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Yousuf Khan

Investor

Partner at Ridge Ventures

Mountain View, California

Writes $3M – $7M checks · typically $5M

About

Yousuf Khan is a Venture Partner at Ridge Ventures who brings operational experience to supporting the firm's portfolio founders. Before Ridge, he served as the first CIO of Automation Anywhere, CIO and VP of Customer Success at Moveworks, and CIO of both Pure Storage and Qualys. He earned a BSc in Business Management from King's College London.

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Invests in

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingEnterprise Software

Experience

  1. ClarioCo-Founder / CEOcurrent2026 — presentMenlo Park, California, United States
  2. Ridge VenturesVenture Partnercurrent2025 — present
  3. Ridge VenturesPartner2020 — 2026San Francisco Bay Area
  4. Ridge VenturesCIO Advisor2017 — 2020
  5. Scoop Analytics, Inc.Investor and Board Membercurrent2023 — present
  6. RafayInvestor and Board Membercurrent2021 — present
  7. Armature SystemsAdvisorcurrent2019 — present
  8. BeHeard LabsInvestor2024 — 2025
  9. OpenPolicyInvestor2024 — 2025
  10. Prompt SecurityInvestor and Board Member2024 — 2025
  11. ClazarInvestor and Board Member2024 — 2025
  12. theomInvestor and Board Member2022 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
  13. Streamline AIInvestor2022 — 2025
  14. ChiselInvestor2021 — 2025
  15. CerbyInvestor and Board Member2021 — 2025
  16. ArcheraInvestor and Board Member2021 — 2025
  17. Reach SecurityInvestor2021 — 2025
  18. RewindInvestor and Board Observer2020 — 2025
  19. ProductivAdvisor, Investor2020 — 2025
  20. LevelOpsAdvisor2019 — 2025

Education

  1. King's College LondonBSc, Business Management1996 — 2000
  2. Nairobi Academy1992 — 1996
  3. King Alfred's School

Skills & more

Strategy99Team Leadership84Leadership99Management88Communication Skills9Negotiation8Public Speaking13Analysis11Team Management11IT Strategy99Project Management99IT Service Management53
+12 moreBusiness StrategyVendor ManagementChange ManagementManagement ConsultingBusiness DevelopmentProgram ManagementBusiness AnalysisInformation TechnologyPresenterStart-upsIntegrationBudgets

Languages English · Hindi · Urdu

From Yousuf's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended King's College London168

Harry StebbingsFounder & General Partner at 20VCDominic JacquessonInvestor at Index VenturesJohn HortonInvestor at DN CapitalBob ThomasPartner at OxxKatherineHealthcare Investment Lead at Hummingbird VenturesÖzge Gizem YerlikayaGeneral Counsel at Idacapital

+ 162 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Clario1

Saad SiddiquiGeneral Partner at Titanium Ventures

Also worked at BeHeard Labs1

Rama SekharPartner at Norwest Venture Partners

Also worked at Rewind2

Hugues LalancettePartner at Inovia CapitalJared RosenPrincipal at Insight Partners

Also worked at Jyve Corporation3

Tracy McWilliamsChief Executive Officer at Inspire Global VenturesCaitlin PanasciGeneral Partner at Inspire Global VenturesWilliam Ogden MooreInvestor at The Chernin Group (TCG Crypto)

Deals · 2

Reserved.ai Inc.Board seat

via Ridge Ventures · filed Jun 2024 · $13M raise

TheomBoard seat

via Ridge Ventures · filed Jul 2022 · $16.4M raise

Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.

Colleagues at Ridge Ventures

Akriti Dokania
Venture Partner at Ridge Ventures
Alayzain Rizavi
Principal at Ridge Ventures
Alex Rosen
Managing Partner at Ridge Ventures
Brendan Baker
Partner at Rackhouse Venture Management Lp
Derrick Lee
CFO at Ridge Ventures
Eliyahou Amsellem
Associate at Ridge Ventures
Gil Penchina
Partner at Ridge Ventures
Indy Guha
Investor at VMG Partners

Network1

Conrad Shang
Venture Partner at Ensemble VC

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