# Rich Hoops

> Rich Hoops is a pre-seed investor at Blood:Water (Boulder) backing Travel and Tourism. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Blood:Water](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blood-water)
- Location: Boulder, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Oct 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/rich-hoops/3/450/113
- Website: https://x.com/abouldertiger
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/rich.hoops

Rich Hoops is a pre-seed investor at Blood:Water in Boulder focused on Travel and Tourism. Rich Hoops

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Travel | 1 | 100% |
| Tourism | 1 | 100% |
| Venture Capital | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Purple Elephant Ventures | Purple Elephant Ventures is a venture studio that aims to launch three or four start-ups per year focused on enhancing travel and tourism. Purple Elephant Ventures was founded in 2020 by Ben Peterson, Jan van De Willebois & Mikul Shah. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Oct 07, 2022 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Klister Credit](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/klister-credit) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Untours Foundation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/untours-foundation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Blood:Water

VC Fund



1 contacts available at Blood:Water.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Rich Hoops | Board President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rich-hoops |

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## FAQ

### What does Rich Hoops invest in?

Rich Hoops invests primarily in Travel, Tourism and Venture Capital startups, most often at Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Kenya. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Rich Hoops last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Rich Hoops closed in Oct 2022. Shizune tracks 1 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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