Kerry Rupp
General Partner at True Wealth Ventures
Kerry Rupp
General Partner at True Wealth Ventures
Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area
Overview
Work Experience
General Partner
2015 - Current
True Wealth Ventures is an early-stage venture capital fund that invests in women-led companies that are improving human and/or environmental health. Our portfolio includes: UnaliWear (smart watch for seniors), BrainCheck (cognitive health platform), Dermala (microbiome-based skincare), Ocean Approved / Atlantic Sea Farms (kelp), Solstice (community solar - ACQUIRED), Oralucent (blue & red light toothbrush), reHarvest Provisions (healthy smoothies using repurposed produce - ACQUIRED), VidaFuel (medical nutrition), Queen of Raw (excess inventory reuse/repurpose/recycling), Flowly (VR biofeedback app for pain/anxiety) Jiminy's (sustainable insect-based pet food), Rosy (women's sexual health), Flourish (women's nutrition & body image - ACQUIRED), Aeromutable (aerodynamic drag reduction for trucking), De Oro Devices (device for mobility disorders), Refiberd (sorting technology for textile recycling) and Partum Health (wrap-around birth services).
Member Board of Directors
2023
Partum Health helps growing families thrive with modern, proactive care from pre-conception through early parenthood.
Member Board of Directors
2021
reHarvest Provisions delivers tasty and nutrient-dense smoothies that radically tackle food loss via their commitment to reHARVEST and rePURPOSE unnecessarily discarded produce.
Member Board of Directors
2021
Rosy is the first-of-its-kind platform offering women a holistic approach to sexual health and wellness.
Member Board of Directors
2019
VidaFuel is a dietitian-developed nutritional support company on a mission to increase compliance, improve patient outcomes and help people live healthier lives.
Board Observer
2019
Atlantic Sea Farms brings the freshest, healthiest and most delicious seaweed to market.
Member Board of Directors
2021 - 2024
Flourish helps women break the diet cycle and sustain healthy habits through expert counseling, accountability, and community support. ACQUIRED June 2024
Member Board of Directors / Board Observer
2017 - 2023
Comprehensive cognitive health solutions. Empowering physicians to deliver high-quality, personalized cognitive health. Current Board Observer. Board Director May 2017-Aug 2021. Board Observer Sep 2021-Dec 2023.
I-Corps National Faculty
2016 - 2020
The NSF Innovation Corps (I-Corps) is an entrepreneurship and technology commercialization training program for the nation's leading scientists and engineers in academic research. The program leverages Steve Blank's LeanLaunchPad curriculum to provide real world, hands-on training on how to successfully incorporate innovations into successful products. The ultimate goal is to help program participants create a new venture or licensing opportunity.
Mentor
2015 - 2019
Capital Factory’s mission is to be the center of gravity for tech startups and entrepreneurs in Austin, Texas. http://capitalfactory.com/