This shadow IT stopper is in a league of its own — By Yousuf Khan, Partner at Ridge Ventures In February, Ridge Ventures led an investment in Cerby, the startup that’s addressing the $400 billion “shadow IT” problem. …

Q1-derful highlights from Ridge Ventures — Need some pep in your step? Some zing in your spring? Our new Ridget Spinner is just the thing. Q1 at Ridge had it all: New additions to our portfolio and investment team A thought leadership barrage Myriad awards and an acquisition to remember Plus, we packed plenty of other…

The greatest hits from our 2021-derful mixtape — Happy New Year! How are those resolutions going? Yeah, we’re not doing so hot either. Sounds like our annual Ridge Rewind is just the picker-upper you need: a playback of the greatest hits from our 2021-derful mixtape.

Wendy Phillips, Minn Kim, and Indy Guha join The Ridge Familia — The best things come in threes: musketeers, nucleotides, Steph Curry three-pointers, and Venture Partners. Today, Ridge Ventures welcomes the latter — three of them! — to our growing team as we kick off our 15th year of backing SaaS-ational companies. Our new Venture Partners Wendy Phillips, Minn Kim, and Indranil…

Cerby Series A helps combat the $400 billion shadow IT problem — The term “shadow IT” isn’t as nefarious as it sounds: it’s simply when a non-IT employee uses an app without approval from their IT department. …

Detoxing the internet with AI-powered content moderation — In September of 2020, Ridge backed Spectrum Labs’ Series A to help detoxify online platforms inundated with hate speech, bullying, and other harmful behaviors. …

Chisel’s Pre-Seed funding helps more PMs streamline day-to-day operations — In recent years, apps catering to software developers, designers, and project managers have emerged as more and more verticals digitally transform. One segment of employees hasn’t had its moment in the limelight: Product Managers. PMs, as the cool people call them, are mini-CEOs of their products who could use some…

Spare raises Series A to build the world’s first mobility operating system — It’s been a newsy November at Ridge Ventures, and we still have a day to spare! What better time to announce our investment in — you guessed it — Spare, a flexible and efficient operating platform for mobility providers. Two years removed from its seed round led by Mitsubishi Corporation…

Proactive, always-on physical security intelligence — Just in time for Thanksgiving, we are grateful to celebrate another fantastic company in The Ridge Familia: Ontic, which we backed in its Series A last year. Ontic, an Austin-based startup that protects businesses from physical security threats, recently announced its $40 million Series B, helping to bring its protective…