Investing Profile

Rick Marini(608)

AngelInvestorFounderFormer CEO

3x Founder, Angel and Private Equity Investor. 50+ angel investments with 13 unicorns.

catapultcap.comSan Francisco, California

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Rick Marini's investing connections

100 Investors

Connected to James Currier (NFX), Gigi Levy-Weiss (NFX), Satya Patel (Homebrew), and 97 other investors on Signal.

Networks Rick is a member of

Harvard Business School Network

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Current Investing Position

Catapult Capital Managing Partner

Investment Range

$10.0M - $100.0M

Sweet Spot

$25.0M

Investments On Record

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Rick Marini's Investments On Record (49)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Stronghold	SeedJul 2018$3M	$3M
Co-investors: David Samuel (Freestyle Capital), Jake Gibson (Better Tomorrow Ventures), Vinny Lingham (Multicoin Capital), Kenneth Ballenegger (Oyster Ventures), Matt Mickiewicz
Pray.com	SeedJun 2017$2M	$16M
Co-investors: Stephen Hays (What If Ventures), Craig Cummings (Moonshots Capital), Dan Von Kohorn (Broom Ventures), Jeff Rosen (Broom Ventures), Adam Bain (01 Advisors), Peter Pham (Science), Scooter Braun (TQ Ventures), Jeff Kearl (Pelion Venture Partners), Clark Landry, Diplo (Thomas Pentz)
Grove Collaborative	Series BApr 2017$16M	$460M
Co-investors: Tim Chang (Mayfield), Rishi Garg (Mayfield), Larry Cheng (Volition Capital), Paul Martino (Bullpen Capital), Lee Hower (NextView Ventures), Jeff Crowe (Norwest Venture Partners), James Conigliaro (Array Ventures), Chris Sang (CP Ventures), Tom Williams, Charlie Songhurst
Jaanuu	SeedApr 2017$5M Convertible NoteOct 2014$580K	$6.6M
Co-investors: Brian Lee (Bam Ventures), Shamin Walsh (Bam Ventures), Kevin Park (Unshackled Ventures), Larry Chu (Eunoia Capital Partners), John Seung (Fung Capital), Richard Jun (Bam Ventures), Deborah Benton (Willow Growth Partners LP), Gabriel Naouri
Finrise	SeedOct 2016$5M	$5.1M
Co-investors: Tim Chang (Mayfield), Pete Flint (NFX), Gigi Levy-Weiss (NFX), James Currier (NFX), Sam Hodges (Vouch Insurance), Jeff Bonforte (Catapult Capital), Matt Humphrey (Quiet Capital)
BrightCrowd	SeedOct 2016
Co-investors: Pete Flint (NFX), Kevin Hartz (A* Capital (A Star Capital)), Joel Peterson (Peterson Partners), Jeff Bonforte (Catapult Capital), Eric Chen (OVO Fund), Luc Levesque
Tonal	Series AOct 2016$12M SeedOct 2015$3M	$45000B
Co-investors: Doug Higgins (Sapphire Ventures), Tim Chang (Mayfield), Steve Abbott (Sapphire Ventures), Serena Williams (Serena Ventures), Vijay Chattha (VSC Ventures), Steven Lurie (Team Builder Ventures), Larry Chu (Eunoia Capital Partners), Jared Middleman (Dragoneer Investment Group), Steph Curry (Penny Jar Capital), Gautam Shah, Paul George, Sue Bird, Tim Kendall
TrueFacet	Series ASep 2016$6M	$18M
Co-investors: Jenny Lefcourt (Freestyle Capital), Jason Stoffer (Maveron), Chris DeVore (Founders' Co-op), Howard Lindzon (Social Leverage), Andy Sack (Founders Co-op)

Rick Marini's Media (2)

Bloomberg - Are you a robot?

www.bloomberg.com

Flippening Podcast: The 1st Crypto "Fund of Funds" w/ Rick Marini of Protocol Ventures

blog.nomics.com

most interested in

I look for founders that are tackling huge markets that have real pain points. My areas of focus: consumer-facing tech, subscription businesses, marketplaces, social / digital content.

not interested in

I was in the recruiting space for many years and don't have interest in investing there right now.

Rick Marini's Experience

Founder & Managing Partner Protocol Ventures2017 - Present

Co-Founder & Managing Partner Catapult2016 - Present

Rick Marini's Education

Harvard Business School MBA Business

University of New Hampshire - Whittemore School of Business and Economics Bachelor's Degree Business

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