# Rick Marini: portfolio, investments and team

> Rick Marini is a vc firm based in United States. 41 investments on record, latest Jul 2016. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/rick-marini (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Rick Marini

Last cheque observed Jul 2016. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

Quiet New fund $950K, Sept 2018 VC firm

Seed Series A Series B

Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 41 on record

Since the last cheque **3766** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$40M** Rounds led **0 of 41** Sole investor **1 rounds** Exits **3 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 97%**

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## Rick Marini highlights

- 01 41 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Seed and Series A: 86% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 1 rounds, median $1.0M
- 04 3 exits from the portfolio

## What they do

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Based in:** United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **41 appearances**

- **2016** 2 rounds
- **Jul** **[Luxe](https://millionrounds.com/company/luxe)** **$50M** With 38 others
- **Mar** **[Apartment List](https://millionrounds.com/company/apartment-list)** **$30M** With 19 others
- **2015** 5 rounds
- **Sept** **[Telepathic](https://millionrounds.com/company/telepathic)** Seed **$1.2M** With 8 others
- **Aug** **[Payable](https://millionrounds.com/company/payable)** Seed · US **$2.1M** With 9 others
- **May** **[Outreach](https://millionrounds.com/company/outreach)** Seed · US **$2.3M** With 6 others
- **Apr** **[Poshmark](https://millionrounds.com/company/poshmark)** Series C · US **$25M** With 9 others
- **Feb** **[Luxe](https://millionrounds.com/company/luxe)** Series A · US **$20M** With 20 others
- **2014** 17 rounds
- **Nov** **[HONK](https://millionrounds.com/company/honk)** Seed · US **$1.3M** With 12 others
- **Oct** **[Soma](https://millionrounds.com/company/soma)** Series A · US **$2.2M** With 14 others
- **Oct** **[Luxe](https://millionrounds.com/company/luxe)** Seed · US **$5.5M** With 14 others
- **Sept** **[reddit](https://millionrounds.com/company/reddit)** Series B · US **$50M** With 15 others
- **Sept** **[Massdrop](https://millionrounds.com/company/massdrop)** Series A · US **$6.5M** With 4 others
- **Sept** **[HoneyBook Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/company/honeybook-inc)** Series A · US **$10M** With 10 others
- **Aug** **[Strut](https://millionrounds.com/company/strut)** Seed · US **$1.5M** With 18 others
- **Aug** **[Headout](https://millionrounds.com/company/headout)** Seed · US **$1.8M** With 21 others
- **Jul** **[Opendoor](https://millionrounds.com/company/opendoor)** Series A · US **$9.9M** With 36 others
- **Jun** **[Roadstruck](https://millionrounds.com/company/roadstruck)** Seed **$1.4M** With 4 others
- **Apr** **[Sprig](https://millionrounds.com/company/sprig)** Series A · US **$10M** With 3 others
- **Apr** **[LoungeBuddy](https://millionrounds.com/company/loungebuddy)** Seed · US **$1.0M** Sole investor
- **Mar** **[Lumoid](https://millionrounds.com/company/lumoid)** US **Undisclosed** With 5 others
- **Feb** **[One Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/company/one-inc)** Seed · US **$150K** With 7 others
- **Feb** **[Apartment List](https://millionrounds.com/company/apartment-list)** Secondary · US **$6.0M** With 12 others
- **Jan** **[fitmob](https://millionrounds.com/company/fitmob)** Series A · US **$9.8M** With 3 others
- **Jan** **[Jaanuu](https://millionrounds.com/company/jaanuu)** Seed · US **Undisclosed** With 4 others
- **2013** 12 rounds
- **Nov** **[MediaSpike](https://millionrounds.com/company/mediaspike)** Series A · US · techcrunch.com **$5.2M** With 9 others
- **Sept** **[AngelList](https://millionrounds.com/company/angellist)** Series B · US · techcrunch.com **$24M** With 31 others
- **Sept** **[Health Gorilla](https://millionrounds.com/company/health-gorilla)** Seed · US · angel.co **$500K** With 7 others
- **Sept** **[ReTargeter](https://millionrounds.com/company/retargeter)** Seed · US **Undisclosed** With 2 others
- **Aug** **[SmartRecruiters](https://millionrounds.com/company/smartrecruiters)** Series B · US · finsmes.com **$10M** With 3 others
- **Aug** **[AltSchool](https://millionrounds.com/company/altschool)** Seed · US **Undisclosed** With 9 others
- **Jul** **[Soma](https://millionrounds.com/company/soma)** Seed · US · techcrunch.com **$3.7M** With 11 others
- **Jun** **[Scripted.com](https://millionrounds.com/company/scripted-com)** Series A · US · techcrunch.com **$4.5M** With 8 others
- **May** **[Hullabalu](https://millionrounds.com/company/hullabalu)** Seed · US · techcrunch.com **$1.8M** With 24 others
- **Apr** **[Moonfrye](https://millionrounds.com/company/moonfrye)** Seed · US · pandodaily.com **$2.5M** With 4 others
- **Apr** **[Seedling](https://millionrounds.com/company/seedling)** Seed · US **$2.5M** With 5 others
- **Jan** **[August](https://millionrounds.com/company/august)** Seed · US · techcrunch.com **$2.0M** With 12 others
- **2012** 3 rounds
- **Dec** **[Influitive](https://millionrounds.com/company/influitive)** Series A · CA · techcrunch.com **$7.3M** With 8 others
- **Oct** **[BlackJet](https://millionrounds.com/company/blackjet)** Venture · US · techcrunch.com **$2.1M** With 32 others
- **Jan** **[SmartRecruiters](https://millionrounds.com/company/smartrecruiters)** Series A · US · sec.gov **$5.5M** With 2 others
- **2010** 2 rounds
- **Nov** **[Stipple](https://millionrounds.com/company/stipple)** Seed · US · techcrunch.com **$2.0M** With 10 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **4 named**

JB **Jens Beyrich** Attorney-in-fact i Filing they signed

JN **Jeremy Neilson** Managing Director of the Issuer's Administrator i Filing they signed

MJ **Mateo Johnson** Attorney-in-fact i Filing they signed

RT **Richard Thoms** Attorney-in-fact i Filing they signed

We also hold **4** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

## Exits from the portfolio

Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **3 in all**

**[fitmob](https://millionrounds.com/company/fitmob)** Bought by ClassPass **Undisclosed** Apr 2015

**[ReTargeter](https://millionrounds.com/company/retargeter)** Bought by sellpoints **Undisclosed** Mar 2015

**[Wavii](https://millionrounds.com/company/wavii)** Bought by [Google](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-assistant-investments) **$30M** Apr 2013

An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.

New fund on file

**$950K**

raised in Sept 2018

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Seed Series A Series B

Median round joined **$40M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$1.0M**

Led 0 of 41 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** 1 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Jul 2016
- **Exits:** 3 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed *21*
- Series A *11*
- Series B *3*
- Secondary *1*
- Series C *1*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2010 2016

Often in the room with

- [Naval Ravikant](https://millionrounds.com/fund/naval-ravikant) 7
- [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) 7
- [Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) 6
- [Slow Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/slow-ventures) 6
- [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) 5
- [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) 5

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Rick Marini. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Naval Ravikant** VC firm **7** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/naval-ravikant)[**SV Angel** VC firm **7** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel)[**Google Ventures** Corporate VC **6** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv)[**Slow Ventures** VC firm **6** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/slow-ventures)[**500 Global** Angel **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups)[**Lightspeed Venture Partners** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners)[**Mayfield Fund** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mayfield)[**QueensBridge Venture Partners** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/queensbridge-venture-partners)[**Redpoint** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/redpoint)[**Rothenberg Ventures** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rothenberg-ventures)[**Cowboy Ventures** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cowboy-ventures)[**CrunchFund** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crunchfund-3)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Rick Marini put money into.

[**Luxe** $50M · Jul 2016](https://millionrounds.com/company/luxe)[**Apartment List** $30M · Mar 2016](https://millionrounds.com/company/apartment-list)

## On podcasts

1 episode naming Rick Marini in the title, and 1 more that mention it.

- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) 14 Nov 2016 · 34 min 20VC: Rick Marini on Lessons Leant From Naval Ravikant, Why You Need To Make 30 Investments Before You Know What You Are Doing & Why You Have To Earn The Right To Good Dealflow Mentions [Naval Ravikant](https://millionrounds.com/fund/naval-ravikant)[Rick Marini](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rick-marini)[Accel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel) *+3* Apple PodcastsShow page

### Mentioned in

- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) 29 Sept 2017 · 27 min 20VC: If You Do Not Like VCs, You Have Not Worked With a Good One, How Andreesen Have Added The Same Level of Value As A Co-Founder, Why Market Is The First Thing To Consider When Angel Investing & Why Series A Is A Hiring Decision with Roger Dickey, Foun Apple PodcastsShow page

## Quick answers about Rick Marini

### What does Rick Marini invest in?

Rick Marini invests most often at Seed and Series A (86% of the rounds on record).

### How active is Rick Marini?

41 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Jul 2016.

### What has Rick Marini invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Luxe (Jul 2016) and Apartment List (Mar 2016).

### How big are Rick Marini's cheques?

The median round it joins is $40M.

### Does Rick Marini lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 41 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does Rick Marini invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (97%).

### Is Rick Marini investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Jul 2016.

### Who does Rick Marini invest alongside?

Most often Naval Ravikant (7 rounds together), SV Angel (7 rounds together) and Google Ventures (6 rounds together).

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