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Eric Ries(669)

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Series Editor, The Lean Series at O'Reilly Media
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104 Investors

Connected to James Currier (NFX), Satya Patel (Homebrew), Aileen Lee (Cowboy Ventures), and 101 other investors on Signal.

Networks Eric is a member of
NewCo Network
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NewCo Network
1600 CONNECTIONS
Top-Patents Network
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Top-Patents Network
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Top-Patents Network
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Current Investing Position
O'Reilly Media
Investments On Record
66

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Eric Ries's Investments On Record (62)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Pathfinder AI
SeedMar 2026$4M
$4M
Co-investors: Jennifer Carolan (Reach Capital), Russell Fradin, Charlie Songhurst, Russ Fradin
Harmony Intelligence
SeedMar 2025$3M
$3M
Co-investors: Jackie Vullinghs (AirTree Ventures), Jean-Denis Greze (Plaid)
Augie Studio
SeedSep 2023$3M
$4M
Co-investors: Andy Liu (University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory), Donald Tucker (DocuSign), Alanna Gregory (Pioneer Fund), Ben Parr (Theory Forge Ventures), Yohei Nakajima (Untapped Capital), Noah Sidman-Gale
Sinatra
Series UnknownJun 2023$1M
$1M
Autio
SeedMar 2023$2M
$2M
Manara
Pre SeedMay 2022$3M
$3M
Co-investors: Mandeep Singh (Andreessen Horowitz), Reid Hoffman (Greylock), Carlos Eduardo Espinal (Seedcamp), Omid Ashtari, Paul Graham
Seedscout
Pre SeedApr 2022$440K
$440K
Co-investors: Kenny Tucker (Accumulator), Roy Rodenstein
Mentava
SeedApr 2022$3M
$3M
Co-investors: Garry Tan (Initialized Capital), Ryan Petersen (Founders Fund), Tim Ferriss (Angel investor), Turner Novak (Banana Capital)

Eric Ries's Experience

Series Editor, The Lean Series O'Reilly Media2012 - Present
Author The Lean Startup2008 - Present
General Partner Robyn FrankelPresent
General Partner BabyZone.com (acquired by Kaboose)Present
Fellow BabyZone.com (acquired by Kaboose)Present
General Partner Asset Management GroupPresent
Fellow Asset Management GroupPresent
Author Asset Management GroupPresent
Founder Asset Management GroupPresent
Venture Advisor Kleiner PerkinsPresent
General Partner Sm4rt Predictive SystemsPresent
Fellow Sm4rt Predictive SystemsPresent
Author Sm4rt Predictive SystemsPresent
Series Editor, The Lean Series Tim O'ReillyPresent
Founder Sm4rt Predictive SystemsPresent
Co-Founder AnswerAI Web AppPresent
Co-Founder AnswerDotAIPresent
General Partner NewCoPresent
Fellow NewCoPresent
General Partner Top-PatentsPresent
Fellow Top-PatentsPresent
Author Top-PatentsPresent
Founder Top-PatentsPresent
Co-Founder Answer.AIPresent
General Partner Newcastle Dive CenterPresent
Fellow Newcastle Dive CenterPresent
Co-Founder & Director VirgilPresent
Founder Lean Startup Co.Present
Co-founder, CTO, VP Engineering IMVU, Inc.Present
Founder and Executive Chairman, LTSE Long-Term Stock ExchangePresent
Chair, LTSE Services Long-Term Stock ExchangePresent
CEO Long-Term Stock Exchange2012 - 2023
Fellow IDEO2011 - 2019
Faculty Chair, Entrepreneurship Track Singularity University2012 - 2019
General Partner New Context2012 - 2019
Venture Advisor Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers2008 - 2009
Co-founder, CTO, VP Engineering IMVU2004 - 2008
Senior Software Engineer There2001 - 2004

Eric Ries's Education

Yale University BS
Yale University BS Computer Science