Rho Capital Partners, Inc (New York)


Rho Capital Partners, Inc is a large advisory firm based in New York. It manages $1.02 billion of regulatory assets for 22 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2012 and has operated in the jurisdictions of California and New York.

Rho Capital Partners provides portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles. It doesn't provide financial planning services to its clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.

Rho Capital Partners: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Rho Capital Partners, Inc is $1.02 billion, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has gone down by -31% since the beginning of its operation, and $215.14 million of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $1.02 billion in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $46.31 million each.
Rho Capital Partners has custody of $1.02 billion in cash and securities for 22 clients in total but doesn’t act as a qualified custodian.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Rho Capital Partners, Inc for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management, fixed fees, and performance-based fees. The adviser charges an additional fee when a set benchmark is outperformed. These fees don’t include brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and other account expenses.

What kind of clients Rho Capital Partners serves?

The only and largest group of clients of Rho Capital Partners is pooled investment vehicles with 22 clients and $1.02 billion of assets under management. Among the 11 most similar advisory firms, Rho Capital Partners has the 3rd highest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $1.02 billion for 22 clients. 23% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Rho Capital Partners also advises several private funds. Namely, one private equity fund and twenty one venture capital funds. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons ranges from $50,000 to $25,000,000.

Careers at Rho Capital Partners, Inc

The company employs 13 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 92 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. No employees are registered as investment adviser representatives with the state securities authorities.

There isn’t anyone with the role of looking for and bringing in new clients on behalf of the firm. The firm doesn’t compensate employees in addition to the salary for bringing in new clients. Employees don’t receive compensation from other entities for client referrals.

Direct owners and executive officers


Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Joshua Ruch Ceo, managing partner, director, shareholder 1 Aug 1981 25% - 50% 863704
William F Indoe Director, shareholder 1 Aug 1981 Other 2174450
Habib Benoit Kairouz Managing partner, director, shareholder 1 Nov 1993 25% - 50% 2078398
Peter Kalkanis Chief financial officer 1 Oct 1994 Other 6018633
Mark Leschly Managing partner, director, shareholder 1 Jul 1999 25% - 50% 6018626
Jeffrey Ian Martin Partner, general counsel & cco 1 May 2001 Other 6018637

Based in New York

The principal office where Rho Capital Partners, Inc performs its advisory services is located at 152 W. 57 Th Street, 23 Rd Floor, New York, NY 10019 3310, which is also the mailing address of the firm. An additional office of the firm is in Palo Alto, CA. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 212-751-6677 or by fax 212-751-3613. The normal business hours are 9am - 5:30pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at rho.com.