# Jason Melton

> Jason Melton is a private equity investor at Long Ridge Equity Partners backing Software. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Long Ridge Equity Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/long-ridge-equity-partners)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-melton-78036025

Jason Melton is a Partner at Long Ridge Equity Partners. He attended Babson College.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 50% |
| Analytics | 2 | 50% |
| Predictive Analytics | 2 | 50% |
| SaaS | 1 | 25% |
| FinTech | 1 | 25% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 75% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| GoCharting | GoCharting is a web-native, multi-asset charting and market data analytics platform for active traders. The platform brings professional-grade orderflow and broker-connected trading tools — including footprint/cluster charts, volume profile, market profile, cumulative delta, imbalance charts, time & sales, Depth of Market (DOM), optionsanalytics, alerts, scripting, and broker connectivity — into a browser-based product with companion mobile apps. GoCharting serves active retail and professional traders across futures, options, stocks, forex, crypto, and commodities through a freemium SaaS model with premium subscriptions and market data add-ons. |  | Private Equity | Jul 07, 2026 |  |
| Ripjar | Ripjar is a data intelligence platform company whose mission is to provide corporates and institutions with the most advanced data and analytics solutions to protect themselves in real-time from evolving risks that threaten their growth, prosperity, and value.Founded by former members of the UK’s Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ),Ripjar develops software products that combine automation, artificial intelligence, and data visualization to help companies solve the most complex risk and security management problems at scale.Ripjar was incorporated in 2012 and is headquartered in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. |  | Private Equity | May 20, 2026 |  |
| NinjaTrader | NinjaTrader Group, LLC together with its subsidiaries provides award winning trading software and brokerage services to active traders. Founded in 2003, NinjaTrader has evolved into an industry leader supporting over 100,000 traders around the globe with best-in-class technology, deep discount commissions and world class support. |  | Private Equity | Jan 06, 2020 |  |
| Pacific Crest Services | Pacific Crest Services provide insurance agents a proven path to guide and grow their insurance practice. |  | Private Equity |  |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [DRW Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/drw-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Long Ridge Equity Partners

VC Fund · New York, United States

Founded in 2007, Long Ridge Equity Partners is a private investment firm focused on the financial and business technology sectors. Leveraging deep sector knowledge and an extensive network of industry resources, Long Ridge serves as a value-added partner to high-growth businesses. Since its founding, Long Ridge's principals have sponsored someof the most successful growth companies in the financial and business technology sectors, providing leading management teams with partnership, strategic resources, and capital to drive profitable expansion. Long Ridge manages over $1 billion of committed capital.

5 contacts available at Long Ridge Equity Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Donna Little | Partner and Chief Financial Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/donna-little |
| Douglas Nelson | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/douglas-nelson |
| Jason Melton | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jason-melton-2 |
| Jim Brown | Founder and Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jim-brown-6 |
| Kevin Bhatt | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kevin-bhatt |

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## FAQ

### What does Jason Melton invest in?

Jason Melton invests primarily in Software, Analytics and Predictive Analytics startups, most often at Private Equity stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Jason Melton last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Jason Melton closed in Jul 2026. Shizune tracks 4 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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