About Ridgeline
Ridgeline is a venture capital firm founded in 2019. It is primarily based out of Memphis, United States. As of Nov 2026, Ridgeline is an active investor, having invested in 46 companies, with 1 new investment in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Series A round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to High Tech and Environment Tech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series D round of Harbinger Motors Overall, Ridgeline portfolio has seen 3 unicorns and 9 acquisitions including key companies like Loft Orbital, Altana Technologies and Wallaroo.AI. A lot of funds co-invest with Ridgeline, with names like Tiger Global Management sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Ridgeline has team of 8 people including 5 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Count
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Seed, Series A & 2 more
Portfolio Acquisitions
Portfolio Unicorns
Deals in last 12 months
Ridgeline's List of Top Investments
Ridgeline has a portfolio of 46 companies, including 3 unicorns. Their most notable investments are in DataTrails and Eion.Their portfolio spans across United States, United Kingdom, Australia and 3 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Environment Tech and 16 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A and 2 more. Here is the list of top investments by Ridgeline:
1. Loft Orbital
Provider of space mission launch services. It offers microsatellite launching services. It includes platform manufacturing and integration, standard interfaces installation, launch booking and integration, regulatory compliance and licensing, and insurance. It also provides commissioning and routine operations through its global ground station partners. Its satellite operation dashboard enables payload tasking and access to data in near-real-time.
Key facts about Loft Orbital
- Founded Year: 2016
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $330M
- Employee Count: 363 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: Foundation Capital, Temasek and 42 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Jan 15, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Manufacturer of medium duty electric and hybrid commercial vehicle platforms. These products include stripped chassis, complete delivery vehicles, and auxiliary power systems designed for commercial fleet operations. The vehicle architecture supports various body types and configurations for cargo transport and jobsite power requirements. The technology utilizes modular battery packs and electric drivetrains to facilitate fleet electrification.
Key facts about Harbinger Motors
- Founded Year: 2021
- Location: Gardena (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series D
- Total Funding till date: $603M
- Employee Count: 451 as on Oct 31, 2026
- Investors: Fidelity Investments, Capricorn and 28 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series D, Nov 05, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Network of product information empowering supply chain partners and governments. It facilitates efficient, resilient, and secure supply chains for businesses. It also enables governments to ensure security, manage borders, and promote economic growth. The network automates trade information and processes. It helps businesses improve efficiency and empowers regulators to identify tariff evasion and enforce policy. It also helps businesses collaborate to remediate risks and prove compliance for cross border trade.
Key facts about Altana Technologies
- Founded Year: 2018
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $343M
- Employee Count: 323 as on Oct 31, 2026
- Investors: Generation Investment Management, Salesforce Ventures and 19 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Jul 15, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
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4. Q-Ctrl
Developer of cloud-based firmware to stabilise qubits from quantum decoherence. The technology uses engineering-inspired transfer functions to provide realistic error budgeting and closed-loop control stabilisation techniques for mitigating hardware errors. It also provides advanced control protocols to reconstruct sensor features and provide quantum clock stabilisation.
Key facts about Q-Ctrl
- Founded Year: 2017
- Location: Sydney (Australia)
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $166M
- Employee Count: 217 as on Oct 31, 2026
- Investors: Salesforce Ventures, Mindrock Capital and 27 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Nov 12, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. Eclypsium
Provider of supply chain security platform for IT infrastructure components. The platform delivers inventory, vulnerability management, and threat detection at the component level. It hardens environments by remediating vulnerabilities in hardware and firmware components. The platform detects threats that evade endpoint detection and response. It enriches existing systems with component-level inventory, vulnerability, and threat data. The platform speeds up responses to supply chain incidents. It assists in meeting compliance requirements for firmware integrity.
Key facts about Eclypsium
- Founded Year: 2017
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $132M
- Employee Count: 136 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: Qualcomm Ventures, Ten Eleven Ventures and 18 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Mar 19, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Ridgeline's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Ridgeline has invested in 46 companies over the last 6 years, with an average of 3 new investments annually in the last 5 years. In 2025, it made 5 investments, while as of Nov 2026, it has made 3 investments in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Orbital Sentry and most recent follow-on round was in Harbinger Motors.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 1 | 2 | 3 |
2025 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
2024 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
2023 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
2022 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
2021 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Ridgeline's Investments by Stage
Ridgeline has made 9 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $5.47M, 9 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $25.4M, 3 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $19.3M and 1 investment in Series C stage with an average round size of $50M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 9 |
Series A | 9 |
Series B | 3 |
Series C | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Ridgeline's Investments by Sector
Ridgeline has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Enterprise Infrastructure, Environment Tech and Industrial Goods and Manufacturing. Notably, it has invested in 44 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 44 Tech companies, 36 Software companies and at least 23 companies focusing on Saas.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 17 |
High Tech | 14 |
Enterprise Infrastructure | 5 |
Environment Tech | 4 |
Industrial Goods and Manufacturing | 4 |
Others | 21 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Ridgeline's Investments by Geography
Ridgeline has made most investments in United States (17), followed by United Kingdom where it has made 2 investments.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 17 |
United Kingdom | 2 |
Australia | 1 |
Canada | 1 |
Israel | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Ridgeline's recent investments
Ridgeline has made 3 investments in 2026 so far. Harbinger Motors and Orbital Sentry are the latest among them.Here are the most recent investments by Ridgeline:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Nov 05, 2026 | United States | Series D | 3169 | [+13] | |
Aug 03, 2026 | United States | Seed | 5655 | [+1] | |
Feb 17, 2026 | United Kingdom | Series B | 3953 | [+9] | |
Nov 13, 2025 | United States | Series C | 4151 | [+11] | |
Jul 10, 2025 | United States | Seed | 5470 |
Unicorns in Ridgeline's Portfolio
Ridgeline has 3 unicorns in its portfolio - Loft Orbital, Altana Technologies and Opentrons. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is Loft Orbital. It became a unicorn in 2025, 1 years before Ridgeline first invested in it.Here is a list of unicorns in Ridgeline's portfolio:
Tracxn Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
70 | Provider of space mission launch services | 2016 | San Francisco | Series C | zjmugok | ||
67 | Network of product information empowering supply chain partners and governments | 2018 | New York City | Series C | erfesve | ||
57 | Developer of pipetting robot for lab automation | 2013 | Brooklyn | Series E | zcebnjx |
Acquired companies in Ridgeline's Portfolio
9 companies from Ridgeline's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Wallaroo.AI in Aug 2026 by d-Matrix for $*****.Here are Ridgeline's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Aug 04, 2026 | Feb 09, 2022 | Series A | 8150 | |
Feb 06, 2026 | Dec 15, 2022 | Series A | 3610 | |
Dec 11, 2025 | - | - | 9000 | |
Nov 12, 2024 | Oct 05, 2021 | Series A | 7362 | |
Oct 10, 2024 | - | - | 5234 |
Team profile of Ridgeline
Ridgeline has a team of 8 members including 5 Partners and 3 Venture Partners located in United States. Ridgeline's team sits on the board of 1 company.Here is a list of all team members in Ridgeline:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | Washington, DC | - | ||
Partner | Los Angeles | |||
Partner | San Francisco | - | ||
Partner | Washburn | - | - | |
Partner | Dallas | - | - | |
Venture Partner | Memphis | - | ||
Venture Partner | Washington | - | ||
Venture Partner | United States | - | - |
Co-investors of Ridgeline
Over the past 6 years, 207 investors have co-invested in Ridgeline's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Ridgeline: Boldstart Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz and 53 others have invested in rounds before Ridgeline. There are 3 companies where Boldstart Ventures has invested before Ridgeline and 2 companies where Andreessen Horowitz has invested before Ridgeline.
- Top Co-investors of Ridgeline: 79 investors entered a company along with Ridgeline. These include investors like Tiger Global Management (2 companies).
- Invested after Ridgeline: A total of 73 investors have invested in Ridgeline's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Salesforce Ventures (2 companies), Lockheed Martin (2 companies) and Gov (2 companies).
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