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About
Co-founder who grew up around startups, founded the coding bootcamp DevMountain (acquired in its fourth year), and formed a father-son angel investing team before formalizing it into the Startup Ignition Ventures fund.
Experience
- Startup Ignition VenturesGeneral Partnercurrent2022 — presentUtah, United States
- Brigham Young UniversityAdjunct Professorcurrent2025 — present
- Corporate TraditionsAdvisorcurrent2023 — present
- Thunder BiotechInvestorcurrent2021 — present
- RouteInvestorcurrent2018 — present
- RouteAdvisory Board Member2018 — 2020Utah, United States
- Startup IgnitionCo Foundercurrent2015 — presentProvo, Utah Area
- Trich VenturesManaging Partner2017 — 2022Greater Salt Lake City Area
- TrooptCEO2019 — 2022Provo, Utah, United States
- Dirty DoughChief Marketing Officer (CMO)2021 — 2022Utah, United States
- DevmountainFounder / Executive Advisor2018 — 2019Provo, Utah Area
- DevmountainFounder / CMO / VP Marketing & Admissions2013 — 2018Provo, Utah Area
- DifuonCo-Founder, CMO2018Lehi, UT
- Skills AssociationCo Founder2015 — 2018Provo, Utah Area
- Utah Valley Chamber of CommerceEducation and Technology Committees2015 — 2018
- Tute GenomicsDirector of Business Development2013 — 2014Provo, Utah Area
- BoomStartupProgram Manager2013Provo, Utah Area
- MatchMate, Inc.Founder, CEO, Front End Engineer2012 — 2013
- T.Rich Development & DesignFounder2005 — 2013Provo, Utah
- Vivint Inc.Customer Support Supervisor2010 — 2012Provo, Utah Area
- VivintSales Rep2011
- EnticeLabsAffiliate Developer Intern2009Provo, Utah Area
- AcentraSales Rep2009
- Ken Garff MotorsSales and Service detailer/tech2006
Skills & more
Management59Analysis3Public Speaking24Strategy3Leadership66Success Driven1Microsoft Office15Salesforce.com4HTML55CSS5jQuery9Entrepreneurship99
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Start-upsMarketingSalesSocial NetworkingTrainingSocial Media MarketingAdvertisingOnline AdvertisingCRMSEOGraphic DesignMarketing StrategyLanguages Spanish
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Investments
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Colleagues at STARTUP IGNITION VENTURES
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Tyler Richards?
- Co-founder who grew up around startups, founded the coding bootcamp DevMountain (acquired in its fourth year), and formed a father-son angel investing team before formalizing it into the Startup Ignition Ventures fund.
- Where does Tyler Richards work?
- Tyler Richards is General Partner at STARTUP IGNITION VENTURES.
- What companies has Tyler Richards invested in?
- Investments tracked here include Luminous Solutions, Masset, Route, Baton Leads, Luminous, Mito, SoloFire.
- Where did Tyler Richards go to school?
- Tyler Richards studied at Brigham Young University (Business Management, Entrepreneurship); Timpview High School.
- Does Tyler Richards lead rounds?
- Yes — Tyler Richards has led 3 tracked investments.
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Also attended Brigham Young University506
Jen ArdManaging Director, Head of Investment Operations at Intel CapitalNathan MickelsenVice President of Tax at RevolutionJohn SabinChief Financial Officer; President, Revolution Places at RevolutionDiogo MyrrhaPartner at Peak VenturesSid KrommenhoekPartner at AlbumCameron McGinnInvestor at Greycroft
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Shared employers
Also worked at Route14
John TorreyVenture Partner at Madrona Venture GroupJohn MayfieldPartner at Album VCZane BusteedPrincipal at Juvo VenturesArteen ArabshahiGeneral Partner at Fika VenturesCharlie WarrenAdvisor at Virta VenturesJohn RichardsInvestor at STARTUP IGNITION VENTURES
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Also worked at Utah Valley Chamber of Commerce1
Also worked at Vivint Inc.18
Tanner PotterPartner at Kickstart FundNikos LiodakisPartner at Transpose Platform ManagementTanner BurnettAssociate at Blue Field CapitalBenjamin PearsonVice President at Peterson Venture PartnersJeffrey BeaudoinBusiness Development and Commercialization Manager at Ontario Centre of InnovationTodd PedersenInvestor at Vivint
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