Rick Desai
Partner @ Listen Ventures
Chicago, United States
Rick Desai is a seed investor at Listen Ventures in Chicago focused on E-Commerce and Financial Services. Rick Desai - Partner @ Listen
- Total investments:
- 14
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 50%
Last updated:
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Investment Focus
Industry
- E-Commerce 2 (14%)
- Financial Services 2 (14%)
- Mobile 1 (7%)
- Retail 1 (7%)
- FinTech 1 (7%)
Stage
- Seed 4 (29%)
- Funding Round 2 (14%)
- Series A 1 (7%)
- Series B 1 (7%)
- Convertible Note 1 (7%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Legato Hearing develops stylish glasses with built-in hearing technology, offering a discreet alternative to traditional hearing aids. | $12M / Seed / Aug 26, 2026 | ||
| Sigo uses data and automation to provide lower-cost policies for the Latino market. | $5.1M / Seed / Jul 11, 2023 | ||
| Sigo uses data and automation to provide lower-cost policies for the Latino market. | $5.4M / Seed / Apr 07, 2022 | ||
| Own Up provides a software solution that enables residential lending from various lenders. The company allows consumers to finance their homes by eliminating the salesperson and providing a solution to compare, choose, and close with lenders. It supports primary residences, second homes, and investment properties, including single-family andmulti-family homes, condos, and townhomes. Own Up was founded by Mike Tassone, and Patrick Boyaggi in 2015 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. | $12M / Series B / Jan 14, 2021 | ||
| Catch Co. creates amazing products, content, and shopping experiences for the modern angler. | $6M / Series A / Dec 13, 2020 | ||
| Catch Co. creates amazing products, content, and shopping experiences for the modern angler. | $6M / Dec 02, 2020 | ||
| Public Goods is a membership-driven direct-to-consumer brand that sells environmentally friendly essentials in grocery, household, and personal care categories. Members can gain access to a line of researched, high-quality essential products that are well-designed, eco-friendly, and at competitive price points. Public Goods operates on lowerproduct margins than traditional brands and retailers. | $2.4M / Convertible Note / Mar 26, 2019 | ||
| Public Goods is a membership-driven direct-to-consumer brand that sells environmentally friendly essentials in grocery, household, and personal care categories. Members can gain access to a line of researched, high-quality essential products that are well-designed, eco-friendly, and at competitive price points. Public Goods operates on lowerproduct margins than traditional brands and retailers. | $3M / Seed / Sep 18, 2018 | ||
| Catch Co. creates amazing products, content, and shopping experiences for the modern angler. | $4.2M / Series A / Oct 29, 2017 | ||
| Catch Co. creates amazing products, content, and shopping experiences for the modern angler. | $3.5M / Series A / Oct 10, 2017 | ||
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Co-Investors
About Listen Ventures
Listen (Listen Ventures) is a Chicago-based consumer venture capital firm founded in 2010. Listen invests $250K - $5M at Seed and Series A, typically for 5-20% ownership, in consumer packaged goods and DTC digital health and wellness brands, and prefers to lead. The firm makes roughly 10 core investments per fund and backs each one with in-house creative, consumer research, AI, and platform teams. Portfolio includes Calm, KiwiCo, Rugiet, and Go Brewing. Exits include Factor (HelloFresh), Own Up (Experian), and Black Buffalo (ITG Brands).
Listen Ventures Contacts
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Jeff Cantalupo
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Rick Desai
Partner
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Andrew Kallick
Investor
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Brent Fernandez
Partner, Head of Creative
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Shawn Dennis
Venture Partner
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What does Rick Desai invest in?
Rick Desai invests primarily in E-Commerce, Financial Services and Mobile startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 14 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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When did Rick Desai last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Rick Desai closed in Aug 2026. Shizune tracks 14 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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