Ridge Ventures (Formerly known as IDG Ventures USA)

New York, New York

Ridge Ventures funds experienced founders redefining how the world interacts with software. Whether for the cloud or the edge, we look for companies delivering advanced technologies, new distribution models and incredible user experiences to market. While we’re focused on SaaS and infrastructure solutions for the enterprise, we also backstartups in adtech, gaming and ecommerce. We are firm believers in “where there’s a big problem, there’s a big opportunity.” We love Series A deals and helping create something out of chaos.

Founded:2007

Firm Location:New York, New York • San Francisco, California • Mountain View, California • Chapel Hill, North Carolina • Los Gatos, California • San Francisco Bay Area

Investor Firms That Co-Invest with Ridge Ventures (Formerly known as IDG Ventures USA)

Abstract Ventures A Capital Thayer Ventures Caffeinated Capital Accelerator Ventures Audrey Capital Horizon Partners IDG Ventures Global Innovation Fund Sherpa Ventures Benhamou Global Ventures QueensBridge Venture Partners Scribble Ventures Meritech Capital Partners Broadway Angels Raine Ventures Founder Collective KRM Interests LLC Brand Foundry Ventures BoxGroup Lazerow Ventures Goat Capital Quiet Capital Presence Capital Arthur Ventures Oyster Ventures Octopus Ventures Kapor Capital Lerer Hippeau CP Ventures Battery Ventures A-Force Ventures Wildcat Ventures Visionaire Ventures Grace Beauty Capital Contrary Capital Genoa Ventures CRV Redpoint eventures The Hit Forge Kindred Ventures Footwork Ankona Capital Heavybit Partech Ventures Offline Ventures Catapult Capital VitalStage Ventures ACME Capital Sure ICONIQ Capital 8-Bit Capital MS&AD Ventures Blockchain.com Ventures Sparrows Tenaya Capital Pioneer Fund super{set}Xfund DST Global DN Capital Avalon Ventures Array Ventures Triatomic Capital Foundry Group Ignition Partners South Park Commons Cultivation Capital Lobby Capital 01 Advisors Amplify Partners First Rays Venture Partners Andreessen Horowitz Khosla Ventures iNovia Capital Founders Fund Lightspeed Venture Partners Contour Venture Partners Winklevoss Capital Owl Rock Capital Partners Saturn Partners Parade Ventures Evolve VC Human Capital DCVC (Data Collective)Fuel Capital CoinFund DCM Buckley Ventures Jude Gomila Rolling Fund Scale Venture Partners TQ Ventures Seven Seven Six Decibel Partners PruVen Capital Venrock Wing Venture Capital DNX Ventures FJ Labs Vertex Ventures Village Global Gradient Ventures Great Oaks Venture Capital CitizenX Greylock Kleiner Perkins M12 Redpoint Ventures SignalFire Social Starts True Ventures Uncork Capital Fontinalis Partners Amplo Preface Ventures Prefix Capital Flex Capital Amara VC Delta Blockchain Fund Union Square Ventures 42CAP Bowery Capital Revel Partners Accel Fusion Fund Balderton Capital Practical Venture Capital Polychain Capital Company Capital U.S. Venture Partners (USVP)Electric Capital Fortress Investment Group Corazon Capital Blumberg Capital The General Partnership Long Journey Ventures Canvas Ventures Menlo Ventures Foundation Capital Bessemer Venture Partners Sapphire Ventures Better Tomorrow Ventures Canaan Partners Coatue Slow Ventures Nazca Ventures Freestyle Capital Felicis Ventures Pelion Venture Partners GV (Google Ventures)Curran Rosschou Venture Capital Susa Ventures UpHonest Capital Tribe Capital Bling Capital Y Combinator

Ridge Ventures (Formerly known as IDG Ventures USA) Team

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Ridge Ventures (Formerly known as IDG Ventures USA)·Partner

Sweet spot: $4.5M

Range: $2.0M - $7.0M

Investors in Vancouver (WA), Investors in San Francisco (CA)

Investors in IoT (Series B), Investors in IoT (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Series B), Investors in SaaS (Series B), Investors in SaaS (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in Seattle / Portland (Other Lists), Investors in IoT (Series B), Investors in IoT (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Series B), Investors in IoT (Series B), Investors in Enterprise (Series B), Investors in SaaS (Series A), Investors in IoT (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Series B), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Series B), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists), Investors in SaaS (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Series A)

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Ridge Ventures (Formerly known as IDG Ventures USA)·Analyst

Sweet spot: $4.5M

Range: $2.0M - $7.0M

Investors in United States, Investors in SF Bay Area (CA)

Investors in IoT (Series A), Investors in IoT (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Series A), Investors in IoT (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Seed), Investors in IoT (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Seed), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists)

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Ridge Ventures (Formerly known as IDG Ventures USA)·Partner

Sweet spot: $4.5M

Range: $2.0M - $7.0M

Investors in San Francisco (CA)

Investors in Female Investors (Other Lists), Investors in Investors who were founders (Other Lists), Investors in Diverse Investors (Other Lists), Investors in ConstructionTech (Series A), Investors in ConstructionTech (Seed), Investors in Investors who invested in female founders (Other Lists), Investors in Investors who invested in diverse founders (Other Lists), Investors in Entertainment & Sports (Series A), Investors in Entertainment & Sports (Seed), Investors in ConstructionTech (Seed), Investors in ConstructionTech (Series A), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists), Investors in Entertainment & Sports (Series A), Investors in Entertainment & Sports (Seed), Investors in FinTech (Series A), Investors in FinTech (Seed), Investors in FinTech (Series A), Investors in FinTech (Seed)

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Ridge Ventures (Formerly known as IDG Ventures USA)·Venture Partner

Sweet spot: $4.5M

Range: $2.0M - $4.5M

Investors in San Francisco (CA)

Investors in MarketingTech (Series A), Investors in MarketingTech (Seed), Investors in E-commerce (Series A), Investors in MarketingTech (Series A), Investors in MarketingTech (Seed), Investors in E-commerce (Seed), Investors in FinTech (Series A), Investors in FinTech (Seed), Investors in AI (Series A), Investors in E-commerce (Series A), Investors in AI (Seed), Investors in E-commerce (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in AI (Series A), Investors in AI (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in FinTech (Series A), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists), Investors in FinTech (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Seed)

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Ridge Ventures (Formerly known as IDG Ventures USA)·Venture Partner

Sweet spot: $4.5M

Range: $2.0M - $7.0M

Investors in San Francisco (CA)

Investors in Gaming/eSports (Series A), Investors in Gaming/eSports (Seed), Investors in IoT (Series A), Investors in Media/Content (Series A), Investors in IoT (Seed), Investors in Media/Content (Seed), Investors in Gaming/eSports (Series A), Investors in Gaming/eSports (Seed), Investors in IoT (Series A), Investors in Media/Content (Series A), Investors in Media/Content (Seed), Investors in IoT (Seed), Investors in FinTech (Series A), Investors in FinTech (Seed), Investors in FinTech (Series A), Investors in FinTech (Seed), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists)

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Ridge Ventures (Formerly known as IDG Ventures USA)·Partner

Sweet spot: $5.0M

Range: $3.0M - $7.0M

Investors in Mountain View (CA), Investors in SF Bay Area (CA)

Investors in SaaS (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists)

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Ridge Ventures (Formerly known as IDG Ventures USA)·Investor

Sweet spot: $500K

Range: $25K - $1M

Investors in SF Bay Area (CA)

Investors in Human Capital/HRTech (Pre-seed), Investors in Human Capital/HRTech (Series A), Investors in Human Capital/HRTech (Seed), Investors in Hardware (Pre-seed), Investors in Security (Pre-seed), Investors in Future of Work (Pre-seed), Investors in Media/Content (Pre-seed), Investors in Human Capital/HRTech (Pre-seed), Investors in Education (Pre-seed), Investors in Hardware (Series A), Investors in Education (Series A), Investors in Human Capital/HRTech (Series A), Investors in Developer Tools (Pre-seed), Investors in Hardware (Seed), Investors in Hardware (Pre-seed), Investors in Human Capital/HRTech (Seed), Investors in Security (Pre-seed), Investors in Media/Content (Series A), Investors in Media/Content (Pre-seed), Investors in Developer Tools (Series A), Investors in Education (Seed), Investors in Hardware (Series A), Investors in Security (Series A), Investors in Education (Pre-seed), Investors in Future of Work (Pre-seed), Investors in Media/Content (Seed), Investors in Security (Seed), Investors in Future of Work (Series A), Investors in Developer Tools (Seed), Investors in Developer Tools (Pre-seed), Investors in Hardware (Seed), Investors in Education (Series A), Investors in AI (Pre-seed), Investors in SaaS (Pre-seed), Investors in Security (Series A), Investors in Future of Work (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Pre-seed), Investors in Developer Tools (Series A), Investors in Media/Content (Series A), Investors in Security (Seed), Investors in Education (Seed), Investors in Developer Tools (Seed), Investors in Media/Content (Seed), Investors in AI (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Pre-seed), Investors in AI (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Seed), Investors in AI (Pre-seed), Investors in SaaS (Pre-seed), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in AI (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Series A), Investors in AI (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in Angel, Scout, and Solo-Capitalists (Other Lists), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists)

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Michael Marcellin

Ridge Ventures (Formerly known as IDG Ventures USA)·Investor

Sweet spot: $4.5M

Range: $2.0M - $7.0M

Investors in Los Gatos (CA)

Investors in MarketingTech (Series A), Investors in MarketingTech (Seed), Investors in Security (Series A), Investors in Security (Seed), Investors in E-commerce (Series A), Investors in E-commerce (Seed), Investors in MarketingTech (Series A), Investors in MarketingTech (Seed), Investors in Security (Series A), Investors in Security (Seed), Investors in E-commerce (Series A), Investors in E-commerce (Seed), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists)

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Ridge Ventures (Formerly known as IDG Ventures USA)·Venture Partner

Sweet spot: $2.0M

Range: $100K - $6.0M

Investors in New York (NY)

Investors in LegalTech (Pre-seed), Investors in Lodging/Hospitality (Pre-seed), Investors in LegalTech (Seed), Investors in LegalTech (Pre-seed), Investors in Lodging/Hospitality (Pre-seed), Investors in Lodging/Hospitality (Seed), Investors in Messaging (Pre-seed), Investors in LegalTech (Seed), Investors in Messaging (Seed), Investors in Logistics (Pre-seed), Investors in Robotics (Pre-seed), Investors in Lodging/Hospitality (Seed), Investors in Messaging (Pre-seed), Investors in Logistics (Seed), Investors in Robotics (Seed), Investors in Web3/Crypto (Pre-seed), Investors in Web3/Blockchain (Pre-seed), Investors in E-commerce (Pre-seed), Investors in Messaging (Seed), Investors in Web3/Blockchain (Seed), Investors in Logistics (Pre-seed), Investors in Robotics (Pre-seed), Investors in Web3/Crypto (Seed), Investors in E-commerce (Seed), Investors in Logistics (Seed), Investors in Web3/Blockchain (Pre-seed), Investors in Web3/Crypto (Pre-seed), Investors in E-commerce (Pre-seed), Investors in Robotics (Seed), Investors in Web3/Blockchain (Seed), Investors in E-commerce (Seed), Investors in Web3/Crypto (Seed), Investors in New York City (Other Lists)

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Ridge Ventures (Formerly known as IDG Ventures USA)·Venture Partner

Sweet spot: $4.5M

Range: $2.0M - $7.0M

Investors in Chapel Hill (NC)

Investors in Data Services (Series A), Investors in Data Services (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Seed), Investors in Data Services (Series A), Investors in Data Services (Seed), Investors in Raleigh-Durham / Southeast US (Other Lists), Investors in SaaS (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Seed)

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Ridge Ventures (Formerly known as IDG Ventures USA)·Principal

Sweet spot: $7.0M

Range: $1M - $20.0M

Investors in San Francisco (CA), Investors in Los Angeles / Southern California, Investors in Miami (FL), Investors in SF Bay Area (CA), Investors in Utah, Investors in Colorado, Investors in Austin (TX), Investors in New York (NY)

Investors in Enterprise Infrastructure (Series A), Investors in Cybersecurity (Series A), Investors in Cybersecurity (Pre-seed), Investors in Cybersecurity (Pre-seed), Investors in Enterprise Infrastructure (Pre-seed), Investors in Enterprise Applications (Pre-seed), Investors in Enterprise Applications (Pre-seed), Investors in Enterprise Applications (Series A), Investors in Cybersecurity (Series A), Investors in Enterprise Infrastructure (Seed), Investors in Enterprise Infrastructure (Pre-seed), Investors in Cybersecurity (Series A), Investors in Enterprise Infrastructure (Series A), Investors in Enterprise Infrastructure (Seed), Investors in Cybersecurity (Pre-seed), Investors in Cybersecurity (Seed), Investors in Cybersecurity (Seed), Investors in Cybersecurity (Seed), Investors in Enterprise Applications (Seed), Investors in Enterprise Applications (Seed), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Pre-seed), Investors in Data Services (Series A), Investors in Enterprise Applications (Series A), Investors in Enterprise Infrastructure (Pre-seed), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Series A), Investors in Cybersecurity (Pre-seed), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Pre-seed), Investors in Developer Tools (Pre-seed), Investors in Enterprise Infrastructure (Series A), Investors in Enterprise Infrastructure (Pre-seed), Investors in Data Services (Pre-seed), Investors in Enterprise Applications (Pre-seed), Investors in Developer Tools (Series A), Investors in Data Services (Pre-seed), Investors in Enterprise Applications (Series A), Investors in Enterprise Infrastructure (Seed), Investors in Developer Tools (Pre-seed), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Seed), Investors in Data Services (Series A), Investors in Developer Tools (Seed), Investors in Data Services (Seed), Investors in Developer Tools (Series A), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Series A), Investors in Enterprise Applications (Seed), Investors in Enterprise Applications (Pre-seed), Investors in FinTech (Series A), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Seed), Investors in Data Services (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Pre-seed), Investors in Data Services (Pre-seed), Investors in Developer Tools (Seed), Investors in FinTech (Pre-seed), Investors in Enterprise Infrastructure (Pre-seed), Investors in Enterprise Infrastructure (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Series A), Investors in Developer Tools (Pre-seed), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Pre-seed), Investors in Cybersecurity (Seed), Investors in Enterprise Infrastructure (Seed), Investors in Developer Tools (Series A), Investors in Cybersecurity (Pre-seed), Investors in FinTech (Seed), Investors in Data Services (Series A), Investors in FinTech (Pre-seed), Investors in SaaS (Pre-seed), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Series A), Investors in Enterprise Applications (Pre-seed), Investors in Developer Tools (Seed), Investors in Enterprise Applications (Series A), Investors in Data Services (Pre-seed), Investors in SaaS (Seed), Investors in Cybersecurity (Series A), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Series A), Investors in Data Services (Seed), Investors in Developer Tools (Pre-seed), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Pre-seed), Investors in Enterprise Applications (Seed), Investors in Enterprise Infrastructure (Pre-seed), Investors in FinTech (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Seed), Investors in FinTech (Seed), Investors in Cybersecurity (Series A), Investors in Enterprise Infrastructure (Series A), Investors in Data Services (Pre-seed), Investors in Cybersecurity (Seed), Investors in Developer Tools (Series A), Investors in FinTech (Pre-seed), Investors in Enterprise Infrastructure (Seed), Investors in Enterprise Applications (Series A), Investors in Developer Tools (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Pre-seed), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Series A), Investors in Data Services (Series A), Investors in Developer Tools (Pre-seed), Investors in Data Services (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Series A), Investors in Cybersecurity (Pre-seed), Investors in Enterprise Applications (Seed), Investors in FinTech (Series A), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Seed), Investors in Enterprise Applications (Pre-seed), Investors in FinTech (Seed), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Pre-seed), Investors in SaaS (Seed), Investors in Enterprise Infrastructure (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Pre-seed), Investors in Developer Tools (Series A), Investors in Data Services (Series A), Investors in Enterprise Infrastructure (Seed), Investors in Data Services (Pre-seed), Investors in Data Services (Seed), Investors in Cybersecurity (Series A), Investors in FinTech (Pre-seed), Investors in Developer Tools (Seed), Investors in Developer Tools (Pre-seed), Investors in Cybersecurity (Seed), Investors in FinTech (Pre-seed), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Pre-seed), Investors in SaaS (Series A), Investors in Enterprise Applications (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Pre-seed), Investors in Developer Tools (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Seed), Investors in FinTech (Series A), Investors in Enterprise Applications (Seed), Investors in FinTech (Seed), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Series A), Investors in Data Services (Series A), Investors in Developer Tools (Seed), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Seed), Investors in Data Services (Seed), Investors in FinTech (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Series A), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Series A), Investors in FinTech (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Pre-seed), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Seed), Investors in FinTech (Pre-seed), Investors in Austin (Other Lists), Investors in Raleigh-Durham / Southeast US (Other Lists), Investors in Female Investors (Other Lists), Investors in SaaS (Series A), Investors in FinTech (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Seed), Investors in FinTech (Seed), Investors in Los Angeles / Southern California (Other Lists), Investors in Investors who were founders (Other Lists), Investors in New York City (Other Lists), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists)

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Alexander Rosen

Ridge Ventures (Formerly known as IDG Ventures USA)·Managing Partner

Sweet spot: $4.0M

Range: $1M - $7.0M

Investors in San Francisco (CA)

Investors in MarketingTech (Series A), Investors in Advertising (Series A), Investors in MarketingTech (Seed), Investors in Sales & CRM (Series A), Investors in Advertising (Seed), Investors in MarketingTech (Series A), Investors in Sales & CRM (Seed), Investors in MarketingTech (Seed), Investors in Advertising (Series A), Investors in Sales & CRM (Series A), Investors in IoT (Series A), Investors in Advertising (Seed), Investors in Sales & CRM (Seed), Investors in IoT (Seed), Investors in Analytics (Series A), Investors in Analytics (Seed), Investors in Data Services (Series A), Investors in Data Services (Seed), Investors in IoT (Series A), Investors in Analytics (Series A), Investors in IoT (Seed), Investors in Analytics (Seed), Investors in Data Services (Series A), Investors in Data Services (Seed), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Series A), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Seed), Investors in AI (Series A), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Series A), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Seed), Investors in AI (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in AI (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in AI (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Seed)

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