Equal Ventures
VC Fund
New York, United States
Equal Ventures is a hands on partner with entrepreneurs at the earliest stage and is led by Richard Kerby and Rick Zullo. The firm is headquartered in New York, New York, United States. Equal Ventures has adopted the Diversity Term Sheet Rider.
- Total investments:
- 53
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 30%
- Fund size:
- $95M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Equal Ventures invests in
Stages Equal Ventures invests in
Countries Equal Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $3M–$7.5M
- Series A
- $8M–$28M
- Series B
- $30M–$100M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 7 (13%)
- InsurTech 5 (9%)
- SaaS 4 (8%)
- Retail 4 (8%)
- Insurance 4 (8%)
Stage
- Seed 18 (34%)
- Series A 15 (28%)
- Series B 8 (15%)
- Series C 3 (6%)
- Funding Round 3 (6%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Richard Kerby
Co-founder & General Partner
|
Co-founder & General Partner | Total investments: 6 | Find email | |
Rick Zullo
Co-founder & General Partner
|
Co-founder & General Partner | Total investments: 26 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Odyssey is at the center of one of the biggest economic and climate opportunities of our lifetime: the clean energy transition in emerging markets, where aging/weak grids, favorable policies, and high diesel costs are making distributed renewable energy systems THE energy infrastructure of the future. Odyssey provides financiers and renewableenergy project developers with leading-edge technologies and a data-driven software platform to aggregate and scale investment in distributed renewable energy. (DRE)Odyssey is the only end-to-end platform to scale project development across all phases: planning, financing, procuring, and operating projects. Our solutions solve the key challenges facing the distributed renewable energy industry in emerging markets:Planning + Finance Solutions: Financiers lack the information to navigate the investment landscape in many countries that most need their support. By leveraging our network of 2000+ renewable energy companies, we are helping private and concessional financiers access projects that were previously inaccessible. We have $1.3 billion of financing for distributed renewable energy projects on the platform and a pipeline of more than US$785 million in active discussions with concessional and commercial financiers. We also offer advanced software tools to efficiently plan projects, aggregate portfolios and streamline diligence between developers and investors.Procurement Solutions: Smaller renewable energy companies can’t access economies of scale pricing and terms when buying equipment. By aggregating their orders and connecting them with financing that would otherwise be out of reach, we help developers access equipment more quickly, reliably, and at better prices.Monitoring & Control Solutions: As renewable energy companies scale their operations, ensuring they are performing reliably and optimally is a challenge. We offer hardware and software to make it easy to spot any issues, remotely control components, as well as provide data back to investors about portfolio performance in the form of customized dashboards for commercial, financial, operational, and impact metrics. | $27M / Venture - Series Unknown / Sep 01, 2026 | ||
| Texture aggregates data from devices, meters, markets and other signals, all into a single, easy-to-use platform so any company in the energy space can be data-driven. | $12.5M / Series A / May 23, 2026 | ||
| Chord is an AI-native data platform for the agentic commerce era. It unifies commerce data in the Data Foundation, layers in the context AI needs to be accurate, reliable, and relevant via the Context Stack, and deploys Agents that optimize spend, refine audiences, and take action across your commerce stack. | $7M / Venture - Series Unknown / Apr 29, 2026 | ||
| Equal Parts builds next-generation insurance agency. Equal Parts deploy AI tools to ingest data and provide insights that can assist with cross-selling and upselling. | $27.9M / Series A / Feb 10, 2026 | ||
| Bluefields Specialty Insurance builds profitable, curated insurance programs for underserved and overlooked specialty markets. | $15M / Venture - Series Unknown / Oct 23, 2025 | ||
| Stand simulates real-world risk using physics and AI. | $35M / Series B / Oct 16, 2025 | ||
| Starday Foods is a healthy and sustainable food products company. | $8M / Series A / Apr 08, 2025 | ||
| Equal Parts builds next-generation insurance agency. Equal Parts deploy AI tools to ingest data and provide insights that can assist with cross-selling and upselling. | $10M / Seed / Apr 01, 2025 | ||
| Stand simulates real-world risk using physics and AI. | $30M / Series A / Dec 16, 2024 | ||
| Ghost is a marketplace that connects leading retail brands with surplus distribution partners. Ghost combines real-time data with intelligent solutions to help brands monetize their excess inventory discreetly and sustainably. By providing liquidity, protection, and transparency, the Ghost platform serves as the backbone for retailers to diversifyand optimize their inventory lifecycle. | $40M / Series C / Oct 15, 2024 | ||
| See all 53 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Equal Ventures invest in?
Equal Ventures invests primarily in Software, InsurTech and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 53 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Equal Ventures's check size?
Equal Ventures typically joins rounds of $3M–$7.5M at Seed, $8M–$28M at Series A and $30M–$100M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Equal Ventures participates in.
How do I contact Equal Ventures?
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Who are the partners at Equal Ventures?
The team at Equal Ventures includes Richard Kerby (Co-founder & General Partner) and Rick Zullo (Co-founder & General Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
Is Shizune's investor data accurate?
Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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