Ride Ventures

Cursor is an AI-powered coding assistant designed to enhance developer productivity. It provides features such as an editor with AI-assisted coding and a command-line interface, enabling users to streamline their coding processes.

Petal is a financial technology company that provides credit cards designed to help individuals build credit, particularly those with no credit history or past credit issues. The company uses a unique CashScore to evaluate applicants based on their banking history rather than traditional credit scores.

Nuvocargo is an AI-powered logistics platform focused on North American freight, offering innovative solutions for shipping and freight management.

Aethero designs and manufactures high-performance, space-rated computers for platforms ranging from the smallest CubeSat to large space stations, leveraging advanced technologies for edge computing in space.

Cassidy builds AI agents that operate like your team, enabling businesses to automate workflows and enhance productivity through AI-driven solutions.

AI-powered investment bank helping small business owners exit at premium prices.

HomePace is a Home Equity Investment (HEI) originator and servicer, offering HEIs to homeowners and providing ongoing servicing for homeowners with an active HEI in place.

PolySign develops state-of-the-art, secure, scalable infrastructure for financial institutions to fully leverage their digital assets.

Thrive Capital operates with a deliberately low-profile, secretive brand and attribution-free team model while making a small number of very large, high-conviction bets and stepping in as an anchor investor during market stress. The firm combines early-stage investing with multi-billion-dollar growth rounds from the same platform while maintaining a small, elite partnership and hybrid identity as both investor and operator through company-building efforts.

Multi-stage investor offering founders a 600+ person community of operators and executives that co-develops theses, supports companies, and advocates for systemic diversity.

Seed-stage investor leveraging Aileen Lee's data-driven, category-shaping framework and a Mustang Fund structure that enables concentrated follow-on support for breakout companies. Cowboy Ventures is led by Aileen Lee, who coined the term 'unicorn' and created the analytical framework that defines billion-dollar startups, giving the firm a uniquely data-driven perspective on market dynamics and category-shaping outcomes. The firm backs founders re-imagining life and work through technology, with a distinct 'Mustang Fund' structure that allows them to double down on breakout companies while keeping their primary fund focused purely on seed investments.

A $78M seed fund run by three Latin American immigrant partners who lead or co-lead rounds by writing $500K-$2.5M checks and taking at least 50% of each funding round. The fund deliberately hunts for breakout startups in overlooked U.S. markets like Seattle, Salt Lake City, and Miami.

First institutional capital ($100k–$1M) post friends-and-family, acting as outsourced corporate development leveraging tech/media relationships and a boutique investment bank to drive distribution, deals, and pro rata support.