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Richard is Co-founder and General Partner at Equal Ventures. Prior to co-founding Equal Ventures, Richard was an investor at Venrock, where he led seed-stage and Series A stage investments in 6Sense, Amino Apps, Beckon, Burner, Luxe Valet, and Salsify.
Prior to joining Venrock, Richard was an investor at Institutional Venture Partners (IVP), where he focused on identifying and evaluating later-stage investments. While at IVP, Richard worked with IVP portfolio companies such as Dropbox, FleetMatics, PopSugar, Shazam, and Yext. Prior to joining IVP, Richard worked in the Investment Banking Division of Credit Suisse.
Richard is a proud Georgetown alum and is a rabid Hoyas basketball fan. Richard is also the founder of Stealth Mode, a community of more than 1,500 African American founders, operators and investors.
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New York, New York, United States, North America
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Jobs history
3
Kaiyo
Investor
2018 - Current
Expo
Investor
2016 - Current
Co-founder & General Partner
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Board and Advisor Roles
4
Luxe
Board Observer
2015 - 2017
6sense
Board Observer
2013 - 2017
Burner
Board Observer
2013 - Current
Beckon
Board Observer
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Investment portfolio
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1
Annouced Date | Organization Name | Funding Round | Money Raised |
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Feb 02, 2018 | Kaiyo | Seed Round - Kaiyo | 2.0M |
Partner investment
4
Annouced Date | Organization Name | Funding Round | Investor Name | Money Raised |
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Dec 15, 2016 | Amino Apps | Series B - Amino Apps | Venrock | 19.2M |
Jul 13, 2022 | - | Seed Round - Bikky | - | 5.3M |
Jan 26, 2023 | Suppli | Seed Round - Suppli | - | 3.1M |
Dec 01, 2023 | - | Series A - Bikky | - | 8.3M |
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