Early-Stage Investing: Pre-Seed and Seed Checks
The Rich Ventures investment arm writes pre-seed and seed checks and makes warm introductions to relevant investors. It has more than ten portfolio companies across SaaS and xTech and $40M+ in assets under management, and has co-invested alongside Andreessen Horowitz, Y Combinator, Tiger Global and Paradigm.
What Rich Ventures Offers
Pre-seed and seed checks
Rich Ventures writes pre-seed and seed checks.
Warm introductions
Early-stage investing includes warm introductions to relevant investors.
Portfolio Companies
Rich Ventures portfolio companies include the following, among others.
Hang
Customer experience and loyalty platform that unifies customer data across every channel.
Bezel
Authenticated luxury watch marketplace with expert verification and concierge-level service.
HomeRoom
Full-service real estate investment and management that converts houses into single-room rentals. Acquired by Bungalow.
AutoSuite
Chrome productivity apps, including HyperCut for email hyperlinking and ScheduleLink for multi-vendor scheduling.
Febr.is
Enterprise infrastructure for extended reality (XR) education and training, including an XR-native LMS and curriculum marketplace.
Pitching Rich Ventures
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About Richard Yu
Richard Yu is the Managing Partner of Rich Ventures, a San Francisco startup consulting and early-stage investment firm he founded in January 2020. He has more than 15 years of startup and go-to-market experience, more than a decade of it in customer success and solutions engineering at software companies, and has partnered with Fortune 100 companies including Bank of America, Comcast, State Farm, Verizon, Capital One and Sam's Club on omni-channel marketing operations and strategy.
More about Richard YuCommon Questions
What stage does Rich Ventures invest at?
Pre-seed and seed. Rich Ventures writes pre-seed and seed checks and adds warm introductions to relevant investors.
Can Rich Ventures act as our startup advisor and also invest?
Rich Ventures offers both consulting and early-stage investing. Our investment arm backs early-stage startups and we have co-invested alongside a16z, Y Combinator, Tiger Global and Paradigm. Consulting clients are never required to take investment.
Who has Rich Ventures co-invested with?
The investment arm has co-invested alongside Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Y Combinator, Tiger Global and Paradigm.
Other Ways to Work Together
- Startup consultingStartup ConsultingScoped startup consulting for go-to-market strategy, marketing strategy and business operations from a San Francisco firm. The first consultation is free.Read more
- Consulting subscriptionGTM & Operations PlanA consulting subscription: one 30-minute strategy and operations session every week for $999 a month, with a one-year commitment paid up front.Read more
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