Jesse Rasch Overview
- Investor Type
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Angel
- Status
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Active
- Professionals
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1
- Investments
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64
- Portfolio
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29
- Exits
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36
Jesse Rasch General Information
Description
Mr. Jesse Rasch is a Co-Founder and serves as Managing Director at Hedgewood. He is an Angel Investor. He co-founded CareGuide. He founded WebHosting.com and InQuent Technologies, with InQuent providing hosting solutions to telecommunications customers such as AT&T, Comcast, Cox Communications, and Bell Canada. WebHosting.com became one of the largest hosting companies in the world before he sold both companies to AT&T. He later orchestrated a management team acquisition of InQuent from AT&T and successfully sold it again. He is a past recipient of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award and is the founding investor of VerticalScope (TSX:FORA), which develops and acquires commerce and social communities that attract over 100 million visitors per month. Through his family foundation, he established NutritionFacts.org, a leading resource for consumers and physicians to learn about plant-based nutrition, which is one of the largest non-profit healthcare sites on the Internet.
Business Details
Investor Status
Primary Investor Type
Corporate Office
- Toronto, Ontario
- Canada
Jesse Rasch Investments (64)
| Company Name | Deal Date | Deal Type | Deal Size | Industry | Company Stage | Lead Partner |
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| Oisin Biotechnologies | 28-Jun-2024 | Later Stage VC | Biotechnology | Generating Revenue | ||
| Daily Harvest | 15-Nov-2021 | Other Restaurants, Hotels and Leisure | Generating Revenue | |||
| Angiex | 30-Aug-2021 | Drug Discovery | Pre-Clinical Trials | |||
| Cinchy | 26-May-2020 | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | |||
| SteadyMD | 02-Apr-2020 | Clinics/Outpatient Services | Generating Revenue | |||
| PetPlate | 29-Jan-2020 | Other Consumer Non-Durables | Generating Revenue | |||
| Kettle & Fire | 10-May-2019 | Food Products | Generating Revenue | |||
| Clearco | 18-Dec-2018 | Specialized Finance | Generating Revenue | |||
| Super.com | 04-Dec-2018 | Early Stage VC | Financial Software | Generating Revenue | ||
| Zoocasa | 01-Oct-2018 | Later Stage VC | Real Estate Services (B2C) | Generating Revenue |
Jesse Rasch Exits (36)
| Company Name | Exit Date | Exit Type | Exit Size |
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| Ritual (Restaurants, Hotels and Leisure) | 14-Jan-2025 | Merger/Acquisition | |
| Bench (Accounting, Audit and Tax Services (B2B)) | 30-Dec-2024 | ||
| ECHOage | 01-Jul-2024 | ||
| Figure 1 | 21-Feb-2024 | ||
| Influitive | 12-Jan-2024 | ||
| Blitzen | 01-Jan-2024 | ||
| Kettle & Fire | 01-Jan-2024 | ||
| Clearpath Robotics | 02-Oct-2023 | ||
| Sandstone Diagnostics | 01-Apr-2023 | Merger/Acquisition | |
| Spacelist | 01-Mar-2023 | Secondary Transaction - Private |
Jesse Rasch Investments by Industry, Year, and Region
Investments by Industry
Investments by Year
Investments by Region
Jesse Rasch Co-Investors (32)
| Name | With | Exits | Lead Partner | Series | Industry |
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| Keiretsu Forum | 2 |
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| AbbVie Ventures |
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| Alexis Ohanian |
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| Lightspeed Venture Partners |
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| Lone Pine Capital |
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Jesse Rasch FAQs
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Who is Jesse Rasch?
Jesse Rasch is an angel Investor who has made 64 investments.
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What kind of investor is Jesse Rasch?
Jesse Rasch is an angel investor.
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What does Jesse Rasch do?
As an angel investor, Jesse Rasch invests personal money into promising companies, typically in exchange for equity.
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What has Jesse Rasch invested in?
Jesse Rasch has made numerous investments in companies like Oisin Biotechnologies, Daily Harvest, and Angiex within the Biotechnology, Restaurants, Hotels and Leisure, and Drug Discovery industries.
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What has Jesse Rasch invested in recently?
Jesse Rasch's latest investment was on 28-Jun-2024 in Oisin Biotechnologies, a company within the Biotechnology industry.
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