Resilience Reserve

Resilience Reserve is a multistage investment fund focused on backing companies that are building resilience across critical global systems. The fund targets early- to growth-stage companies operating in areas including climate resilience, cleaner and more sustainable foods, energy security and sustainability, pandemic preparedness, and generative artificial intelligence. Founded by Rob Reid — the entrepreneur behind the startup that created the Rhapsody music service, widely credited with originating the unlimited on-demand streaming model later adopted by platforms such as Apple Music and Spotify — Resilience Reserve brings a founder-centric perspective to its investment thesis. Reid is also a New York Times bestselling science fiction author and host of the After On podcast, which features in-depth conversations with leading thinkers, scientists, and founders across fields including AI, synthetic biology, robotics, astrophysics, neuroscience, and oceanography. His background as a Fulbright Fellow and his interdisciplinary network inform the fund's forward-looking, science-grounded approach to identifying transformative companies. Within the food and agriculture vertical, Resilience Reserve is specifically interested in companies developing cleaner and more sustainable food systems, which may include alternative proteins, novel ingredients, supply chain innovation, and food technology startups that reduce environmental impact while improving nutritional or economic outcomes. The fund's broad mandate across multiple high-impact sectors positions it as a thematic investor seeking systemic change rather than incremental improvement. Its portfolio is oriented toward companies with the potential to reshape industries and address existential or structural risks facing society.