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Roo Capital
Roo Capital is a venture capital firm headquartered in Miami with an office in New York, dedicated to solidifying the next generation of market leaders in...
Roo Capital
Roo Capital is a venture capital firm headquartered in Miami with an office in New York, dedicated to solidifying the next generation of market leaders in Vertical SaaS, AI, and Health Tech. We believe that at the early stage (Pre-Seed to Series A), capital is a commodity. Founders don't just need a check; they need a partner who has been in their seat. Roo Capital differentiates through our proprietary Roo Impact Model: Capital + Talent + Growth. What We Bring to the Table: Capital: Disciplined, high-conviction investment for ambitious founders. Talent (Roo Search): Our in-house executive search firm of 14 professionals helps you build a world-class C-suite, aligned with your fund’s success. Growth (Roo Growth): Practical, private-equity-inspired operational firepower to solve scaling friction in GTM, pricing, and product-market fit. We are more than investors; we are builders. Our model is designed to move founders from bold ideas to category-defining leaders, as demonstrated by our breakout success stories like GoTu and Scamnetic. Built by operators. Designed for builders.
General information
Firm type
Private Equity
Year founded
2022
AUM
$200M (per firm website)
Location
Region
North America
Country
United States
City
Coconut Grove
Corporate office
Coconut Grove, FL, United States
Principals
Nate DaPore
Founder & Managing Partner
Carlos Ramon
Partner, CFO & CCO
Varun Sridhar
Principal
Yuriy Dovzhansky
Principal
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
Who runs investment decisions at Roo Capital?
Nate DaPore, Roo Capital’s Founder & Managing Partner, leads the investment team alongside Principals Varun Sridhar and Yuriy Dovzhansky. Sridhar brought seven years of early-stage investing experience from RTP Global and VMG Technology, while Dovzhansky arrived from Visible Ventures and DNA Capital. Partner and CFO Carlos Ramon also works with portfolio companies on financial strategy and capital allocation post-close.
How does Roo Capital's investment model differ from a standard venture capital firm?
Roo bundles an in-house executive search firm — Roo Search — and an operator-led growth practice — Roo Growth — into the fund structure. This means portfolio companies receive dedicated help placing C-suite and functional leaders and executing sales and operational playbooks within the first year, rather than relying on a general partner’s network or external consultants. The firm’s own materials frame the approach as importing private-equity style value-creation discipline into early-stage venture.
Which sectors does Roo Capital explicitly avoid?
Roo Capital does not publish an explicit exclusion list. Its stated focus is concentrated in Vertical SaaS, AI, Cybersecurity, and Health Tech. The portfolio and partner backgrounds skew heavily toward enterprise and B2B technology, making consumer-social or pure consumer-packaged-goods plays unlikely absent a clear technological component.
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