Rick Kelley
Vice President of Global Marketing Solutions - Gaming @ Meta
Rick Kelley is a seed investor at Meta focused on Software and Information Technology. Currently Rick overseas Facebook's Global Ad sales and Operations for the Gaming industry with teams in North America, EMEA and APAC. The Gaming business, vital for Facebook's revenue and growth, includes Mobile and Cross Platform Developers, Console Publishers, and Real Money Gaming. Rick joined Facebook in June of 2009, to build andlead Facebook's EMEA Mid Market Sales Team based in Dublin, Ireland. He held the position of Director of EMEA Sales, and was responsible for Facebook's expanding advertising efforts into emerging brands, ad agencies and large direct response advertisers. Previously, Rick spent seven years starting and leading similar teams for Yahoo! in both Boston and Barcelona, Spain. A native of Boston, he currently lives in Dublin, Ireland with his wife Kim and sons Ben and Zach. Rick is also active in the start up community and is an active investor, board member and advisor for numerous start ups and charities.
- Total investments:
- 3
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
Last updated:
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Industries Rick Kelley invests in
Stages Rick Kelley invests in
Countries Rick Kelley invests in
Round sizes
Round size
- Seed
- $1.1M–$3.4M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 2 (67%)
- Information Technology 2 (67%)
- Beauty 1 (33%)
- Travel 1 (33%)
- Employee Benefits 1 (33%)
Stage
- Seed 2 (67%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (33%)
Country
- Ireland 1 (33%)
- United Kingdom 1 (33%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Barespace
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Barespace provides end-to-end solutions that manage, market, and grow your beauty business. | $3.4M / Seed / Sep 18, 2025 | |
Roamr
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Roamr cuts corporate travel costs by 30% by rewarding employees rather than hotels. | $2.3M / Pre-Seed / Apr 18, 2025 | |
inspeq ai
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Inspeq AI uses metric-based evaluation and improves model performance, helps detect responses with low factual accuracy, and prevents them before serving to the end-users. | $1.1M / Seed / May 28, 2024 |
Co-Investors
About Meta
Meta is a social-technology company that offers a wide ecosystem of applications and hardware. Its Family of Apps includes platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp and Threads which allow people to communicate, share content, and form communities. On the hardware side, Meta’s Reality Labs develops virtual and augmented realitydevices, including Meta Quest headsets and smart glasses. Meta also builds artificial intelligence tools notably Meta AI, powered by its Llama large language models, and envisions long-term digital spaces in the form of a metaverse.
Meta Contacts
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Adi Sofer-Teeni
Facebook Israel GM
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Andreas Gross
Product Lead
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Anna Kuriakose
Director of Product Management
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Bart Claeys
Product Designer
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Bryan Tan
Connectivity Ecosystems APAC
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FAQ
What does Rick Kelley invest in?
Rick Kelley invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Beauty startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Ireland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Rick Kelley's check size?
Rick Kelley typically joins rounds of $1.1M–$3.4M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Rick Kelley participates in.
When did Rick Kelley last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Rick Kelley closed in Sep 2025. Shizune tracks 3 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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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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