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Kerry Rupp

Kerry Rupp

General Partner atTrue Wealth VenturesTexas
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Kerry Rupp is a General Partner at True Wealth Ventures, an early-stage venture capital fund. She has held leadership roles at DreamIt and founded Holiday Golightly, and serves on multiple boards.

What Kerry can write

Writes checks of$1M to $3M
Comes in atSeed, Series ALead preference not reported
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True Wealth Ventures writes $1M to $3M checks, larger than 83% of firms in the atlas.

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Career

  1. DreamIt · CEO
  2. National Science Foundation’s Innovation Corps (I-Corps) · Nationally certified instructor
  3. True Wealth Ventures · General Partner
    Now
  4. LexisNexis · VP
  5. Classmates · VP
  6. Jobster · VP
  7. AllRecipes · VP
  8. National Science Foundation’s Innovation Corps (I-Corps) · instructor

Companies founded

Holiday Golightly

Investments named in public bios

Partum HealthRubywellPointHealthAeromutableBrainCheckVidaFuelRosyreHarvest ProvisionsFlourishAtlantic Sea Farms

Focus

early-stage venture capitalwomen-led businessesenvironmental healthhuman healthventure capitalentrepreneurship

Education

Harvard Business School, MBADuke University, BA in BiologyDuke, BAHBS, MBA

Also at True Wealth Ventures

Sara T. Brand, Ph.D.
Sara T. Brand, Ph.D.Founding General Partner
Laurie Felker Jones
Laurie Felker JonesVisiting Partner

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Who is Kerry Rupp?

Kerry Rupp is a General Partner at True Wealth Ventures, an early-stage venture capital fund. She has held leadership roles at DreamIt and founded Holiday Golightly, and serves on multiple boards.

How much does Kerry Rupp invest?

Kerry Rupp invests through True Wealth Ventures, which writes checks of $1M to $3M at seed, series a.

How do I pitch Kerry Rupp?

A warm intro from a founder True Wealth Ventures backed works best. A short LinkedIn note with one line on traction is the next best route.

What did Kerry Rupp do before True Wealth Ventures?

CEO at DreamIt; Nationally certified instructor at National Science Foundation’s Innovation Corps (I-Corps); VP at LexisNexis; VP at Classmates; VP at Jobster; VP at AllRecipes; instructor at National Science Foundation’s Innovation Corps (I-Corps).

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