# Chris Rizik at Accelerate Blue Fund > Chris Rizik, Founder & CEO, Renaissance Venture Capital at Accelerate Blue Fund. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its... Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/chris-rizik-accelerate-blue-fund (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) Ann Arbor, US · Person # Chris Rizik Founder & CEO, Renaissance Venture Capital at [Accelerate Blue Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accelerate-blue-fund) Profile summary - **Rounds named:** - none observed - **Filings:** - with regulators - **Podcasts:** 3 +5 mentions What this record rests on - **Named in rounds** No round names them yet - **On filings** No filing names them - ✓ **Linked to a firm** At Accelerate Blue Fund - **Claimed** Not claimed yet Titles come from the investor lists this database was built from, so read them as of their date. 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Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?person=chris-rizik-accelerate-blue-fund) ## The firm [**Accelerate Blue Fund** VC firm · US **0** cheques in 12 months **0** all time **0** led unknown](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accelerate-blue-fund) ## Also at Accelerate Blue Fund - [**Dave Repp** Director of Ventures and Managing Director of the Accelerate Blue Fund *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/dave-repp) - [**Desnor Chigumba** Venture Analyst *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/desnor-chigumba) - [**Don Manfredi** Associate Director of Ventures and Fund Manager *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/don-manfredi) - [**Jay Ellis** Director, Walmart *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/jay-ellis) - [**Kedar Tripathy** Venture Associate *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/kedar-tripathy) - [**Kelly Sexton** Associate Vice President for Research – Innovation Partnerships and Economic Impact *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/kelly-sexton) - [**Lara Pender** Partner, Gunderson Dettmer *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/lara-pender) - [**Meagan Malm** Senior Principal, Michigan Capital Network *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/meagan-malm-accelerate-blue-fund) ## Hear them before you pitch them - [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) · 21 Apr 2025 · 43 min 479. Inside the LP Playbook with Venture Vanguard, Chris Rizik: What Metrics Actually Matter, How to Fix Venture's Liquidity Crisis, and Why Co-Invests Are a Trap (Chris Rizik) With [Chris Rizik](https://millionrounds.com/person/chris-rizik-accelerate-blue-fund) About this episode Chris Rizik of Renaissance Venture Capital joins Nick to discuss Inside the LP Playbook with Venture Vanguard, Chris Rizik: What Metrics Actually Matter, How to Fix Venture's Liquidity Crisis, and Why Co-Invests Are a Trap. In this episode we cover: Connectivity and Customer Engagement Undemo Day… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [VC10X](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/vc10x) · 6 Aug 2024 · 50 min LP10X - How To Approach Limited Partners? - Chris Rizik, MP, Renaissance Venture Capital With [Chris Rizik](https://millionrounds.com/person/chris-rizik-accelerate-blue-fund) About this episode Chris Rizik is the Managing Partner of Renaissance Venture Capital, a first-of-its-kind fund of funds formed by a consortium of Fortune 1000 and major private corporations. Renaissance works to attract capital to Midwest-based startups, and to strategically connect venture capital funds and… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [How I Invest](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/how-i-invest) · 2 May 2024 · 27 min E63: Chris Rizik on The Rise of Midwest LPs With [Chris Rizik](https://millionrounds.com/person/chris-rizik-accelerate-blue-fund) About this episode Chris Rizik, CEO of Renaissance Venture Capital sits down with David Weisburd to discuss Renaissance’s unique approach to venture. In addition, they discuss how large corporations participate in venture, when to admit a loss vs. doubling down and signals of a strong fund manager. More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page ### Mentioned in Episodes that name Chris Rizik in their description, which is not the same as being on them. - [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) · 29 Jan 2026 · 7 min Investor Stories 456: Inside Visionary Leadership: Platform Leverage, Founder Adaptability, and Market Timing (Rizik, Wang, Wallach) Mentions [Sapphire Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sapphire-ventures)[Time BioVentures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/time-bioventures)[Casber Wang](https://millionrounds.com/person/casber-wang)[Chris Rizik](https://millionrounds.com/person/chris-rizik-accelerate-blue-fund) About this episode On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Chris Rizik of Renaissance Venture Capital Casber Wang of Sapphire Ventures D.A. Wallach of Time BioVentures We asked guests to discuss the most visionary founder that they've worked with and what makes them so… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) · 22 Dec 2025 · 8 min Investor Stories 448: Hard Lessons in Investing: Mistiming Trends, Relying on Partnership Debate, and Avoiding Good Money After Bad (Hilaly, Dash, Rizik) Mentions [Bain Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bain-capital)[Bain Capital Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bain-capital-ventures)[Aaref Hilaly](https://millionrounds.com/person/aaref-hilaly)[Chris Rizik](https://millionrounds.com/person/chris-rizik-accelerate-blue-fund)[Somesh Dash](https://millionrounds.com/person/somesh-dash) About this episode On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Aaref Hilaly of Bain Capital Ventures Somesh Dash of IVP Chris Rizik of Renaissance Venture Capital We asked guests to tell the most important lesson they've learned in their career. The host of The Full Ratchet… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) · 11 Dec 2025 · 8 min Investor Stories 446: What Experience Teaches Investors: When to Trust Conviction, How to Read Founders, and Why Coachability Matters (Rizik, Wang, Agarwal) Mentions [Sapphire Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sapphire-ventures)[Casber Wang](https://millionrounds.com/person/casber-wang)[Chris Rizik](https://millionrounds.com/person/chris-rizik-accelerate-blue-fund)[Medha Agarwal](https://millionrounds.com/person/medha-agarwal) About this episode On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Chris Rizik of Renaissance Venture Capital Casber Wang of Sapphire Ventures Medha Agarwal of Defy We asked guests to describe the biggest change to their investment philosophy over the course of their career The… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) · 6 Nov 2025 · 7 min Investor Stories 438. The Deals That Got Away: LinkedIn, Snowflake, and Zeitview (Jiang, Schuler, Rizik) Mentions [Barry Schuler](https://millionrounds.com/person/barry-schuler)[Chris Rizik](https://millionrounds.com/person/chris-rizik-accelerate-blue-fund)[Kevin Jiang](https://millionrounds.com/person/kevin-jiang) About this episode On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Kevin Jiang of Mangusta Capital Barry Schuler of DFJ Growth Ventures Chris Rizik of Renaissance Venture Capital We asked guests for the most important piece of advice that they'd share with folks early in their… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) · 2 Oct 2025 · 3 min Investor Stories 431. Level Heads Build Enduring Companies, The Power of Persistence, and Why Conviction is Everything (Saxena, Delk, Rizik) Mentions [Chris Rizik](https://millionrounds.com/person/chris-rizik-accelerate-blue-fund)[Shashank Saxena](https://millionrounds.com/person/shashank-saxena) About this episode On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Shashank Saxena of Sierra Ventures Ryan Delk of Primer Chris Rizik of Renaissance Venture Capital We asked guests for the most important piece of advice that they'd share with folks early in their venture career.… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page Episodes of [the shows we follow](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts), matched by name. Not them? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?person=chris-rizik-accelerate-blue-fund). ## Find people like Chris Filter every partner and angel by firm, kind, market and whether we watched them invest. Free with an account. 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