Rhia Ventures

The firm identifies its core investment vehicle as RH Capital, an impact-first venture fund. It does not publish an investment committee roster or named deal leads. The board — which includes institutional figures such as Janet Yearwood, a former J.P. Morgan Asset Management portfolio manager — provides governance, but day-to-day deployment authority is not publicly attributed to named individuals.

Rhia Ventures combines conventional venture sourcing with a corporate engagement and policy practice that gives it visibility into employer health needs. Its team runs shareholder advocacy campaigns at large public companies, creating a pipeline signal: startups that can solve the reproductive health gaps Rhia is already pressing corporations to close. The firm’s advising practice with foundations and institutional allocators widens the network further.

No. Rhia Ventures is an asset manager that blends venture capital with a nonprofit corporate-engagement and field-building arm. Its initial capital anchor traces to the Tara Health Foundation, a separate philanthropic entity founded by Ruth Shaber, but the firm itself raises third-party capital and does not operate as a family office.

Ruth Shaber founded both the Tara Health Foundation — a philanthropic vehicle using grants and program-related investments to advance women's health and economic outcomes — and Rhia Ventures, where she serves as board chair. The foundation is a separate entity, while Rhia Ventures functions as a market-facing investment and advocacy platform that can also raise external capital.

Public disclosures show Rhia Ventures making direct venture investments through RH Capital. The firm’s website refers to an emerging 'catalytic capital fund' in addition to RH Capital but does not specify whether the firm also allocates to external venture funds. No public record of fund-of-fund commitments was identified.