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Founded 2015 · 114 employees on LinkedIn · 21 known investors

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Ripcord uses robotics and AI to digitize paper documents and extract data, transforming unstructured information into accessible, structured digital files for enterprise use.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHardwareRobotics

Founders & leadership

Ripcord was founded in 2015 by Alex Fielding.

AFAlex Fielding
Alex FieldingDirector & Ripcord Co-FounderAlex Fielding has over 25 years of experience in engineering and robotics; he previously co-founded Wheels of Zeus (sold 2006), served as CTO at Power Assure and VP at Vigilent, and worked as a NASA contractor before founding Ripcord.
SFSam Fahmy
Sam FahmyPresident and CEOPreviously chief revenue and marketing officer at WorkFusion and, before that, spent more than a decade at Cvent as GM and SVP for products, go-to-market and corporate development. He earlier co-founded and led Bungo, was a managing director at Japonica Partners, began his career in brand management at Procter & Gamble, and serves on the board of Clio Coffee.

Investors · 21

Kleiner Perkins✓ confirmed by RipcordMenlo Park · $500K – $15M

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15th Rocklisted by 15th RockYokohama

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Aidenlair Capitallisted by Aidenlair Capital
Catapult Ventureslisted by Catapult VenturesSilicon Valley · $250K – $1.5M

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Comet Labslisted by Comet LabsSan Francisco

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FOG Ventureslisted by FOG Ventures

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GV (Google Ventures)listed by GV (Google Ventures)Mountain View · $250K – $50M

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Hemisphere Ventures LLClisted by Hemisphere Ventures LLCMckinney

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Lux Capitallisted by Lux CapitalNew York · $100K – $100M

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Partners for Growthlisted by Partners for GrowthSan Francisco · $1M – $50M

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Partners for Growth (PFG)listed by Partners for Growth (PFG)San Francisco

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SQN Venture Partners, LLClisted by SQN Venture Partners, LLCCharleston
Titanium Ventureslisted by Titanium VenturesSydney Nsw · $5M – $10M

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Tyche Partnerslisted by Tyche PartnersLos Altos · $1M – $10M

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Baidureported

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Legend Starreported北京 · $425K – $112M

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MUFGreportedLondon

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Also in the syndicate · 3

FUJIFILM Business InnovationMUIPleadSilicon Valley Bank

Funding

SEC filings, press & company announcements

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Founder mafia

2 people who came through Ripcord went on to found or lead other companies.

Alex FieldingDirector & Ripcord Co-FounderFounded Privateer Space +1Sarthak SrinivasProductFounded Quantstruct

Related companies · 6

Automation AnywhereAutomation Anywhere provides robotic process automation (RPA), intelligent document processing (IDP), and agentic automation solutions for enterprise customers. The platform helps organizations automate business processes and document workflows.
HylandHyland offers a cloud-native platform that unifies fragmented enterprise content and enables AI-driven automation through content federation, contextual enrichment, and agentic workflows. The platform helps organizations transform unstructured data into governed intelligence to support enterprise-scale AI adoption and automate document-centric business processes.
DatabricksDatabricks provides a unified platform for data engineering, analytics, and artificial intelligence, enabling organizations to build and deploy data and AI applications on cloud infrastructure.
Blue PrismSS&C Blue Prism provides an agentic automation platform that combines AI, RPA, orchestration, and process mining to help large enterprises automate complex workflows with built-in governance and security. The platform is designed for highly regulated industries including financial services, healthcare, insurance, and manufacturing.
DocsumoDocsumo provides APIs and document processing platform to extract data from unstructured documents across industries including insurance, banking, and logistics. The platform enables businesses to automate document data capture with 90%+ touchless processing capabilities.
OracleOracle sells enterprise database software, applications and cloud infrastructure, and has grown through large acquisitions including PeopleSoft, Siebel and Sun Microsystems.

Companies working in the same space as Ripcord.

In the news

Ripcord Closes $32M in Funding, Fueling Next Phase of Growthblog.ripcord.com · Apr 2024Ripcord, the Steve Wozniak-backed file scanning startup, is raising new cash | TechCrunchtechcrunch.com · Oct 2023Ripcord Raises $40M in Funding Led by Icon Venturesblog.ripcord.com · Aug 2017

Frequently asked questions

What does Ripcord do?
Ripcord uses robotics and AI to digitize paper documents and extract data, transforming unstructured information into accessible, structured digital files for enterprise use.
Who founded Ripcord?
Ripcord was founded by Alex Fielding in 2015.
Who are Ripcord's investors?
Ripcord's investors include Icon Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, 15th Rock, Aidenlair Capital, Catapult Ventures, Comet Labs, FOG Ventures, GV (Google Ventures) and 10 more.