Investing Profile

Rick Marini(638)

AngelInvestorFounderFormer CEO

Founder & Managing Partner at Protocol Ventures

catapultcap.comSan Francisco, California

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Rick Marini's investing connections

105 Investors

Connected to James Currier (NFX), Satya Patel (Homebrew), Aileen Lee (Cowboy Ventures), and 102 other investors on Signal.

Networks Rick is a member of

Harvard Business School Network

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Current Investing Position

Protocol Ventures 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 (51)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Tough Day	Pre SeedJun 2025$2M	$2M
Co-investors: Jenny Fielding (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund)), Anna Barber (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund)), Scott Hartley (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund)), Matt Gittleman (Blu Venture Investors), Katie Shea (Divergent Capital)
Enki	SeedJun 2022$2M	$7M
Co-investors: Andy McLoughlin (Uncork Capital), Justin Kan (Goat Capital), Kirill Makharinsky (Angel investor), Immad Akhund (Y Combinator), Martijn De Wever (Force Over Mass Capital), Suranga Chandratillake (Balderton Capital), Michael Staton (Learn Capital), Victor Hwang (Msd Capital), Zach Coelius (Coelius Capital), Harj Taggar (Y Combinator), Matt Humphrey (Quiet Capital), Auren Hoffman (Datavant), Ankur Nagpal (Vibe Capital), Ilya Golubovich, Roger Dickey, Errol Damelin
Stronghold	SeedJul 2018$3M	$3M
Co-investors: David Samuel (Freestyle Capital), Jake Gibson (Better Tomorrow Ventures), Matt Mickiewicz (Unstoppable Domains), Kenneth Ballenegger (Oyster Ventures), Vinny Lingham (Multicoin Capital), Anji ISMAIL (Leonis Capital)
Pray.com	SeedJun 2017$2M	$16M
Co-investors: Scooter Braun (TQ Ventures), Jeff Kearl (Pelion Venture Partners), Dan Von Kohorn (Broom Ventures), Jeff Rosen (Broom Ventures), Stephen Hays (What If Ventures), Craig Cummings (Moonshots Capital), Adam Bain (01 Advisors), Peter Pham (Science), Clark Landry (CESPPA), Diplo (Thomas Pentz)
Grove Collaborative	Series BApr 2017$16M	$460M
Co-investors: Rishi Garg (Mayfield), Lee Hower (NextView Ventures), Tom Williams (Williams Family Office), James Conigliaro (Array Ventures), Chris Sang (CP Ventures), Paul Martino (Bullpen Capital), Jeff Crowe (Norwest Venture Partners), Tim Chang (Mayfield Fund), Larry Cheng (Volition Capital), Charlie Songhurst
Jaanuu	SeedApr 2017$5M Convertible NoteOct 2014$580K	$6.6M
Co-investors: Shamin Walsh (BAM VENTURES LLC), Kevin Park (Unshackled Ventures), Larry Chu (Stealth Company (Omid E. Izadjou)), John Seung (Fung Capital), Brian Lee (Bam Ventures), Richard Jun (Bam Ventures), Deborah Benton (Willow Growth Partners LP), Gabriel Naouri
Finrise	SeedOct 2016$5M	$5.1M
Co-investors: Pete Flint (NFX), Gigi Levy-Weiss (NFX), James Currier (NFX), Sam Hodges (Vouch Insurance), Tim Chang (Mayfield Fund), 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), Luc Levesque (Facebook), Jeff Bonforte (Catapult Capital), Eric Chen (OVO Fund)

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

Co-Founder, President & COO RailsPresent

Co-Founder & Managing Partner Catapult CapitalPresent

Founder & CEO BranchOutPresent

Founder & CEO SuperFanPresent

Co-Founder, CFO & Chief Strategist TicklePresent

Chief Operating Officer GrindrPresent

Chief Operating Officer (NYSE: GRND) GrindrPresent