Rice Capital
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Rice Capital is a seed fund that invests in startups in the U.S. and Japan. Rice Capital was founded by Taro Fukuyama, a founder of Fond, which was backed by Y Combinator, DCM Ventures, and Andreessen Horowitz and was acquired by Edendred in 2023. Taro became the first Japanese YC founder. He also serves as a board director at SmartHR, a Japanese unicorn.
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Rice Capital in the news
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6 days ago
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Cytronic Raises $13.5 Million Seed Funding To Automate E-Commerce Fulfillment
6 days ago
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10 months ago
Kameda LT Foods Targets Rs. 1,000 Crore Market with New Snack Launch
May 2025
Tourism DX company Nutmeg raises about 500 million yen in pre-Series B
Mar 2025
Outstanding Voices: Why Katherine Rice is investing in female founders - San Francisco Business Times
Jun 2024
FAMU closes on $97.5 million loan to fund 700-bed student residence hall
Feb 2024
From The Trader’s Desk: Category is…. Anger! Bring it to the Runway! Billions S4E5
Apr 2019
Billions on Showtime, Season 4 Episode 5: A Proper Sendoff
Apr 2019
Sep 2015: Rice founder described as 'gentle and kind'
Sep 2015
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