# Rich Paret

> Rich Paret is a seed investor backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 5 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Seattle, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Sep 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richparet
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/richparet
- Website: https://tenarch.com

Rich Paret is a seed investor in Seattle focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. Rich Paret - Founder @ Tenarch

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $368k–$11M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 4 | 80% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 4 | 80% |
| SaaS | 2 | 40% |
| Email | 1 | 20% |
| EdTech | 1 | 20% |

18 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 60% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 20% |
| Series A | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 60% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Freeplay | Freeplay builds AI features that do real work. | $5.6M | Seed | Sep 30, 2024 | https://228labs.com |
| Akooda | Akooda offers teams to ensure that they are working on what truly moves the needle, gain end-to-end visibility to an effort’s lifecycle, get clarity without the overhead, profitability shouldn’t be so painful, security and privacy first services. | $11M | Seed | Jul 25, 2023 | https://www.akooda.co/ |
| Drag | Transform your Gmail into organized Task Lists. Transform your Gmail into organized Task Lists. Drag’s free Task List app turns your inbox into a manageable workspace (just like Trello, but for Gmail). Drag ‘n drop your emails between lists/stages and customize them. It makes the hours spent in your inbox a whole lot easier and moreorganized. We use a layout called ‘Kanban’ right inside Gmail. You’ll know it from tools such as Trello or Pipedrive. Kanban is a way of managing tasks in a lean way and allows you to visually map your workflow.☆☆☆ Featured in Chrome store (Twice), Product Hunt (Top 5), Hacker News, Mashable, Lifehacker, Reddit ☆☆☆★ Turn Gmail into a Kanban board Drag transforms your inbox into a Kanban board with one single click. ★ Drag ‘n Drop emails Manage all of your tasks from one easy-to-use Drag‘n‘Drop workspace. ★ Customize your Task Lists Organize emails into simple lists. Edit column names and add as many columns as you want. ★ Add inbox tasks Manage emails and add custom Tasks to your Kanban boards. ★ Drag Pro If you want to supercharge managing your Tasks, Drag Pro is your answer. Here’s what you can do with Pro: ➤ Share Task Lists. Customize and share Task Lists with your team. ➤ Add notes and checklists. Add notes and checklists to each of your emails and Tasks. ➤ Add due dates to emails. Apply due dates to your emails and tasks and visualize them in your boards.Learn more about Drag Pro at www.dragapp.com/pricing★Interested in what we have planned?★ Suggest and vote for new features here: https://trello.com/b/41FGtlod/drag-public-roadmapHere’s what some of our users have said: “I was chomping at the bit for this!!!! Now I have it, I’m in love with it. I am in project management, so on top of managing myself I have to manage a lot of others. While I have to-do systems such as Trello and Asana, most of those to-dos are spurred from emails (or an email that has a lot of information).""I’ve tried setting up folders and didn’t work. It made it so hard until now. Drag, simply put, is awesome. I can now run my inbox like I do my tasks inside Trello.”“We’ve previously used tools such as Wunderlist, Asana, Evernote, Todoist, Any.do, Trello and Sortd however they’re all focused on managing Tasks inside a tool. I need to manage my tasks inside my email. Booooom, then Drag came a long. Honestly, it’s the most productive Chrome extension I’ve used in years. Thanks Drag, I’m an official Dragster now!”“Email is the perennial problem for me, because I want to use it as a todo list, but I also want a zero inbox. I’m a huge fan of Trello, it is the most productive workspace I have today. So when I saw Drag, the light went on and I am now unable to live without it.”“We’ve tried them all from Trello, Asana, Evernote through to Sortd and others. Drag complements my use of Trello perfectly. I don’t want all Tasks inside Trello so to run my Gmail separately works amazingly well.”How does Drag compare to other tools? If you’re considering what Task Management or Project Management tools you should be using in your spare time and improve what you’re doing, there’s a lot of options. From regular old spreadsheets to manage Tasks to specific Kanban boards of software, sales and marketing. There are dozens of solutions (we love Trello) and Drag works perfectly with them. Don’t replace your main tools, instead use Drag to apply the same principles of being efficient with tasks, inside your inbox. www.dragapp.com | $368.1K | Seed | Feb 01, 2021 | http://www.dragapp.com/ |
| Digits | Digits is a fintech company building tools for businesses and finance professionals by leveraging its proprietary Living Model technology. The company was founded by Wayne Chang and Jeff Seibert in 2018 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States. | $10.5M | Series A | Nov 06, 2019 | https://www.digits.com/ |
| AceUp, Inc. | AceUp is the leading global provider of Human-Centered Leadership™ development solutions for individuals and teams.AceUp helps global, innovative, and purpose-driven organizations build high-performing teams at scale. upskilling leaders at all levels to lead transformation in a VUCA world.We combine 1-on-1 and team coaching, AI-poweredmicro-learning, and prescriptive analytics to maximize team alignment, engagement, and performance at scale.Are you unlocking your teams full potential? Learn more about how to fuel the success of your teams at all levels. | $650K | Pre-Seed | Mar 15, 2019 | https://www.aceup.com |

5 of 5 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Rich Paret invest in?

Rich Paret invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What round sizes does Rich Paret invest in?

Rich Paret typically joins rounds of $368k–$11M at Seed. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Rich Paret's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Rich Paret took part in.

### How do I contact Rich Paret?

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### When did Rich Paret last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Rich Paret closed in Sep 2024. Shizune tracks 5 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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