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Ritual Capital
Venture capital · Menlo Park, CA, United States · North America
Ritual Capital is an intentionally small seed-stage venture firm that backs founders early and stays involved after investing. It works closely with founders to sharpen their story, recruit people, navigate financings, and work through early decisions.
Invests inAI & Machine Learning
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Or find every investor that fitsRitual Capital lists 124 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 11 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 82% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (36%), Enterprise Software (14%) and Cybersecurity (11%). 95% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Y Combinator, Transpose Platform and SV Angel.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Ritual Capital, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Ritual Capital's whole history. Rounds on record name 11 companies; its own site lists 124. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 82% |
| Series A | 18% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 2 | 0 |
| '26 | 9 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 97th | 125 companies |
| Recent activity | 95th | 10 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 84th | 82% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 68th | 6% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 67th | 36% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 84th | 6 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 36% | 18% |
| Enterprise Software | 14% | 8% |
| Cybersecurity | 11% | 4% |
| Fintech | 8% | 12% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 8% | 15% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 4% | 7% |
| Education | 3% | 7% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 3% | 6% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Y Combinator | 77 |
| Transpose Platform | 21 |
| SV Angel | 11 |
| Eight Capital | 10 |
| General Catalyst | 8 |
| Fuel Capital | 7 |
| Multimodal Ventures | 7 |
| Phosphor Capital | 7 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers12399%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company11%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Ritual Capital head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Ritual Capital| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 16 Sept 2026 | Seed | |
| 29 Jul 2026 | Series A | |
| 7 May 2026 | Series A | |
| 6 May 2026 | Seed | |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Seed | |
| 22 Feb 2026 | Seed | |
| 27 Jan 2026 | Seed | |
| 4 Dec 2025 | Seed |
Round details for Ritual Capital
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Ritual Capital's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
124 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aemon uses artificial intelligence to help solve technical problems for companies through self-accelerating research and experimentation. | AI & Machine LearningRobotics & Hardware | Portfolio page | ||
| Agentive is a company that develops an AI platform based on a self-improving multi-agent system for project delivery | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides an email inbox API for AI agents | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides an AI recruiter platform for hiring and interviewing candidates. | AI & Machine LearningHuman Resources | Portfolio page | ||
| Anthrogen is an AI research lab that creates new, programmable molecular tools in biology. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Anto is a biology AI lab that makes the gut microbiome computable for the first time | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Arcway provides a 3D platform for homebuyers to interact with floorplans and see how finish choices affect the price | Real Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| Atum Works is building a scalable 3D lithography foundry that can print arbitrary 3D metal structures with submicron resolution. | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Automorphic maintains models. | AI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Avent Solutions Company automates quote-to-cash and other business processes using AI and human judgment | AI & Machine LearningIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Brelle engineers energy systems for the world’s most demanding machines. | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Brindlechute provides a guided travel operating system that handles tasks such as booking, payroll, and reporting | Legal & ComplianceEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides cloud browser infrastructure and agents for automated browsing tasks. | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Byteport builds mission-critical network solutions for AI, enterprise, robotics, and satellite applications all over the world. | Enterprise SoftwareAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Caladan develops and provides biomanufacturing technology and infrastructure powered by automation, sensors, and artificial intelligence. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Cambly provides online English tutoring services with native speakers. | EducationE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Cartage provides freight coordination services, including quoting, booking, tracking, and payment processing, using an AI logistics employee called Wilson. | AI & Machine LearningFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Central provides payroll, HR, benefits, and compliance services to companies | Human ResourcesFintech | Aug 2025Seed | Page + round | |
| Charm makes software, including various tools and platforms for building and interacting with terminal applications and artificial intelligence systems. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides local SEO and AI visibility services to businesses, particularly in the home services sector. | AI & Machine LearningE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 10 Nov 2026- Site
- ritualcapital.com
- Last read
- 10 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 27 Aug 2025
- Companies checked
- 124
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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