Investing Profile

Jeff Richards(1)

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Managing Partner at GGV Capital
ggvc.com/team/jeff-richards/Menlo Park, California
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Networks Jeff is a member of
Dartmouth College Network
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PricewaterhouseCoopers Network
19 CONNECTIONS
GGV Capital Network
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Current Investing Position
GGV Capital Managing Partner
Investment Range
$250K - $25.0M
Sweet Spot
$10.0M
Investments On Record
82
Current Fund Size
$2.52B

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Jeff Richards's Investments On Record (39)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Arteria AI
Series BOct 2023$30M
$41M
Co-investors: Mark Whitcroft (Illuminate Financial Management), Mark Trevitt (Defined)
Gladly
Series UnknownDec 2022$55M
Series DJan 2019$50M
Series CApr 2017$36M
$170M
Co-investors: Joseph Ansanelli (Greylock)
Vic.ai
Series CDec 2022$52M
Series BSep 2021$50M
Series ASep 2019$11M
$110M
Co-investors: Jason Stockwood
Fairmarkit
Series CSep 2022$36M
Series BDec 2020$30M
$77M
Co-investors: Thomas Krane (Insight Partners), Jonathan Ebinger (BlueRun Ventures)
Yoodli
SeedAug 2022$6M
$7M
Co-investors: Matt Mcilwain (Madrona Ventures), Patrick J. Ennis (Madrona Ventures)
Belong
Series CMay 2022$50M
Series BMar 2021$40M
Series AJun 2019$10M
$110M
Co-investors: Jeff Jordan (Andreessen Horowitz), Roger Lee (Battery Ventures), Dan Wenhold (Fifth Wall), Kevin Hartz (A* Capital (A Star Capitail)), Laurence A. Tosi (WestCap), William Barnes (Moving Capital), Brett Rochkind (SoftBank Investment Advisers), Raju Reddy (Inventus Capital Partners), Sam Corcos, Sarah Friar, TJ Parker, Larry Summers, Manish Chandra, Eric Wu, Elliott Cohen
Curebase
Series BMay 2022$40M
Series AMay 2021$15M
$58M
Co-investors: Patrick Chung (Xfund), Erik Buchanan (C3 Ventures), Ed Phillips (Future Planet Capital), Fanni Fan (Industry Ventures), Patrick S. Chung
Manufactured
SeedOct 2021$3M
$28M
Co-investors: Raanan Bar-Cohen (Resolute Ventures), Paul Bricault (Amplify.LA), Duncan Davidson (Bullpen Capital), Joanne Wilson (Gotham Gal Ventures), James Lu Morrissey (Umami Capital), Jon Soberg (MS&AD Ventures), Sam Cates (Positive Sum VC), Dave Pell, Greg Schroy, John M. Mueller

most interested in

SaaS, SMB Tech and vertical SaaS. Examples in our portfolio include Brightwheel, Slice, BigCommerce, Houzz, Square.

not interested in

Cleantech, hardware

Jeff Richards's Experience

Managing Partner GGV Capital2008 - Present
Vice President, Digital Content Services VeriSign2005 - 2008
Founder and CEO R4 Global Solutions, Inc.2003 - 2005
Founder / Executive QuantumShift1997 - 2002
Management Consultant PricewaterhouseCoopers1995 - 1997

Jeff Richards's Education

Dartmouth College BA Government