About Richmond Global
Richmond Global is a venture capital firm founded in 2000. It is primarily based out of New York City, United States. As of Jun 2024, Richmond Global has invested in 8 companies. It primarily invests in Seed round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to Consumer and FinTech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of RG Sciences Overall, Richmond Global portfolio has seen 1 unicorn and 2 acquisitions, namely Dataminr, Learnvest and Obopay. A lot of funds co-invest with Richmond Global, with names like 500 Global sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Richmond Global has team of 1 people including 1 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Series A & Seed
Portfolio Unicorns
Richmond Global's List of Top Investments
Richmond Global has a portfolio of 8 companies, one of which is a Unicorn. Their most notable investments are in Trocafone and Learnvest.Their portfolio spans across United States, Brazil, India and 1 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Consumer, FinTech and 3 other sectors, across stages such as Series A, Seed stages. Here is the list of top investments by Richmond Global:
1. Dataminr
Provider of AI platform delivering real-time event, threat, and risk intelligence. The platform offers solutions for corporate security, cyber risk, news organizations, and the public sector. It enhances organizational safety, strengthens cyber resilience, and accelerates decision-making. The platform utilizes multi-modal fusion AI, generative AI, and agentic AI to detect and respond to unfolding events.
Key facts about Dataminr
- Founded Year: 2009
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series F
- Total Funding till date: $1.24B
- Employee Count: 887 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Glynn Capital, Cross Creek and 87 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series F, Apr 24, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. 15Five
Provider of a platform for performance management, engagement, and compensation. The platform offers tools for performance reviews, feedback, goal tracking, and manager coaching. It aims to help organizations improve manager effectiveness, maximize employee performance, increase employee engagement, and reduce employee turnover. The platform also provides integrations with HR information systems.
Key facts about 15Five
- Founded Year: 2011
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $98.1M
- Employee Count: 310 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: ServiceNow, 500 Global and 26 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Dec 07, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Learnvest
LearnVest is a personal finance management software. It is an investment advisor for guiding women and men in becoming financially independent. Offers personalized financial advice via the LearnVest Advice Center, in which members can submit questions focused on their own financial situations and will receive a tailored response.
Key facts about Learnvest
- Founded Year: 2009
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Last Known Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $85.7M
- Employee Count: 16 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Accel, Conversion Capital and 10 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series D, Apr 15, 2014, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
4. Obopay
Mobile payment solutions for businesses. It lets consumers and businesses purchase, pay, and transfer money through any mobile phone using its mobile app, by text message, mobile Web, or Obopay.com. Obopay works on all mobile phones and carriers.
Key facts about Obopay
- Founded Year: 2005
- Location: Bengaluru (India)
- Annual Revenue: 0 - ₹10 Cr as on Mar 31, 2025
- Last Known Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $145M
- Employee Count: 73 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: AllianceBernstein, Elephant Capital and 10 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Conventional Debt, Oct 29, 2017, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
5. Trocafone
Online marketplace selling refurbished smartphones and accessories. The catalog includes smartphones and tablets, smartwatches, televisions, cameras, computers, smartphone accessories, and more.
Key facts about Trocafone
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: Sao Paulo (Brazil)
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $47.8M
- Employee Count: 278 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: 500 Global, Rocketship and 16 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Dec 04, 2020, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Richmond Global's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Richmond Global has invested in 8 companies over the last 20 years, with an average of 0 new investment annually in the last 10 years. Its most recent first time investment was in RG Sciences and most recent follow-on round was in Learnvest.Richmond Global's Investments by Stage
Richmond Global has made 4 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $5.87M and 3 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $1.5M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series A | 4 |
Seed | 3 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Richmond Global's Investments by Sector
Richmond Global has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the FinTech, Consumer, Enterprise Applications, Media & Entertainment and Retail. Notably, it has invested in 8 Tech companies, 5 Software companies, 4 Consumer (B2C) companies and at least 4 companies focusing on Enterprise (B2B).Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
FinTech | 3 |
Consumer | 2 |
Enterprise Applications | 2 |
Media & Entertainment | 2 |
Retail | 2 |
Others | 2 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Richmond Global's Investments by Geography
Richmond Global has made most investments in United States (4), followed by Brazil where it has made 1 investment.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 4 |
Brazil | 1 |
India | 1 |
United Kingdom | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Richmond Global's recent investments
Richmond Global has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Richmond Global:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 05, 2024 | United Kingdom | Seed | 1251 | [+2] | |
May 2016 | United States | Series A | 8613 | ||
Nov 14, 2015 | Brazil | Series A | 3631 | [+3] | |
Jan 15, 2013 | United States | Seed | 5215 | [+6] | |
Jul 12, 2011 | United States | Series B | 9272 | [+2] |
Unicorns in Richmond Global's Portfolio
Richmond Global has 1 unicorn in its portfolio - Dataminr. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is Dataminr which became a unicorn in 2018, 8 years before Richmond Global first invested in it.Here is a list of unicorns in Richmond Global's portfolio:
Tracxn Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
70 | Provider of AI platform delivering real-time event, threat, and risk intelligence | 2009 | New York City | Series F | vschuji |
Acquired companies in Richmond Global's Portfolio
2 companies from Richmond Global's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Learnvest in Mar 2015 by Northwestern Mutual for $*****.Here are Richmond Global's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mar 25, 2015 | Apr 01, 2010 | Series A | 4983 | |
Apr 03, 2013 | Mar 08, 2006 | Series A | 4390 |
Team profile of Richmond Global
Richmond Global has a team of 1 member located in United States. Richmond Global's team sits on the board of 1 company.Co-investors of Richmond Global
Over the past 20 years, 63 investors have co-invested in Richmond Global's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Richmond Global: NXTP Labs, Quasar Ventures and 6 others have invested in rounds before Richmond Global. There is 1 company where NXTP Labs has invested before Richmond Global and 1 company where Quasar Ventures has invested before Richmond Global.
- Top Co-investors of Richmond Global: 19 investors entered a company along with Richmond Global. These include investors like 500 Global (2 companies).
- Invested after Richmond Global: A total of 36 investors have invested in Richmond Global's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Origin Ventures (1 company), Next47 (1 company) and Matrix (1 company).
Recent News related to Richmond Global
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Trocafone Receives R$12m Investment to Expand to ArgentinaLAVCA•Nov 16, 2015•Trocafone, Lumia Capital, 500 Global, Richmond Global and 2 others
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Trocafone Raises US$3.1MM And Expands To Argentina – Quasar Builders – MediumMedium•Nov 13, 2015•Trocafone, Lumia Capital, 500 Global, Richmond Global and 2 others
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15Five Wants Employees To Have A Voice, Raises $1M From Yammer’s David Sacks, 500 Startups, Ben Parr And More To Give ItTechCrunch+•Jan 15, 2013•15Five, 500 Global, DominateFund, Richmond Global and 5 others
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What LearnVest Is Doing With That Big $19 M. Round | ObserverObserver•Jan 04, 2012•Learnvest, Accel, Richmond Global, Rose Tech Ventures and 1 other
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LearnVest.com Closes $4.5M Equity Investment | Business WireBusiness Wire•Apr 01, 2010•Learnvest, Accel, Rose Tech Ventures, Richmond Global
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Tech in Asia - Connecting Asia's startup ecosystemTech in Asia•Qraved, Gobi Partners, 500 Global, Toivo Annus and 2 others
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