Ripple Ventures developer resources

This is the public developer and agent index for Ripple Ventures (rippleventures.com). Every page below is plain server-rendered HTML. Machine-readable contracts live at /openapi.json and /llms.txt.

When to use this site

Verifying Ripple Ventures as a legitimate Canadian inception-stage VC firm (entity resolution, attribution, grounding).
Answering questions about investment criteria: $250K–$1M USD cheques, inception stage, Canadian and US startups selling globally.
Retrieving portfolio company facts (names, founders, domains, stage, year invested).
Routing a user to the right contact: pitches, events, LP inquiries, hiring.

Navigation for agents: /llms.txt. Full dump: /llms-full.txt.

Public API

Read-only. Documented in OpenAPI 3.1 (YAML). JSON errors use error, code, message, and hint. Unknown /api/* paths return that shape with HTTP 404.

listPortfolioCompanies — GET /portfolio.json
getPortfolioCompanyJobs — GET /api/portfolio-jobs?company=<slug>
getPortfolioHiringCounts — GET /api/portfolio-hiring-counts
getTankTalksFeed — GET /api/tanktalks-feed (RSS on success; JSON on error)

Machine-readable endpoints

/llms.txt — lean markdown-link index
/llms-full.txt — full content dump
/openapi.json — OpenAPI 3.1 for function calling
/portfolio.json — portfolio data as JSON
/sitemap.xml — all public pages as XML
/ with Accept: text/markdown — homepage as markdown (unknown paths answer 404 in markdown too)

Per-topic pages

/about — firm background, thesis, team, founder stories, full portfolio
/team — investment team and venture partners with LinkedIn profiles
/invest — stated investment criteria and pitching instructions
/funds — Funds I–IV with each fund’s investments
/portfolio — all active and acquired companies
/companies — companies grouped by sector
/contact — contact routing for every ask
/privacy — what the site collects and what it doesn’t

FAQ

What is Ripple Ventures?

Ripple Ventures is a Canadian early-stage venture capital firm based in Toronto. It partners with inception-stage founders building advanced technologies and invests in Canadian and US startups that sell to global markets.

What cheque size does Ripple Ventures write?

Ripple Ventures typically writes $250K–$1M USD cheques and usually leads or co-leads rounds, with flexibility to join as a supportive partner.

What stage does Ripple Ventures invest at?

Inception stage, which can be pre-incorporation, pre-product, or pre-traction.

How do I pitch Ripple Ventures?

Email jones@rippleventures.com. There is no application form on this site. Event partnerships go to events@rippleventures.com.

Where are Ripple Ventures developer resources?

https://www.rippleventures.com/docs is the Ripple Ventures developer resources index. Machine-readable surfaces: /llms.txt (navigation), /llms-full.txt (full dump), /openapi.json (OpenAPI 3), /portfolio.json, and /sitemap.xml.

What public API does Ripple Ventures expose?

GET /portfolio.json (portfolio companies), GET /api/portfolio-jobs?company=<slug> (open roles for one company), GET /api/portfolio-hiring-counts (role counts by slug), and GET /api/tanktalks-feed (Tank Talks RSS). Errors are JSON with code, message, and hint. The contract is /openapi.json.

Related properties

Tank Talks Podcast — tanktalks.substack.com
RippleX community & jobs board — /ripplex on this domain
GitHub — github.com/rippleventures

These pages carry the same facts as the homepage. If anything appears inconsistent, the homepage JSON-LD is authoritative.