# Stripes

> Stripes is a VC fund in New York backing Software and Information Technology. See 193 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 193
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 52%
- Last fund: Nov 2016
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/stripesco/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/stripesco_
- Website: https://www.stripes.co

Stripes is a growth equity firm that invests in enterprise and consumer businesses. Stripes’ software practice invests in leading horizontal and vertical software platforms servicing customers from SMB to Enterprise.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $8M–$100M |
| Series B | $20M–$90M |
| Series C | $32M–$200M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 23 | 12% |
| Information Technology | 16 | 8% |
| SaaS | 15 | 8% |
| E-Commerce | 15 | 8% |
| Health Care | 14 | 7% |

164 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 34 | 18% |
| Series C | 29 | 15% |
| Series A | 18 | 9% |
| Funding Round | 16 | 8% |
| Series D | 15 | 8% |

16 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 91 | 47% |
| Israel | 5 | 3% |
| Germany | 3 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 1% |
| India | 1 | 1% |

10 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bryan Gertzog | Partner | 8 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bryan-gertzog |
| Christopher Carey | Partner | 7 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-carey-2 |
| Gracie Zaro | Investor/Analyst | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gracie-zaro |
| Riadh Dridi | Operating Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/riadh-dridi |
| Ron Doornink | Co-Investor & Limited Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ron-doornink |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ramp | Ramp is a financial technology company that develops software for corporate spend management, finance operations, and business payments. The company provides an integrated platform that combines corporate cards, expense management, accounts payable automation, procurement, travel booking, reimbursements, treasury services, and accountingautomation. Its software is designed to help organizations manage business spending, streamline financial workflows, and centralize finance operations within a single system. The platform enables businesses to issue and manage corporate cards, process vendor payments, track expenses, handle employee reimbursements, and automate accounting processes. It also incorporates artificial intelligence capabilities that assist with receipt matching, transaction categorization, policy enforcement, approval workflows, and financial reporting. These features are intended to reduce manual administrative work and improve visibility into organizational spending. | $750M | Series F | Jun 04, 2026 |  |
| Kela Technologies | Kela Technologies is a secure, open platform that enables the rapid and seamless integration of commercial and military systems in support of Western defense. | $200M | Venture - Series Unknown | May 05, 2026 |  |
| Chapter | Chapter provides a technology-enabled advisory platform that helps individuals navigate Medicare and retirement-related healthcare decisions. The company offers access to licensed advisors who guide users through plan selection, enrollment timing, and coverage evaluation based on individual needs and preferences. It uses data and software tools tocompare Medicare plans across multiple insurance providers, enabling users to review options and understand cost, coverage, and benefits. It supports decision-making by analyzing plan details and presenting recommendations that align with a user’s healthcare requirements and financial considerations. Its services include ongoing support after enrollment, helping individuals manage their coverage and make adjustments when necessary. The platform also provides digital tools, such as applications for tracking healthcare benefits and accessing over-the-counter allowances.Chapter collaborates with financial institutions, healthcare providers, and content platforms to integrate Medicare guidance into broader client and patient services. It delivers advisory support through partnerships, enabling organizations to offer healthcare coverage guidance as part of their existing offerings. The company combines advisory services with data analysis to simplify complex insurance decisions and assist users in understanding available Medicare options. Its operations focus on improving transparency in plan comparisons and supporting individuals throughout different stages of retirement healthcare planning. | $100M | Series E | Apr 09, 2026 |  |
| Etched | Etched.ai designing specialized chips for language model inference. | $500M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 13, 2026 |  |
| Pomelo Care | Pomelo Care is a health technology company that develops evidence-based healthcare solutions for women and children. The company provides a digital care coordination and patient engagement platform designed to support longitudinal care outside traditional clinical settings. Its software connects patients, families, and care teams by centralizingclinical data, care plans, messaging, and care milestones into a single interface that enhances communication and continuity of care. The platform supports workflows across chronic condition management, post-discharge follow-ups, and complex care plans by enabling asynchronous updates, task tracking, assessment collection, and outcome monitoring. Pomelo Care’s tools are used by healthcare providers, care coordinators, and patient support organizations to streamline care delivery, improve engagement, and personalize interventions based on individual patient needs. It also offers integrations with electronic health records and third-party health services to synchronize information flows and reduce administrative burdens. | $92M | Series C | Jan 08, 2026 |  |
| Ramp | Ramp is a financial technology company that develops software for corporate spend management, finance operations, and business payments. The company provides an integrated platform that combines corporate cards, expense management, accounts payable automation, procurement, travel booking, reimbursements, treasury services, and accountingautomation. Its software is designed to help organizations manage business spending, streamline financial workflows, and centralize finance operations within a single system. The platform enables businesses to issue and manage corporate cards, process vendor payments, track expenses, handle employee reimbursements, and automate accounting processes. It also incorporates artificial intelligence capabilities that assist with receipt matching, transaction categorization, policy enforcement, approval workflows, and financial reporting. These features are intended to reduce manual administrative work and improve visibility into organizational spending. | $300M |  | Nov 17, 2025 |  |
| Crusoe | Crusoe is on a mission to help the oil industry reduce routine flaring of natural gas. They are passionate about creating solutions that benefit the environment, local communities, and energy producers.Crusoe Energy Systems provides oil and gas companies with a fast, low cost and simple solution to natural gas flaring. As the energy industrystruggles with pipeline constraints and increasing regulations around flaring and combusting, Crusoe is here to help. Their service lets operators preserve or regain regulatory compliance, maintain existing production and facilitate future development. | $1.4B | Series E | Oct 23, 2025 |  |
| Ramp | Ramp is a financial technology company that develops software for corporate spend management, finance operations, and business payments. The company provides an integrated platform that combines corporate cards, expense management, accounts payable automation, procurement, travel booking, reimbursements, treasury services, and accountingautomation. Its software is designed to help organizations manage business spending, streamline financial workflows, and centralize finance operations within a single system. The platform enables businesses to issue and manage corporate cards, process vendor payments, track expenses, handle employee reimbursements, and automate accounting processes. It also incorporates artificial intelligence capabilities that assist with receipt matching, transaction categorization, policy enforcement, approval workflows, and financial reporting. These features are intended to reduce manual administrative work and improve visibility into organizational spending. | $500M | Series E | Jul 30, 2025 |  |
| CarOnSale | CarOnSale is a marketplace that connects buyers and sellers. It is dedicated to providing its customers with the most convenient, profitable, and personalized solution possible. Its goal is to make used car trading as easy as possible. | $82.2M | Series C | Jul 07, 2025 |  |
| Applied Intuition | Applied Intuition is the vehicle intelligence company that accelerates the global adoption of safe, AI-driven machines. Founded in 2017 and now valued at $15 billion following its recent Series F funding round, Applied Intuition delivers the Vehicle OS, Self-Driving System, and toolchain to help customers build intelligent vehicles and shorten timeto market. 18 of the top 20 global automakers and major programs across the Department of Defense trust Applied Intuition's solutions to deliver vehicle intelligence. Applied Intuition services the automotive, defense, trucking, construction, mining, and agriculture industries and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA, with offices in Washington, D.C., San Diego, CA, Ft. Walton Beach, FL, Ann Arbor, MI, London, Stuttgart, Munich, Stockholm, Bangalore, Seoul, and Tokyo. | $600M | Series F | Jun 17, 2025 |  |

10 of 193 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lightspeed-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 25 deals together
- [Insight Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/insight-partners) — VC Fund, 17 deals together
- [Thrive Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/thrive-capital) — VC Fund, 16 deals together
- [Tiger Global Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tiger-global) — VC Fund, 15 deals together
- [Bessemer Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bessemer-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 14 deals together
- [Norwest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/norwest-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 14 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Stripes invest in?

Stripes invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and SaaS startups, most often at Series B and Series C stage. Most of the 193 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 Stripes's check size?

Stripes typically joins rounds of $8M–$100M at Series A, $20M–$90M at Series B and $32M–$200M at Series C. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Stripes participates in.

### How do I contact Stripes?

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### Who are the partners at Stripes?

The team at Stripes includes Bryan Gertzog (Partner), Christopher Carey (Partner) and Gracie Zaro (Investor/Analyst), among 20 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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