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Toronto · Pre-Seed–Series A · 14 people tracked
Also known as RIPPLE MANAGER INC.
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Investment thesis
Ripple Ventures backs founders at the inception stage — which may be pre-incorporation, pre-product, or pre-traction — who possess rare earned insight or deep technical ability to build things others cannot. The firm favors curious, high-velocity founders creating technology that reshapes industries and accelerates science. It partners early, makes fast high-conviction decisions, and keeps concentrated portfolios so each outcome matters. Support includes introductions to customers, key talent, and downstream funds. It typically leads or co-leads rounds but can also join as a supportive partner, investing in Canadian and US startups that sell into global markets.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 29, 2026.
Team · 14 people
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Founder mafia
5 people who came through Ripple Ventures went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 30 of 42 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×19SaaS ×14Enterprise Software ×9Deep Tech ×5Healthtech ×5Cybersecurity ×4Developer Tools ×4Fintech ×4
HQs:United States×13Canada×6Mexico×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 9 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×42 founders×23 founders×14+ founders×2
Where their founders studiedfrom 12 founders with education data
University of Waterloo ×3University of Toronto ×2Western University ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 11 founders with field-of-study data
Computer Science ×7Business & Management ×3
Where their founders worked beforefrom 12 founders with career history
NEXT Canada ×3Vector Institute ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
Investments · 42 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 22025 · 32024 · 32023 · 22021 · 12020 · 12019 · 32018 · 116 dated
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AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsSector AgnosticMill Valley, US
Aykut Gedik(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsBowery CapitalJude Gomila
Qualifacts provides AI-powered electronic health record (EHR) software, data tools, and interoperability services for behavioral health agencies, both non-profit and for-profit.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechMental HealthSaaSToronto, US
Nicholas Chepesiuk(Executive Officer, Director)inChris Zeoli(Director)Olanrewaju Soremekun(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Christopher Dobyns(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
Board seatRyan FreemanMatt Cohen· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsClanton CapitalMaple Leaf AngelsMartis CapitalStout Street CapitalBase10 PartnersFlare Capital Partners+2 more
Asset provides an AI-native ledger and bookkeeping services to vertical SaaS and fintech platforms, enabling their small business customers to access enterprise-grade financial management and compliance capabilities.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS
CamAlejandro
Co-investorsMotley Fool VenturesTorch CapitalSC Ventures
Blackletter is a law firm that combines technology with attorneys to handle legal work for startups, including fundraising (SAFEs, convertible notes, priced rounds), employment agreements, commercial contracts, and corporate governance matters.
LegalTech
Blank Bio develops RNA foundation models for precision oncology, helping pharmaceutical companies identify the right patients for clinical trials and predict disease progression using bulk RNA-seq data.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechHealthtechSan Francisco, US
Jonny Hsu(CEO)inPhilip Fradkin(Founder)inIan Shi(CTO)inJonathan Hsu(Founder)Ruian Shi(Founder)
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesIA Seed VenturesInvestorXLeonis CapitalMaiora Rebel VenturesSignalFire+11 more
Canonical builds decision infrastructure that enriches existing risk engines with real-world context and uses AI to turn that context into explainable fraud and risk rules.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityFintechSan Francisco, US
Tahin Monzoor(Co-Founder / CTO)inMisha(Co-founder)Mykhailo I(Founder)
Centro is an educational institution in Mexico offering undergraduate and graduate programs in creative industries, including design, architecture, film, and fashion, alongside continuous education and research initiatives in the creative economy.
Creator EconomyEdTechMexico City, MX
Shawn Riegsecker(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardLiron Gitig(Director)Andrew Swinand(Director)Michael Brochu(Director)Leland Putterman(Director)
Co-investorsLIV CapitalValia VenturesComma CapitalFTV Capital
Sports betting odds platform offering real-time football betting information across major leagues and tournaments.
Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkMarketing TechNY, US
Tom Giannattasio(Founder)inAdam Christ(Founder)inNguyễn Quang Vinh(Co-founder)Sam Brink(Intern)
Co-investorsAdventure FundAmplify.LATeam8Y CombinatorAltaclub VCAltaIR Capital+4 more
Cognota provides a platform for learning and development (L&D) and talent professionals to manage workforce development and transformation.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaSToronto
Ryan Austin(Founder)inDavid Sikora(Director)
BoardLaura Lenz(Director)
Co-investorsBlossom Street VenturesDifferential VenturesHouston Angel NetworkMaRS Investment Accelerator Fund (IAF)TIA VenturesBDC Capital Corporation+4 more
Cybeats is a software supply chain security company that provides an SBOM (Software Bill of Materials) management platform for organizations to track software components, automate vulnerability lifecycle management, and prioritize security remediation.
CybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareIoTSaaSEtobicoke
Dmitry Raidman(Co-founder & CTO)James Van Staveren(Executive Officer)Justin Leger(Chief Executive Officer)inJosh Bald(Chief Financial Officer)inJulia Cherry(Chief Customer Officer)inAndy Ducharme(Head of Sales)in
Co-investorsGreensoil PropTech VenturesMaple Leaf AngelsScaleX VenturesInovia Capital
An AI security and trust platform securing live voice and video calls with real-time context analysis, deepfake detection, and social engineering response automation.
San Francisco, US
Aman Ibrahim(Founder)in
Co-investorsEval Ventures FundFoundersResponsibly VenturesTransform Capital ManagementYAR VenturesANIMO Ventures+1 more
Drata provides a GRC platform that uses autonomous AI agents to automate compliance, manage internal and third-party risk, and continuously monitor and prove an organization's security posture.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecuritySaaS
Co-investorsMaterialized View Capital
Hyper provides tools for Discord community owners to create and sell paid memberships to their servers.
B2B MarketplacesFintechMarketplacesSaaSSan Francisco, US
Ben Botvinick(Founder)inKanyes Thaker(Founder)inShalin Shah(Founder)inAlexa Liautaud(Head of Operations)Jason Williams(Head of Marketing)Anna Walling(Chief of Staff)
Co-investorsY CombinatorFour Acres CapitalGeneral CatalystGood FriendsLachy GroomPioneer+2 more
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Hyper provides AI-generated meeting summaries that turn long discussions into concise recaps highlighting key decisions and open questions, including AI transcription of calls.
AI & Machine LearningFuture of WorkSaaS
Co-investorsEniac VenturesVermilion Cliffs VenturesVSC VenturesGreatPoint VenturesK5 GlobalTusk Venture Partners
Induction Labs is a research lab developing foundation models designed to learn from their own observations and update over time, with the goal of scaling curiosity-driven artificial intelligence toward superintelligence.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Jonathan Li(CEO)inDavid Li(Founder)inJeffrey Li
Co-investorsTranspose Platform ManagementVela PartnersY CombinatorAfore CapitalBlast.Club
Mycroft builds AI-based security and compliance officers that automate enterprise-grade security and compliance work for companies, consolidating multiple point solutions into a single platform.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecuritySaaS
Mike Kim(Co-founder, CEO)inJon Mendes(Co-founder, Product & Design)Jan Jedrasik(Co-founder, Engineering)in
Co-investorsAntlerBoxOne VenturesGraphite VenturesMotley Fool VenturesVentioneers CapitalBrightspark Ventures+2 more
NetNow provides a credit application and management platform that automates B2B credit operations, including onboarding, trade and bank reference collection, and tax compliance, giving credit teams real-time data for faster credit decisions.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSToronto, CA
Nauman HafeezinEli Costea(Founder)inSoroush Arghavanin
Co-investorsAntlerCentre Street PartnersRhino VenturesMotivate Venture Capital
Nicoya provides digital biosensing instruments for biophysical characterization, enabling scientists to study molecular behavior and protein interactions in drug discovery and structural analysis.
BiotechDeep TechHardwareHealthtechMedical Devices
Ryan Denomme(CEO)in
Co-investorsGarage CapitalGraphite VenturesInnovation Grade VenturesInnovative Solutions CanadaLaurier Startup FundMaple Leaf Angels+6 more
Onboard is a software platform for post-sale teams to manage customer onboarding workflows and timelines centrally.
Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSDetroit, US
JD Epstein(Founder)inWill Stevenson(Founder)inJeffrey Douglas(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorDetroit Venture PartnersFounders First Capital PartnersInvest DetroitKepple Africa VenturesLudlow Ventures+4 more
Boston, US
Peter Mahoney(Executive Officer, Director)Dan Faulkner(Director)
BoardZach Bratun-Glennon(Director)inRudina Seseri(Director)in
Co-investorsBantam GroupGlasswing VenturesGradient Ventures
Rose Rocket provides software that enables transportation and trucking companies to conduct logistics operations through digital tools rather than traditional phone and email communication.
Enterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainToronto, CA
Alexander Luksidadi(CTO)inJustin Bailie(President)Justin Sky(CEO)Ali Jiwani(Product)inAnson Kao(Integrations Engineering)in
Co-investorsFundersClubHighsage VenturesScale Venture PartnersShine CapitalY CombinatorAddition+7 more
Scalestack is an AI-driven platform that connects a company's go-to-market stack—CRM, data enrichment, and marketing automation tools such as Salesforce, HubSpot, Marketo, ZoomInfo, and Apollo—so data syncs cleanly and workflows run automatically.
AI & Machine LearningSaaSSales TechMiami, US
Aurelio Narciso(Executive Officer, Director)Elio Narciso(Founder)inAlessandro Solomon Alter(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsCriteria Venture TechFirst Degree CapitalFlyer One VenturesFounders NetworkGeek VenturesLeonis Capital+3 more
Synapse was a San Francisco banking-as-a-service startup that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in April 2024.
Bryan Keltner(Founder)Sankaet Pathak(Founder)
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzDifferential VenturesFelicis Ventures2048 VenturesAngelPadCathexis Ventures+9 more
A uranium exploration company using machine learning trained on historical geologic and exploration data to locate high-grade uranium deposits across North America for nuclear fuel supply.
Advanced ManufacturingEnergySan Francisco, US
Jade Checlair(CEO)inLeeav Lipton(CTO)in
Co-investorsInvestorXY CombinatorADINBlast.ClubBroadshade InvestmentsClimate Capital+19 more
Theo Ai is an AI platform for litigation defense that consolidates an enterprise legal team's cases, documents, risk reserves, and billing into a single searchable system, pulling data from tools like Microsoft, Google, Workday, and Salesforce.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLegalTechSaaSPalo Alto, US
Patrick Ip(Founder)inTiago Luchini(Founder)inAlex Alben(Founder)Patrick Ip Tiago Luchini(Founder)
BoardAaron Samuels(Director)in
Co-investorsBeat VenturesCollide CapitalFour Acres CapitalNextView VenturesNVP CapitalSignal Peak Ventures+5 more
Transformer Lab is an open source platform for machine learning researchers to request local or cloud compute nodes, submit ML tasks, and track experiments and job artifacts in one place.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeep TechDeveloper Tools
Co-investorsHAWKTAILGarage CapitalMozilla Ventures
Transformer Lab develops tools that enable researchers to conduct machine learning and AI research more efficiently by transforming manual processes into parallel workflows.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDeveloper Tools
Tony Salomone(Co-founder)inAli Asaria(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsHAWKTAILMozilla VenturesGarage Capital
Tread provides software for bulk hauling operations, enabling companies to track cycle times, scale tickets, and driver timesheets in a unified system.
Logistics & Supply ChainToronto, CA
Co-investorsCrosslink CapitalFJ LabsFundersClubTechstarsBlumberg CapitalEarthshot Ventures+1 more
Voiceflow provides a platform for building AI agents that handle customer interactions, starting with customer support.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Tyler Han(Cofounder)inBraden Ream(Founder)inAndrew Lawrence(Founder)inMichael Hood(Founder)in
Co-investorsAbstract VenturesFelicis VenturesGood News VenturesJetstreamKhosla VenturesMaC Venture Capital+6 more
Waive (WaiveTheWait) provides an Automated Task Manager that integrates with clinics' EMR systems to handle routine administrative tasks such as booking follow-ups and scheduling preventative care appointments.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechSaaS
Co-investorsArchangel Network of FundsTransform Capital Management
Wisedocs is an AI-powered platform that automates the processing of medical records and insurance claims documentation, combining machine learning with human expert review.
AI & Machine LearningHealthtechInsurTechLegalTechToronto, CA
Connor Atchison(Founder)inJenna Earnshaw(Founder)in
Co-investorsGreenSky VenturesManchesterStory Group, LLCThomson Reuters VenturesBluesky Equities Ltd.HaloHealthInformation Venture Partners
Wisely is an online store that lists consumer products—including groceries, health supplements, and household goods—with regular and membership pricing and per-unit price comparisons.
ConsumerE-commerceRetail Tech
Co-investorsHan River PartnersMaple Leaf Angels
Zeroshot bio builds biology foundation models and AI pipelines that translate zebrafish drug-exposure data, combined with high-throughput single-cell RNA sequencing, into human pre-clinical insights.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep Tech
Steven ten Holder(Founder)in
Co-investorsPanache Ventures
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
ArloAsephagetassetGreen AbundanceLula CommerceOmelasPitstopTuuliZenhub
Exits · 3
3 acquisitions · showing 2OnCall Healthacq. by QualifactsHyperacq. by Whop
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesCognota · betakit.com · Jun 25, 2026
Blank Bio · finsmes.com · May 20, 2026
Terranox AI · techcrunch.com · Mar 26, 2026
Mycroft · betakit.com · Feb 19, 2026
Transformer Lab · transformerlab.ai · Feb 2, 2026
Transformer Lab · betakit.com · Feb 2, 2026
Theo Ai · thesaasnews.com · Nov 17, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Ripple Ventures made?
- Ripple Ventures has 42 tracked investments, 3 of which have exited, including 6 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Ripple Ventures invest at?
- Ripple Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What is Ripple Ventures's typical check size?
- Ripple Ventures typically writes checks of $250K – $1M.
- What sectors does Ripple Ventures focus on?
- Ripple Ventures focuses on AgTech, AI & Machine Learning, Biotech, Cleantech, Cybersecurity, Deep Tech, Developer Tools, Digital Health, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Healthtech, LegalTech, Logistics & Supply Chain, New Materials, SaaS, Sales Tech.
- Where is Ripple Ventures located?
- Ripple Ventures is headquartered in Toronto, CA.
- Does Ripple Ventures lead rounds?
- Yes, Ripple Ventures leads investment rounds.
- Who does Ripple Ventures co-invest with?
- Ripple Ventures most often shares deals with Leonis Capital, Transform Capital Management, Y Combinator, among 45 tracked co-investors.
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