# R3i Ventures

> R3i Ventures is the Singapore-based venture arm of R3i, a frontier-technology merchant bank that moves breakthrough science from the lab to sovereign-scale deployment. Female-founded and operating across Singapore, Luxembourg and the United States, it backs early-stage deeptech in climate, health, AI infrastructure, space and defense - pairing seed capital with regulatory expertise, non-dilutive grants and procurement access. The platform reports roughly $184M invested across 39 companies, $156M returned over 16 exits, and about $2.4B in capital mobilized.

- **Founded:** 2021
- **Headquarters:** Singapore
- **Founders:** Leesa Soulodre (Founder & General Partner)
- **Team size:** 14 (per Apollo/LinkedIn company data)
- **Products:** R3i Future Fund, R3i Impact Foundation, R3i Frontier (Venture Partner Program), DealDesk, Planet43 / Venture Studio
- **Notable:** Reports roughly $184M invested across 39 portfolio companies., Reports about $156M returned across 16 exits., Reports approximately $2.4B of capital mobilized alongside $1.1B in non-dilutive grant funding.

## Products & services

- **R3i Future Fund** — A roughly $50M deeptech seed-stage fund targeting climate and healthcare opportunities, investing across applied AI, space, security, renewable energy, medtech, watertech, agriculture, advanced manufacturing, robotics and semiconductors.
- **R3i Impact Foundation** — The venture-philanthropy arm that mobilizes catalytic capital and resources for climate and healthcare innovation, supporting entrepreneurs tackling global challenges.
- **R3i Frontier (Venture Partner Program)** — A Venture Partner Investment Program launched to help angel investors and emerging managers build track records in climate-deeptech.
- **DealDesk** — An execution desk for complex private-market transactions and large-cap secondaries in category-defining companies.
- **Planet43 / Venture Studio** — A venture studio that converts validated science into new companies.

## Achievements

- Reports roughly $184M invested across 39 portfolio companies.
- Reports about $156M returned across 16 exits.
- Reports approximately $2.4B of capital mobilized alongside $1.1B in non-dilutive grant funding.
- Female-owned venture firm operating across Singapore, Luxembourg and Silicon Valley.
- Backed frontier companies including Quantum Brilliance (room-temperature quantum computing), ViewMind (brain-health diagnostics) and Prosoma (digital therapeutics).
- Launched the R3i Frontier Venture Partner program in 2024 to develop emerging climate-deeptech managers.

## Latest updates

- **2024-04** — Launched R3i Frontier, a Venture Partner Investment Program for angel investors and emerging managers building track records in climate-deeptech.
- **2024-01** — Continued running deeptech accelerator programs across Singapore, Luxembourg and Texas targeting climate and healthcare startups.

## Links

- Website: https://r3iventures.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/r3iventures

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Last updated: 2026-08-15