Ralph Gootee
Visiting Partner @ Y Combinator
San Francisco, United States
Ralph Gootee is a seed investor at Y Combinator in San Francisco focused on Software and Architecture. Ralph Gootee is the co-founder and CTO of TigerEye.
- Total investments:
- 13
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 8%
Last updated:
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Industries Ralph Gootee invests in
Stages Ralph Gootee invests in
Countries Ralph Gootee invests in
Round sizes
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Round size
- Seed
- $1.5M–$8.4M
- Pre-Seed
- $200k–$2M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 6 (46%)
- Architecture 4 (31%)
- Construction 4 (31%)
- Artificial Intelligence 4 (31%)
- Enterprise Software 3 (23%)
Stage
- Seed 8 (62%)
- Pre-Seed 3 (23%)
- Series A 1 (8%)
- Series B 1 (8%)
Country
- United States 12 (92%)
- France 1 (8%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Reducto's API converts unstructured documents into structured outputs for RAG, process automation, and more. | $8.4M / Seed / Oct 02, 2024 | ||
| Data infrastructure company | $5.2M / Seed / Sep 26, 2023 | ||
| Inboxbooster offers all businesses free unlimited email placement tests to help them monitor when an email is in spam. | $1M / Pre-Seed / Apr 18, 2023 | ||
| Rayon is a collaborative space design platform that allows designers to draw, share, and collaborate directly in their browsers. With Rayon, interior designers and architects can design spaces faster than ever before, using block libraries, smart drawing features, and more, as well as seamlessly share their work and collect feedbacks. | $2M / Pre-Seed / Jun 15, 2022 | ||
| VERSATILE uses machine learning and AI to optimize construction processes. It captures and analyzes data points to deliver real-time insights on job site performance and streamline decision-making. Mounted under the hook of any crane, this first-of-its-kind technology offers unparalleled production data on any job site including information onmaterials, redundancies, construction progress, and crane utilization.It was founded in 2016 and headquartered in Los Altos, California. | $80M / Series B / Sep 14, 2021 | ||
| Higharc is the all-in-one web platform that simplifies, connects, and improves each step of design, construction, and sales for home building. It enables builders to design, sell in 3D, and get permit-ready construction documents — all in a single platform. Higharc is on a mission to help builders create better homes and communities, moreaffordably. | $21M / Series A / Apr 21, 2021 | ||
| Queenly is the dedicated marketplace and search engine for the formalwear industry. Queenly was one of the top companies that came out from the Y Combinator Winter 2021 batch, according to TechCrunch, and recently raised a Seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z.com). They have now captured the largest formal dress inventory in the US bysurpassing that of Macy’s, Rent the Runway & Nordstrom, since launching less than 2 years ago. Queenly is tackling the highly underserved prom, pageant, quinceañera, and wedding industry (and more!). They cater to this massive community of dress enthusiasts for this high-priced & low-usage inventory, similar to how GOAT and StockX have built a platform for the sneaker and streetwear community. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in San Francisco, California. | $2.3M / Seed / Mar 23, 2021 | ||
| Popl is the AI GTM platform for in-person events — the data layer for everything that happens face-to-face. Powered by AI and its proprietary data engine, Popl helps companies worldwide turn events into a measurable, scalable growth channel: universal badge scanning, AI-powered conversation recording, real-time data enrichment, and automatic CRMsync. | $2.2M / Seed / Mar 23, 2021 | ||
| Axle Health provides scheduling and workforce management software for home health care providers. The Axle platform includes a mobile app for clinicians, an operations dashboard for office teams, proprietary logistics algorithms to optimize scheduling, and a patient engagement and booking solution. Axle is integrated with a wide range of EMRs, andthe entire Axle product can be customized and accessed modularly via API. Some of the biggest home health care providers in the country use Axle’s software to improve the utilization of their clinical teams, and automate the operational burden of scheduling and dispatching. | $200K / Pre-Seed / Mar 22, 2021 | ||
| Polytomic is a software company whose mission is to make internal data accessible. Internal data within companies is fragmented across many different systems; accessing relevant slices of outside of a team's home system is cumbersome. Polytomic allows business teams to easily access all the data located outside of their home system.Polytomic is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA. | $2.4M / Seed / Feb 03, 2021 | ||
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Co-Investors
About Y Combinator
Y Combinator is a startup accelerator that provides funding and mentorship to early-stage companies. It offers a program where startups receive guidance from experienced entrepreneurs and investors. The organization helps founders in their business models and develop their products. Y Combinator serves industries such as technology, healthcare, andfinance.
Y Combinator Contacts
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Boris Jabes
Visiting Partner
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Luther Lowe
Head of Public Policy
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Max Kolysh
Visiting Partner
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Brad Flora
Group Partner
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Calvin French-Owen
Visiting Group Partner
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What does Ralph Gootee invest in?
Ralph Gootee invests primarily in Software, Architecture and Construction startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 13 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 Ralph Gootee's check size?
Ralph Gootee typically joins rounds of $1.5M–$8.4M at Seed and $200k–$2M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Ralph Gootee participates in.
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When did Ralph Gootee last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Ralph Gootee closed in Oct 2024. Shizune tracks 13 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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