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
13 CONNECTIONS

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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
$30M
Co-investors: 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
$13M
Co-investors: Matt Mcilwain (Madrona Ventures), Kirby Winfield (Ascend Ventures)
Belong
Series CMay 2022$50M
Series BMar 2021$40M
Series AJun 2019$10M
$110M
Co-investors: Roger Lee (Battery Ventures), Jeff Jordan (Andreessen Horowitz), Dan Wenhold (Fifth Wall), William Barnes (Moving Capital), Jonathan Shriftman (Expanding Capital), Brett Rochkind (SoftBank Investment Advisers), Raju Reddy (Inventus Capital Partners), Sam Corcos, Sarah Friar, TJ Parker, Larry Summers, Manish Chandra, Elliott Cohen
Curebase
Series BMay 2022$40M
Series AMay 2021$15M
$61M
Co-investors: Patrick Chung (Xfund), Dave Messina (Pioneer Fund), Fanni Fan (Industry Ventures), Patrick S. Chung
Manufactured
SeedOct 2021$3M
$22M
Co-investors: Raanan Bar-Cohen (Resolute Ventures), Paul Bricault (Amplify.LA), Joanne Wilson (Gotham Gal Ventures), James Lu Morrissey (Umami Capital), Duncan Davidson (Bullpen Capital), Taylor Oliver (Tenacity Venture Capital), Ben Narasin (Tenacity Venture Capital), John M. Mueller, Greg Schroy, Dave Pell

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