# Ritual Capital

> Ritual Capital is a VC fund backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 37 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 37
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://www.ritualcapital.com

Ritual Capital is a seed-stage venture fund that invests in creators creating iconic brands.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $3M–$10M |
| Pre-Seed | $500k–$3.5M |
| Series A | $9.8M–$25M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 5 | 14% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 5 | 14% |
| SaaS | 3 | 8% |
| B2B | 2 | 5% |
| FinTech | 2 | 5% |

30 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 10 | 27% |
| Series A | 4 | 11% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 5% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 11 | 30% |
| Canada | 1 | 3% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 3% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Chris Howard | Founder and Managing Director | 31 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-howard |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Centralize | Centralize is an IT firm that analyzes touch points with the help of tools and stakeholders for pre and post-sales teams. | $15M | Series A | Jul 29, 2026 |  |
| Luel | Luel develops AI training data marketplace that supplies training datasets to connect AI enterprises and content contributors. | $31M | Seed | May 15, 2026 |  |
| Fazeshift | Fazeshift provides an AI-driven solution that automates invoicing, cash application, and collections for enterprises. The platform enhances cash flow management by streamlining accounts receivable processes and reducing errors. Fazeshift adapts to unique business challenges, offering customizable workflows to improve operational efficiency. | $17M | Series A | May 07, 2026 |  |
| Schematic | Schematic allows businesses to outsource pricing and packaging with a few lines of code, enabling them to quickly launch new packaging models, take the burden off of engineering, and flexibly adjust their pricing and packaging to individual customer preferences. The platform enhances existing billing systems like Stripe by offering tools formanaging pricing, entitlements, and usage-based metering. This allows SaaS businesses to efficiently handle subscriptions, plan updates, and customer access to features without the need for extensive custom-built solutions. | $6.5M | Seed | Apr 21, 2026 |  |
| Mandel AI | Mandel AI helps manufacturers surface supply chain disruptions and supplier updates with email AI. We use AI agents that proactively extract data and email suppliers for order updates, building a real-time self updating supply chain source of truth. | $3.9M | Seed | Mar 25, 2026 |  |
| QFEX | QFEX is the 24/7 exchange for traditional financial markets. We let you trade US equities, commodities and FX pairs with (or without) leverages of up to 50x. On QFEX, UX comes first: brokerless market access, seamless integration with traditional payment rails, and ultra-efficient Perpetual Futures offered over all asset classes. Trading hasnever been simpler or cheaper than with QFEX.Founded by Quants and Engineers from Citadel & Tower Research who saw an opportunity to make markets how they always should have been, QFEX will eventually replace the entire $100 billion exchange and clearing industry. | $9.5M | Seed | Mar 05, 2026 |  |
| Manufact | MCP Use provides open-source developer tools and infrastructure for the model context protocol. | $6.3M | Seed | Feb 12, 2026 |  |
| Clearly AI | Clearly AI automates security and privacy reviews | $8.4M | Seed | Feb 10, 2026 |  |
| Risotto | Risotto uses artificial intelligence to resolve IT help inquiries automatically. | $10M | Seed | Jan 27, 2026 |  |
| Concourse | Concourse provides worldwide corporations with next-generation treasury management. | $12M | Series A | Jan 27, 2026 |  |

10 of 37 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 23 deals together
- [Pioneer Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pioneer-fund) — VC Fund, 10 deals together
- [Liquid 2 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/liquid2-ventures) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Alt Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alt-capital-6a95) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Wayfinder Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wayfinder-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 4 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Ritual Capital invest in?

Ritual Capital invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 37 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 Ritual Capital's check size?

Ritual Capital typically joins rounds of $3M–$10M at Seed, $500k–$3.5M at Pre-Seed and $9.8M–$25M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Ritual Capital participates in.

### How do I contact Ritual Capital?

Public channels for Ritual Capital include 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 Ritual Capital?

The team at Ritual Capital includes Chris Howard (Founder and Managing Director). 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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