Ripple
VC Fund
San Francisco, United States
Ripple is a VC fund in San Francisco focused on Financial Services and FinTech. Ripple provides one frictionless experience to send money globally using the power of blockchain. It offers a global real-time payment system that enables banks and financial institutions around the world to directly transact with each other without the need for a central correspondent. The company also offers FX Market Making, a solution enabling enterprises to gain access to cross-currency liquidity through a distributed network that allows foreign exchange to be externally sourced from a competitive FX marketplace or an internal FX trading desk. This minimizes FX exposure thereby lowering the volatility and counter-party risk of trades. Ripple Insights features industry updates, insider perspectives, and in-depth market analysis.
- Total investments:
- 76
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 34%
- Fund size:
- $250M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Ripple invests in
Stages Ripple invests in
Countries Ripple invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 14 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Seed
- $1M–$6M
- Series A
- $8.8M–$54M
- Series B
- $11M–$72M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Financial Services 34 (45%)
- FinTech 26 (34%)
- Blockchain 20 (26%)
- Cryptocurrency 19 (25%)
- Finance 10 (13%)
Stage
- Seed 12 (16%)
- Series A 7 (9%)
- Series B 7 (9%)
- Corporate Round 7 (9%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 7 (9%)
Country
- United States 24 (32%)
- United Kingdom 7 (9%)
- Singapore 4 (5%)
- Canada 2 (3%)
- India 1 (1%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Chris Larsen
Co- founder & Executive Chairman
|
Co- founder & Executive Chairman | Total investments: 10 | Find email | |
Kiersten Hollars
SVP, Corporate Marketing & Communications
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SVP, Corporate Marketing & Communications | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Aaron Sears
SVP, Global Sales & Customer | Partner Success
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SVP, Global Sales & Customer | Partner Success | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Arthur Britto
Founder
|
Founder | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
David Schwartz
CTO
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CTO | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
| See all 14 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evernorth is a purpose-built digital asset treasury that gives investors exposure to tomorrow’s markets. The company focuses on XRP, using XRP Ledger infrastructure, DeFi, liquidity, and yield strategies. The company also develops treasury strategies to generate returns from its digital asset holdings. | $225M / Post-IPO Equity / Oct 09, 2026 | ||
| OKX is the second largest global crypto exchange by trading volume and a leading Web3 ecosystem. With monthly Proof of Reserve releases, OKX is trusted by over 50 million global users. OKX is the fastest and most reliable crypto trading app for professional traders everywhere. - Buy, sell, and trade 350+ tokens with 100+ local currencies -Duplicate moves from top traders in the industry in just one click - Explore Web3 and take control of your crypto, NFTs, and digital assets with the OKX WalletWith its extensive range of crypto products and services, and unwavering commitment to innovation, OKX’s vision is a world where financial access is backed by blockchain and the power of decentralized finance. | Venture - Series Unknown / Oct 06, 2026 | ||
| Velocity provides a unified platform for efficiently moving and managing funds across both traditional banks and blockchains. | $10M / Series A / Sep 15, 2026 | ||
| LiCuido offers solutions for tokenizing traditional funds and modernizing financial services. | Corporate Round / Aug 03, 2026 | ||
| Our technology offers Enhanced Efficiency with focus on Quality and Adaptability. Through AI and automation, we ensure Data Integrity and Scalability using our cloud-based solutions. ZILO is a London-based technology company transforming the financial industry with innovative, cloud-native solutions. Backed by a team of over 150 highly experiencedprofessionals, we bring deep industry expertise and a future-focused mindset to everything we do. Whether streamlining legacy systems or enabling next-generation digital offerings, ZILO is trusted by clients to deliver the agility, security, and scalability they need to thrive. We exist to bridge the gap between traditional finance and the digital future - helping our clients unlock new possibilities through smarter, more connected technolog | Corporate Round / Aug 03, 2026 | ||
| Notabene was founded to build SWIFT for Crypto. Notabene Transact, their core offering is now processing $5B of transactions a day between thousands of regulated institutions for purposes. They just launched Notabene Flow, the only B2B focused VisaNet like pull payment layer for stablecoins to their network. Notabene Flow allows their networkmembers to offer better high margin B2B high margin services, such as recurring and agentic cross border B2B payments that no one has been able to solve at scale using stablecoins. | $11.5M / Corporate Round / Jul 23, 2026 | ||
| Velocity provides a unified platform for efficiently moving and managing funds across both traditional banks and blockchains. | $38M / Series A / Jul 14, 2026 | ||
| Flutterwave provides a payment infrastructure for merchants and payment service providers. They offer an online marketplace for businesses to list their products and services for sale. They provide payment tools, including a smart payment ordering system for businesses to accept payments. | Series E / Jun 16, 2026 | ||
| Squid is a routing protocol that connects users and developers with cross-chain liquidity. It allows any token to be swapped between blockchains and unlocks access to apps across chains with a single click. | $6M / May 22, 2026 | ||
| Keyrock develops crypto asset financial infrastructure. It uses in-house algorithmic trading bots and high frequency trading infrastructure to supply market making and liquidity services to the cryptocurrency ecosystem. Jeremy De Groodt, Juan David Mendieta, and Kevin de Patoul founded it in 2017. It has its headquarters in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre inBelgium. | Series C / Mar 31, 2026 | ||
| See all 76 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Ripple invest in?
Ripple invests primarily in Financial Services, FinTech and Blockchain startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 76 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 Ripple invest in?
Ripple typically joins rounds of $1M–$6M at Seed, $8.8M–$54M at Series A and $11M–$72M at Series B. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Ripple's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Ripple took part in.
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Who are the partners at Ripple?
The team at Ripple includes Chris Larsen (Co- founder & Executive Chairman), Kiersten Hollars (SVP, Corporate Marketing & Communications) and Aaron Sears (SVP, Global Sales & Customer | Partner Success), among 14 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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