Andrew S. Rappaport

Rappaport (left) and Glenn L. Smith at SXSW 2005. Photo by Jon Lebkowsky

Andrew S. Rappaport (born 1957; New York City), also known as Andy Rappaport, is an American venture capitalist partner and philanthropist. He is a partner emeritus at August Capital, a Silicon Valley information technology venture capital firm where he worked from 1996 until 2013.

Rappaport and his wife founded the Minnesota Street Project in 2016, an arts complex in the Dogpatch neighborhood of San Francisco.

Early life and education Andrew S. Rappaport was born in 1957 in New York City, New York. but dropped out in the second year.

Rappaport was Senior Editor of EDN Magazine. He was also a research physicist with Panametrics, Inc. In his early 20s he was founder and president of his own audiophile consumer-electronics company.

Career In 1984, he founded a strategic consulting firm in Boston, the Technology Research Group (TRG). His expertise is in the areas of technology and finance related to open-source software, broadband communications, semiconductors, and computer systems. Rappaport has served on more than 30 public and private company boards. In December 2013, he left August Capital.

He is a guitarist, composer, and guitar collector. Since 2017, he has collaborated in making video art with Deborah Oropallo. and Skyline Public Works that funds a variety of non-profit organizations and some commercial ventures too. One of the commercial ventures they sponsor is Huffington Post. They also fund the Participatory Culture Foundation, an open-source video-based browser developer.

The Rappaport's founded the Minnesota Street Project (MSP) in 2016, a dual for-profit/foundation model art space with gallery space, event space, and subsidized artist studios.

In 2021, the Rappaport's helped fund the opening of the Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco (ICA SF), alongside funds from Pamela and David Hornik; and Kaitlyn and Mike Krieger.