Ripple believes that the next generational company will be built by visionary founders transforming legacy industries.

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We believe the next generational companies will tackle challenges in the largest industries still reliant on archaic processes by offering innovative systems of record, workflow automation platforms, or tools that facilitate their transition to frontier technologies.

Our Focus

Backing founders at the earliest stages with their first institutional round of financing and deep operational support.
Regions
Canada
United States
Thesis Areas
New enterprise systems of record
Complex workflow automation tools for legacy industries
Tools that enable the transition to adopt frontier technology
AI Infrastructure
Stage
Primarily focused on pre-seed (from inception to the first dollars of revenue)
Opportunistic seed investments
Strategy
Focused on leading or co-leading rounds
Opportunistically following rounds led by trusted partners
Core: Check Size
$250K
—
$750K
Fellow Fund: Check Size
$50K
—
$100K
Core: Round Size
$250k
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$2M
Fellow Fund: Round Size
$100k
—
$250K

Frequently Asked Questions

Learn about what we look for and how we invest.
How early do you actually invest?

We have backed founders that are still finishing their incorporation documents with no MVP and no revenue. We invest early.

What gets you excited about potential investments?
  1. Carefully crafted teams that can move quickly to build and sell products
  2. Founders with a never ending curiosity and understanding of customer problems (the relentless pursuit of product market fit)
  3. Very clear, immediate and costly problems that are ripe for disruption and have budgets to access
  4. Unique distribution advantages
  5. Big visions, careful execution, and bold bets
What is your investment process?

Week 1: Initial meetings with investment team. We move quickly to vet if it's a strong fit or not within days.

Week 2: Diligence, data room, and working sessions with founders to better understand the company, product, and customer base.

Week 3: Term sheet outlining the deal terms and what a post-round relationship will look like together.

Week 4-6: Finalizing legals, recruiting co-investors, and closing the round.

What makes Ripple different from other VCs?

1. Investing when it's too early for other funds in clear focus areas

2. Providing deep support to our founders to help close customers, hires and capital via our operator and venture partner network

3. Proprietary corporate development network to land commercial and strategic deals with the best companies in the world

Why Founders
Work With Us

Let us be the coach in your corner.
Putting Founders First
We have been in your shoes before, and know how hard it is building companies. Our promise is to support you through thick and thin. Ask any of our founders about how we work with them (especially through the thick).
Strong Industry & Talent Network
Our strong network of leaders working across different industries will help propel your customer base. We have also built a robust talent pipeline through our RippleX ecosystem and portfolio network.
Deep Co-Investor Network
We have built a strong co-investor network with some of the best funds in the world, helping you get to your next round of financing. Our Tank Talk podcast brings together world class investors, operators, and industry veterans to connect with.
Corporate Development Network
A proprietary network of the best companies across our focus areas to help our portfolio close commercial and strategic deals. We help unlock key market insights to what buyers are looking for, provide introductions to champions, and help our founders navigate closing transactions.

Join our community of extraordinary founders building market-shifting software tools.

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