# Rick Zullo at Equal Ventures

> Rick Zullo, Founder and Managing Partner at Equal Ventures. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source.

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

New York City, US · Partner

# Rick Zullo

Founder and Managing Partner at [Equal Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/equal-ventures)

Profile summary

- **Rounds named:** - none observed
- **Filings:** 8 with regulators
- **Podcasts:** 6 +5 mentions

What this record rests on

- **Named in rounds** No round names them yet
- ✓ **On filings** 8 filings with a regulator
- ✓ **Linked to a firm** At Equal Ventures
- **Claimed** Not claimed yet

Titles come from filings their firm signed.

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## The firm

[**Equal Ventures** VC firm · US **1** cheques in 12 months **1** all time **0** led deploying](https://millionrounds.com/fund/equal-ventures)

## Companies they are listed as backing

Portfolio

- [Block Renovation](https://millionrounds.com/startup/block-renovation)
- [David Energy](https://millionrounds.com/startup/david-energy)
- [Leap](https://millionrounds.com/startup/leap-4)
- [Odyssey Energy Solutions](https://millionrounds.com/startup/odyssey-energy-solutions)
- [Pattern](https://millionrounds.com/startup/pattern)
- [SmartHop](https://millionrounds.com/startup/smarthop)
- [Starday Foods](https://millionrounds.com/startup/starday-foods)
- [ThreeFlow](https://millionrounds.com/startup/threeflow)
- [Wrapbook](https://millionrounds.com/company/wrapbook)
- Ghost Commerce
- Leap Services
- RiskMatch

## Where they are named on record

Filings

- SEC Form D · Company raising **Texture Corp.** Director on 2 filings · since 2023
- SEC Form D · Company raising **Odyssey Energy Solutions, Inc.** Director on 2 filings · since 2022
- SEC Form D · Company raising **MVMNT Group Inc.** Director since 2022
- SEC Form D · Company raising **David Energy Systems, Inc.** Director since 2022
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fund **[Equal Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/equal-ventures)** Managing Member of the General Partner on 4 filings · since 2022
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fund **[Equal Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/equal-ventures)** Managing Member of the General Partner of the Issuer on 2 filings · since 2019
- SEC Form D · Company raising **Paladin Data Insurance Corp.** Director since 2018
- SEC Form D · Company raising **RiskMatch, Inc.** Director since 2016

Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date.

## Also at Equal Ventures

- [**Richard Kerby** Partner *1 round*](https://millionrounds.com/person/richard-kerby)
- [**Adam Chadroff** Principal *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/adam-chadroff)
- [**Ali Afridi** Partner *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/ali-afridi)
- [**Chelsea Zhang** Partner *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/chelsea-zhang)
- [**Jon Healy** Principal *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/jon-healy)
- [**Simran Suri** Principal *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/simran-suri)
- [**Sophia Nguyen** Event Operations Lead *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/sophia-nguyen)

## Hear them before you pitch them

- [The Peel](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/the-peel) · 13 Feb 2025 · 1h 40m Rick Zullo on Building Equal Ventures, Why Traction is Overrated, Advice for Emerging Managers With [Rick Zullo](https://millionrounds.com/person/rick-zullo) About this episode Rick Zullo is the Founder of Equal Ventures. Our conversation gets into Equal’s unique approach to venture capital, thinking more like public market and private equity investors, and why they also think traction is overrated at Seed. We talk through Equal’s thesis-driven model, employing a team of… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [Superclusters](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/superclusters) · 9 Sept 2024 · 1h 45m How to Build an Emerging Manager Community | Rick Zullo | Superclusters | S3PSE1 With [Rick Zullo](https://millionrounds.com/person/rick-zullo) Mentions [Bowery Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bowery-capital)[Columbia Business School](https://millionrounds.com/fund/columbia-business-school)[Lightbank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightbank) About this episode Rick Zullo is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Equal Ventures. which invests into the future of four verticals: climate, insurance, retail, and supply chain, and boasts a portfolio including the likes of Threeflow, Leap, Smarthop, Ghost, Starday, David Energy, Leap, Odyssey, Vquip or Texture,… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) · 23 Aug 2023 · 54 min 20VC: NEW FORMAT: Mega Funds Will Come Back, Why Markups Have Corrupted VC, Why RIFs Should Always Be An Embarrassment To SaaS Founders and Why Pitching is BS and Fake with Jason Lemkin and Rick Zullo With [Jason Lemkin](https://millionrounds.com/person/jason-lemkin-2)[Rick Zullo](https://millionrounds.com/person/rick-zullo) Mentions [Bowery Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bowery-capital)[Lightbank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightbank) About this episode Jason Lemkin is the Founder @ SaaStr one of the best-performing early-stage venture funds focused on SaaS. In the past, Jason has led investments in Algolia, Pipedrive, Salesloft, TalkDesk, and RevenueCat to name a few. Prior to SaaStr, Jason was an entrepreneur, selling EchoSign to Adobe for… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [Inevitable](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/inevitable) · 7 Jun 2023 · 57 min Capital Series: Rick Zullo, Equal Ventures With [Rick Zullo](https://millionrounds.com/person/rick-zullo) Mentions [Jason Jacobs](https://millionrounds.com/person/jason-jacobs) About this episode This episode is part of our new Capital Series hosted by MCJ partner, Jason Jacobs. This series will explore a diverse range of capital sources and the individuals who drive them. From family offices and institutional LPs to private equity, government funding, and more, we'll take a deep dive into… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) · 27 Mar 2023 · 54 min 376. Architecting a Thesis-Driven Philosophy, Why There's Riches in Niches, How Founder-Market Fit is Changing, and Building the Largest Community of Emerging Managers (Rick Zullo) With [Rick Zullo](https://millionrounds.com/person/rick-zullo) About this episode Rick Zullo of Equal Ventures joins Nick to discuss Architecting a Thesis-Driven Philosophy, Why There's Riches in Niches, How Founder-Market Fit is Changing, and Building the Largest Community of Emerging Managers. In this episode we cover: How many different specialties can a founder have? How… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [Village Global Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/village-global) · 24 Feb 2020 · 41 min Rick Zullo on Technology Revolutions and the Golden Age for Investing With [Rick Zullo](https://millionrounds.com/person/rick-zullo) About this episode Rick Zullo (@Rick_Zullo), General Partner at Equal Ventures, joins Erik on this episode. They discuss: - The different phases of technological revolutions - Will incumbents become stronger in the next platform shift - What Carlota Perez’s work means for the venture capital landscape - Which… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page

### Mentioned in

Episodes that name Rick Zullo in their description, which is not the same as being on them.

- [The Peel](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/the-peel) · 22 May 2025 · 1h 55m Michael Kim @ Cendana | Lessons from the Top VCs, How Cendana Does Diligence, Portfolio Construction Best Practices, the 60x Rule, How Seed Funds Compete vs Multi-stage, Inside Cendana's Early Days With [Michael Kim](https://millionrounds.com/person/michael-kim-2) Mentions [Cendana Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cendana-capital)[Jack Altman](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jack-altman)[Kevin Hartz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/a-star-co)[Roger Ehrenberg](https://millionrounds.com/fund/roger-ehrenberg)[Jeff Morris](https://millionrounds.com/person/jeff-morris)[Rick Zullo](https://millionrounds.com/person/rick-zullo) About this episode Michael Kim is the Founder of Cendana Capital, a fund of funds that makes anchor investments in very early stage VC funds. We talk characteristics of the best investors, how Cendana does diligence on fund managers, portfolio construction best practices, Michael’s “60x rule”, and why high ownership… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) · 22 Jun 2023 · 7 min Investor Stories 301: Lessons Learned (Zullo, Dockery, Biederman) Mentions [Catharine Dockery](https://millionrounds.com/person/catharine-dockery)[Rick Zullo](https://millionrounds.com/person/rick-zullo)[Rob Biederman](https://millionrounds.com/person/rob-biederman) About this episode On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Rick Zullo Catharine Dockery Rob Biederman Each investor illustrates a critical lesson learned about startup investing and how it's changed their approach. The host of The Full Ratchet is Nick Moran, General… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) · 1 Jun 2023 · 5 min Investor Stories 298: Strange & Unusual (Zullo, Shakir, Andelman) Mentions [Deena Shakir](https://millionrounds.com/person/deena-shakir)[Jim Andelman](https://millionrounds.com/person/jim-andelman)[Rick Zullo](https://millionrounds.com/person/rick-zullo) About this episode On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Rick Zullo Deena Shakir Jim Andelman Each investor describes the most unusual situation or pitch that they've encountered as an investor. The host of The Full Ratchet is Nick Moran, General Partner of New Stack… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) · 4 May 2023 · 10 min Investor Stories 294: What's Next (Chan & Ebrahim, Shakir, Zullo) Mentions [Wesley Chan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wesley-chan)[Deena Shakir](https://millionrounds.com/person/deena-shakir)[Pegah Ebrahimi](https://millionrounds.com/person/pegah-ebrahimi)[Rick Zullo](https://millionrounds.com/person/rick-zullo) About this episode On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Wesley Chan & Pegah Ebrahimi Deena Shakir Rick Zullo Each investor discusses sectors, drivers and/or trends that may have significant impact in the future and are potentially positioned for outsized-returns. The… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) · 20 Apr 2023 · 7 min Investor Stories 292: Lessons Learned (Zullo, Shakir, Pruden) Mentions [Alex Pruden](https://millionrounds.com/person/alex-pruden)[Deena Shakir](https://millionrounds.com/person/deena-shakir)[Rick Zullo](https://millionrounds.com/person/rick-zullo) About this episode On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Rick Zullo Deena Shakir Alex Pruden Each investor illustrates a critical lesson learned about startup investing and how it's changed their approach. The host of The Full Ratchet is Nick Moran, General… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page

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