# Eric Ries

> Eric Ries is a seed investor at Pivotal (San Francisco) backing Software and SaaS. See 67 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Pivotal](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pivotal)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 67
- Last investment: Mar 2025
- Lead investor: 3%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/eries
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/ericries
- Website: https://18salisbury.capital
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EricRies

Eric Ries is a seed investor at Pivotal in San Francisco focused on Software and SaaS. Eric Ries is the Founder and Executive Chairman of Long-Term Stock Exchange. He previously worked at Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers as a Venture Advisor. Eric Ries attended Yale University.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $500k–$6.1M |
| Pre-Seed | $40k–$3.4M |
| Series A | $1M–$14M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 23 | 34% |
| SaaS | 13 | 19% |
| Internet | 10 | 15% |
| Enterprise Software | 7 | 10% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 7 | 10% |

138 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 41 | 61% |
| Series A | 8 | 12% |
| Pre-Seed | 7 | 10% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 4% |
| Angel | 2 | 3% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 53 | 79% |
| Serbia | 2 | 3% |
| Australia | 2 | 3% |
| Canada | 1 | 1% |
| Israel | 1 | 1% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Harmony Intelligence | Harmony Intelligence guarantees that AI solutions satisfy your particular needs as well as industry norms. Evaluation and user query answering are two regular, repetitive IT security duties that Harmony's AI copilot automates. | $3M | Seed | Mar 09, 2025 |  |
| Augie Studio | Aug X Labs is an AI-based “prompt to video” technology and publishing startup focused on helping creators bring relevant and compelling visuals into their video stories. Our primary focus is to build tools for creators that help democratize video creation by transforming anyone’s words or thoughts into dynamic, engaging, and relevant video contentin mere minutes. We are a company intent on making technology easier for creators, allowing them to focus on having fun while engaging with their communities. | $3.1M | Seed | Sep 27, 2023 |  |
| Sinatra | Sinatra is a technology company that, with its all-in-one app, aims to revolutionize the hospitality industry. It provides Sinatra Training, which enables continuous digital training for employees by allowing employers to upload content and employees to access it via the app. | $1.1M |  | Jun 29, 2023 |  |
| Sinatra | Sinatra is a technology company that, with its all-in-one app, aims to revolutionize the hospitality industry. It provides Sinatra Training, which enables continuous digital training for employees by allowing employers to upload content and employees to access it via the app. | $1.1M | Seed | Jun 29, 2023 |  |
| Autio | HearHere is a travel audio app that shares the depth and diversity of stories - cultural, geographical, historical, and mythological. | $2.4M | Seed | Mar 29, 2023 |  |
| Manara | We identify and thoroughly vet undiscovered talent. You hire them directly for onsite or remote jobs, diversifying and accelerating your team. Our mission is to accelerate the growth of the Arab tech sector by untapping its human potential. Did you know that 52% of computer science graduates in Palestine are women? Follow us and visit our websiteto learn more. | $3M | Pre-Seed | May 09, 2022 |  |
| Seedscout | Seedscout is a venture advisory firm partnering with founders and their visions. | $435K | Pre-Seed | Apr 06, 2022 |  |
| Atomic Industries | Atomic Industries is a computational manufacturing company building an AI-powered tool and die maker. | $3.2M | Pre-Seed | Apr 05, 2022 |  |
| Mentava | Mentava is a software development company that supports top-performing students to achieve their potential. | $3M | Seed | Apr 04, 2022 |  |
| Tenderly | Tenderly is the development tool. enabling the creation, testing, monitoring, and operation of smart contracts from their conception to widespread adoption by Web3 developers, which executes contracts and transactions on the Solidity-built Ethereum platform. By integrating engineering techniques with new technologies and developing industries, itcreates crucial blockchain tools and infrastructure. | $40M | Series B | Mar 02, 2022 |  |

10 of 67 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [SV Angel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sv-angel) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [8VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/8vc) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Google Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/google-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Marc Bell Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marc-bell-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## About Pivotal

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Pivotal is a software company that provides digital transformation technology and services. Its Cloud Native platform drives software innovation for many of the world’s most admired brands. With millions of developers in communities around the world, Pivotal technology touches billions of users every day. After shaping the software developmentculture of Silicon Valley's most valuable companies for over a decade, today Pivotal leads a global technology movement transforming how the world builds software.

5 contacts available at Pivotal.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Paul Maritz | Board Chairman | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paul-maritz |
| Alberto Rios | Staff Software Engineer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alberto-rios |
| Alex Sartan | Senior Software Engineer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-sartan |
| Andrew M. Cohen | Vice President & General Counsel | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-m-cohen |
| Ben Wilcock | Principal Product Marketing Manager for Spring | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ben-wilcock |

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## FAQ

### What does Eric Ries invest in?

Eric Ries invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Internet startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 67 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 Eric Ries's check size?

Eric Ries typically joins rounds of $500k–$6.1M at Seed, $40k–$3.4M at Pre-Seed and $1M–$14M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Eric Ries participates in.

### When did Eric Ries last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Eric Ries closed in Mar 2025. Shizune tracks 67 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### 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 Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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