Boston Roots. Global Ambition.
Where Companies Go Further
Build your U.S. presence. Grow globally.
Richi Ventures connects life sciences and technology companies with the expertise, relationships, and access to capital they need to expand. Our industry-specific immersions start in Boston and open connections to other U.S. innovation hubs.
For selected alumni, immersion can lead to a portfolio partnership that brings hands-on support and the potential for direct investment.
Part of the Richi Foundation’s Global Innovation Platform.
A Deeper Way Into an Ecosystem
Two weeks of immersion. A longer horizon.
Entering the U.S. takes local understanding, trusted relationships, and a clear plan. In Boston, you work through the questions that matter to your company with people who know your industry.
Prepare & Immerse
Start with industry-specific preparation, then spend about two intensive weeks in Boston. Work directly with experts, investors, founders, and institutions to test your assumptions and sharpen your U.S. expansion strategy.
Inside the immersion →Connect & Evaluate
Build relationships around your company’s priorities. As we work together, we get to know your team, technology, and strategy. You see how our network works and where a deeper relationship could help.
Establish & Expand
For selected alumni, a separately agreed equity partnership can extend the relationship. We work alongside your team to establish a U.S. presence, develop business relationships, and prepare to raise capital.
The portfolio relationship →Access first. Alignment over time. Immersion requires no equity. Portfolio participation is optional and agreed separately, during or after the program, when both sides see value in working together.
Two Industries. Many Pathways.
Deep sector expertise. One connected platform.
Each edition is tailored to your industry: the people you meet, the questions you work through, and the commercial, regulatory, and investment landscape you need to understand.
01 Life Sciences
From scientific potential to global growth.
Work with Boston’s scientific, clinical, commercial, and investment communities to refine your U.S. strategy and identify the right partners for your next stage.
Specialized editions include pediatric cancer.
Discuss a Life Sciences edition →02 Technology
From emerging technologies to new markets.
Test your approach to the U.S. market and meet the technical experts, potential enterprise customers, and investors who can help you take the next step.
Editions focus on the needs of each technology sector.
Explore Technology editions →Boston is our anchor. We also connect companies with other U.S. innovation hubs when they offer expertise, partners, or opportunities suited to the sector.
The Immersion Experience
Intensive by design. Personal by nature.
Bring your company’s U.S. expansion questions to Boston. Through working sessions, expert feedback, and conversations with people in your industry, you’ll test your assumptions and decide what to do next.
Understand the market
Learn how your U.S. market works: who makes buying decisions, what evidence they expect, and which commercial or regulatory requirements matter for your company.
Put your strategy to work
Use workshops and one-to-one sessions to sharpen your positioning, challenge your market entry assumptions, and identify what your team needs to validate before expanding.
Meet the people behind the ecosystem
Meet founders, industry experts, investors, and institutions relevant to your goals. Use those conversations to understand where there is a fit and which relationships to pursue.
Build your capital strategy
Refine your investment story, learn what investors in your sector look for, and explore funding options suited to your stage, including non-dilutive sources where relevant.
Leave with a path forward
Turn what you learned into a prioritized action plan: which assumptions to test, whom to follow up with, and what milestones to reach before making your next U.S. expansion decision.
A Foundation of Experience
- Companies supported
- 150+
- Countries represented
- 21
- Applications received
- 1,200+
- Ecosystem network members
- 500+
Beyond Immersion | The Richi Ventures Portfolio
We get involved. We help you build.
For selected alumni, immersion can lead to a longer-term partnership. Richi Ventures works alongside the company to support U.S. and global growth in exchange for a separately agreed equity interest.
Conviction built through collaboration.
Working together during immersion gives us a close view of the company’s team, strategy, and potential. Founders get to see how we work and where our relationships and expertise can help. That shared experience informs whether a longer partnership makes sense for both sides.
Hands-on support. Shared upside.
We help companies establish a U.S. presence, develop business relationships, and prepare to raise capital. Some partnerships may also include direct investment. The scope of support, equity, and any investment are agreed individually.
Featured Portfolio
Life Sciences | Biotech
Developing drugs for children and adolescents with cancer.
Explore Oncoheroes →Technology | AI
Building AI-powered digital employees that businesses can hire, govern, and audit.
Explore Shokuin →Immersion requires no equity. Portfolio participation is optional and agreed separately.
Industry Partnerships & Joint Initiatives
A connected platform for growth.
We work with industry partners to give companies access to the expertise, commercial relationships, and capital networks that matter in their sector.
Featured Collaboration | AI & Deep Tech
Super Intelligence Corridor
Together with C10 Labs, the Richi Foundation connects AI and deep tech companies with Boston and New York. Richi Ventures leads the immersion programs, while C10 Labs leads venture building and investment activities.
International Innovation Corridors
From a local connection to a lasting global pathway.
The Richi Foundation builds relationships between Boston and partner regions. Richi Ventures puts those relationships to work through industry immersions, continued engagement with alumni, and partnerships that help selected companies expand.
Featured Corridor
Spain ↔ Boston
The corridor brings together company immersion, institutional collaboration, and a biotech investment initiative. Desafía Boston, powered by Richi Ventures, helps Spanish companies build relationships in Boston and develop their U.S. expansion plans.
Capital Connections
Connecting growth with investment.
The Richi Foundation brings together institutional partners, industry expertise, and international capital to develop and support investment initiatives that can help companies grow.
Life Sciences | Biotech
Spain–Boston Biotech Fund
The fund focuses on Spanish and U.S. biotech companies, with an emphasis on helping Spanish companies expand into Boston’s life sciences ecosystem.
Technology | AI
C10 Labs Fund 2
A fund with a global AI investment mandate, connected to the Richi Foundation’s collaboration with C10 Labs through the Super Intelligence Corridor.