Rosewood Venture Group

Rosewood Venture Group was a San Francisco-based venture capital fund managed by Rosewood Capital that invested in technology and technology-enabled services companies during the late 1990s and early 2000s. The fund's General Partner was Robert A. Keller, who served in that role from 2000 to 2002 before moving to J.P. Morgan Private Bank, where he went on to become Vice Chairman and a member of the firm's Western Region Leadership Committee. Rosewood Venture Group deployed capital across commercial services, automation and workflow software, systems and information management, digital media and automotive sectors. Notable portfolio companies include Synchronoss Technologies, MetaTV, Xtime (automotive software), Celox Networks and iMotors. The fund's last disclosed investment was in MetaTV in July 2002, after which the vehicle was wound down. The legacy portfolio is tracked in major venture databases but the fund is no longer making new investments. Rosewood Venture Group should not be confused with several other Rosewood-branded investment entities that remain active today: Rosewood Capital, a San Francisco-based private equity firm founded in 1985 focused on consumer-growth investments; Rosewood Capital Ventures, a Hong Kong-based venture affiliate of the Cheng family's Chow Tai Fook Enterprises and Rosewood Hotel Group; and Rosewood Private Investments, a family-backed firm based in Dallas. Rosewood Venture Group is a historical technology-focused fund representing approximately eight disclosed investments from an early Silicon Valley vintage.