading US-based installment payment platform, providing consumers with a simple, transparent, and financially responsible alternative to traditional credit. Quadpay is reinventing the payments landscape with its focus on innovation and customer-centricity, enabling more than millions of customers to pay in four interest-free installments over six weeks. The company’s market-leading app enables seamless integration for merchants and the ability for customers to shop online and in-store interest-free, not just with Quadpay’s thousands of integrated merchants, but with leading global retailers.

FaZe Clan

Seed Round in 2018
FaZe Clan is a gaming organization known for its original content and hyper-engaged global fanbase of 215 million combined across all social platforms.

True Botanicals

Seed Round in 2017
True Botanicals, Inc. is a manufacturer of luxury natural skincare and personal care products based in San Francisco, California. Founded in 2014, the company specializes in creating nontoxic products that include cleansers, toners, face oils, serums, sunscreens, and hair care items. True Botanicals emphasizes the use of concentrated bio-active ingredients sourced from vegan materials, ensuring that its offerings are free from harmful toxins and fillers. The company's approach goes beyond traditional anti-aging skincare, targeting specific skin concerns such as acne, hyperpigmentation, and wrinkles. True Botanicals provides personalized skincare routines based on individual user profiles and offers ongoing support to enhance the overall user experience. Its products are available for purchase both online and in physical stores.

Wanderset

Seed Round in 2017
Wanderset is an online retail platform specializing in men's fashion, offering a diverse selection of apparel, footwear, accessories, and personal products from over 70 established brands. The platform combines traditional online shopping with the influence of cultural trendsetters known as “Set Members,” who create engaging content to promote their own brands and highlight items from Wanderset's inventory on dedicated “Set Pages.” Customers can shop using a standard product view or opt for a unique “Lifestyle View” that enhances their shopping experience by showcasing styles through the lens of the Set Members. Additionally, Wanderset encourages customer participation by inviting them to suggest up-and-coming brands for potential inclusion on the site, fostering a community-driven approach to fashion retail.

Isabella Products

Series A in 2013
Isabella Products is a mobile device company that develops a family of connected wireless products. The company’s products include Vizit, a two-way wireless digital photo frame that enables consumers to interact with unshared images found within camera phones, PCs, and the internet; Fable, a cloud-based mobile learning device for children aged 3 to 10, which allows parents and teachers to customize learning experiences; and VizitMe that enables the purchase of a cloud-based collection of English and Spanish language books, videos, applications, and games designed to nurture children’s growing and changing interests. Isabella Products was founded in 2008 and is based in Concord, Massachusetts.

Bondir Concord

Series A in 2013
Bondir Concord is located in historic Concord, Massachusetts.

GPShopper

Series A in 2012
GPShopper LLC is a mobile engagement platform that specializes in developing mobile applications for retailers and branded manufacturers. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in New York, the company offers a cloud-based, native platform for iOS and Android that allows retail marketers to create seamless omnichannel experiences. GPShopper's technology integrates existing loyalty programs, providing features such as program enrollment, point tracking, redemption, purchase history, and account management. By leveraging its proprietary software development kit (SDK), GPShopper enables retailers to enhance customer engagement and loyalty across multiple touchpoints, both digitally and in-store. The company operates as a subsidiary of Synchrony Financial.

Illume Software

Venture Round in 2011
Illume Software develops solutions that leverage location to power high-value applications and services. Our first product, iZUP, offers a responsible solution to cell phone-related distracted driving. iZUP harnesses the power of GPS, the pervasiveness of cellular networks, and the new emphasis on intelligent solutions to real-world problems.
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