Richard Kerby
Co-founder & General Partner @ Equal Ventures
New York, United States
Richard Kerby is a seed investor at Equal Ventures in New York focused on SaaS and Legal. Richard is Co-founder and General Partner at Equal Ventures. Prior to co-founding Equal Ventures, Richard was an investor at Venrock, where he led seed-stage and Series A stage investments in 6Sense, Amino Apps, Beckon, Burner, Luxe Valet, and Salsify. Prior to joining Venrock, Richard was an investor at Institutional Venture Partners (IVP),where he focused on identifying and evaluating later-stage investments. While at IVP, Richard worked with IVP portfolio companies such as Dropbox, FleetMatics, PopSugar, Shazam, and Yext. Prior to joining IVP, Richard worked in the Investment Banking Division of Credit Suisse. Richard is a proud Georgetown alum and is a rabid Hoyas basketball fan. Richard is also the founder of Stealth Mode, a community of more than 1,500 African American founders, operators and investors.
- Total investments:
- 6
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 50%
Last updated:
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Industries Richard Kerby invests in
Stages Richard Kerby invests in
Countries Richard Kerby invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- SaaS 2 (33%)
- Legal 1 (17%)
- Mobile 1 (17%)
- FinTech 1 (17%)
- Software 1 (17%)
Stage
- Seed 4 (67%)
- Series A 1 (17%)
- Series B 1 (17%)
Investments
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| Superpanel provides an AI platform that helps law intake teams identify and evaluate potential legal cases efficiently. | $5.3M / Seed / Sep 23, 2025 | ||
| Bikky was founded on the belief that restaurants deserve the same access to data as the largest, most sophisticated businesses in the world. We believe data can fundamentally transform the economic model of the entire restaurant industry - producing better businesses, more jobs, and stronger communities. We’re proud to serve thousands of restaurantlocations across the U.S., including Bojangles, MOD Pizza, and Dave’s Hot Chicken. | $8.3M / Series A / Dec 01, 2023 | ||
| Suppli is a fintech + proptech company on a mission to rebuild payments for the $500bn+ construction materials industry. Suppli’s platform provides distributors with a single solution to centralize all of their revenue management operations. | $3.1M / Seed / Jan 26, 2023 | ||
| Bikky was founded on the belief that restaurants deserve the same access to data as the largest, most sophisticated businesses in the world. We believe data can fundamentally transform the economic model of the entire restaurant industry - producing better businesses, more jobs, and stronger communities. We’re proud to serve thousands of restaurantlocations across the U.S., including Bojangles, MOD Pizza, and Dave’s Hot Chicken. | $5.3M / Seed / Sep 12, 2022 | ||
| Kaiyo is an online marketplace that offers pre-owned furniture with sustainable design and provides pickup and delivery services. Its mission is to make beautiful furniture accessible to everyone and sustainable for the planet. | $2M / Seed / Feb 02, 2018 | ||
| Amino Apps enables people to discover, develop, and express their interests and passions. Founded in 2011, Amino Apps offer a network of communities allowing its users explore and obsess over the things they're into. | $19.2M / Series B / Dec 15, 2016 |
Co-Investors
About Equal Ventures
Equal Ventures is a hands on partner with entrepreneurs at the earliest stage and is led by Richard Kerby and Rick Zullo. The firm is headquartered in New York, New York, United States. Equal Ventures has adopted the Diversity Term Sheet Rider.
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What does Richard Kerby invest in?
Richard Kerby invests primarily in SaaS, Legal and Mobile startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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