# Ripple

> Ripple is a VC fund in San Francisco backing Financial Services and FinTech. See 73 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 73
- Last investment: Aug 2026
- Lead investor: 36%
- Fund size: $250M
- Last fund: Sep 2021
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ripple-labs/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/ripple
- Website: http://ripple.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/ripplepay/

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 enablingenterprises 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.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$6M |
| Series A | $8.8M–$70M |
| Series B | $11M–$72M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 33 | 45% |
| FinTech | 25 | 34% |
| Blockchain | 18 | 25% |
| Cryptocurrency | 17 | 23% |
| Finance | 9 | 12% |

60 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 12 | 16% |
| Series A | 7 | 10% |
| Series B | 7 | 10% |
| Corporate Round | 7 | 10% |
| Grant | 6 | 8% |

12 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 23 | 32% |
| United Kingdom | 7 | 10% |
| Singapore | 4 | 5% |
| Canada | 2 | 3% |
| India | 1 | 1% |

16 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Chris Larsen | Co- founder & Executive Chairman | 9 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-larsen |
| Kiersten Hollars | SVP, Corporate Marketing & Communications | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kiersten-hollars |
| Aaron Sears | SVP, Global Sales & Customer \| Partner Success | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aaron-sears |
| Arthur Britto | Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arthur-britto |
| David Schwartz | CTO | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-schwartz-19 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LiCuido | LiCuido offers solutions for tokenizing traditional funds and modernizing financial services. |  | Corporate Round | Aug 03, 2026 |  |
| ZILO | 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 | 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 | Velocity provides a unified platform for efficiently moving and managing funds across both traditional banks and blockchains. | $38M | Series A | Jul 14, 2026 |  |
| Flutterwave | 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 | 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 | 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 |  |
| Tazapay | Tazapay is a global payments infrastructure platform headquartered in Singapore that enables businesses to collect, hold, and pay seamlessly across borders through a single, compliant, and scalable platform.With one integration, Tazapay provides access to local payment methods in 70+ markets, card coverage in 170+ countries, and multi-currencybusiness accounts in 35+ currencies. The platform also supports stablecoin interoperability, acting as a fiat bridge between traditional finance and digital assets, enabling businesses to adopt modern settlement methods without compromising on compliance.Tazapay’s modular offering spans checkout, virtual accounts, treasury, and payouts, with real-time routing technology for 24/7 collections and settlements in 70+ markets. Its infrastructure is built with institutional-grade compliance, fraud protection, and FX solutions, making it trusted by enterprises and platforms worldwide. | $25.5M | Series B | Mar 26, 2026 |  |
| Crossover Markets Group | Crossover Markets Group develops trading technology for digital asset markets and operates CROSSx, an execution-only electronic communication network used for cryptocurrency transactions. The platform connects institutional participants such as liquidity providers, brokers, and trading firms to execute spot digital asset trades through a matchingengine that processes orders and generates market pricing. It separates trade execution from custody and brokerage functions, allowing participants to choose their own counterparties and service providers for settlement and credit relationships. The system supports configurable liquidity pools, order matching rules, and connectivity through APIs and graphical interfaces for trading and market data access. Crossover Markets Group also maintains infrastructure and tools that facilitate order routing, liquidity interaction, and continuous trading in cryptocurrency markets. | $31M | Series B | Mar 04, 2026 |  |
| t54 Labs | t54 Labs provides AI-driven financial services, facilitating agent-initiated transactions and comprehensive other services. | $5M | Seed | Feb 25, 2026 |  |

10 of 73 investments shown.

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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 73 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Ripple's check size?

Ripple typically joins rounds of $1M–$6M at Seed, $8.8M–$70M at Series A and $11M–$72M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Ripple participates in.

### How do I contact Ripple?

Public channels for Ripple include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### 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 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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