# Marques Brownlee

> Marques Brownlee is a Series A investor at The Ridge backing Audio and Podcast. See 2 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: The Ridge
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Oct 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mkbhd/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/mkbhd
- Website: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBJycsmduvYEL83R_U4JriQ
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/marquesbrownlee

Marques Brownlee is a Series A investor at The Ridge in New York focused on Audio and Podcast. Marques Brownlee is the current Executive Board Member and Chief Creative Partner of The Ridge. He previously worked at DroidDog.com as a Contributing Editor. Marques Brownlee attended Stevens Institute of Technology.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $9.5M–$17M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Audio | 1 | 50% |
| Podcast | 1 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| Speech Recognition | 1 | 50% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 1 | 50% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Israel | 1 | 50% |
| United States | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Opal | Making it better at capturing incredible low-light video. Even in dimly lit room, you’ll get a level of detail and color that wasn’t possible before.The Opal C1 comes with MicMesh™, an array of beamforming microphones that find and focus on the sound of your voice. And with intelligent noise cancellation, every ding, drop and dog bark is filteredout to get an audio experience that clearly speaks for itself. | $17M | Series A | Oct 25, 2023 |  |
| Riverside | Riverside (formerly Riverside.fm) is the all-in-one platform for recording, live streaming, editing, repurposing, and publishing studio-quality videos and podcasts. Creators and businesses use it to produce broadcast-quality content without the production maze of multiple tools, expensive studios, or technical expertise. Record up to 4K video anduncompressed audio locally on every participant’s device, so quality holds up even on bad internet. Edit by editing the transcript. Turn long recordings into clips, captions, show notes, and translations with AI. Webinars scale to 10,000 attendees. Trusted by independent podcasters like Tim Ferriss, Mel Robbins, and Guy Raz, and by brands including Spotify, Marvel, HubSpot, Microsoft, and Intuit. | $9.5M | Series A | Apr 22, 2021 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Eighty-Seven Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eighty-seven-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Founders Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/founders-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Fresh Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fresh-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Karman Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/karman-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Kindred Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kindred-ventures-2) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Seven Seven Six](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/seven-seven-six) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About The Ridge

VC Fund · Los Angeles, United States

The Ridge is an online store for wallets, phone cases, bags and accessories.

1 contacts available at The Ridge.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Marques Brownlee | Executive Board Member and Chief Creative Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marques-brownlee |

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## FAQ

### What does Marques Brownlee invest in?

Marques Brownlee invests primarily in Audio, Podcast and Software startups, most often at Series A stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Israel. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What round sizes does Marques Brownlee invest in?

Marques Brownlee typically joins rounds of $9.5M–$17M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Marques Brownlee's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Marques Brownlee took part in.

### How do I contact Marques Brownlee?

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### When did Marques Brownlee last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Marques Brownlee closed in Oct 2023. Shizune tracks 2 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?

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