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We believe the best companies are pulled rather than pushed to succeed. They are drawn to the needs of the customer before the customer knows they need it. We’re committed to supporting entrepreneurs who are solving real problems in regulated industries such as healthcare, fintech, cybersecurity, fintech, defense, AI and more.
We look for founders that can ride big waves in strong currents.
Founders with big visions, solving real problems, in new or growing markets
Businesses that demonstrate product-market fit through insatiable customer demand and intrinsic pull from customers
Companies that can be built from anywhere, by anyone
Our Process
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Screening Calls and Diligence
Screening Calls
and Diligence
Meet with our team. If there’s a lead in place we can share diligence and move quickly. If not, we have a deep network of subject matter experts in a variety of industries so we can do the research ourselves.
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Founder Pitch
Founder Pitch
After we decide to invest, we schedule a 45 min call for you to meet the angels. It’s a 45 minute call with 15 minutes of a pitch and 30 minutes of Q&A. You’ll know within 5 days if we are going to fill our allocation.
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Investment
Our average check size is $750,000. It takes us about 3-4 weeks after making a decision to collect capital from our members, sign investment documents, and wire the investment.
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Post-Investment Value Add
Post-Investment
Value Add
We aren’t just silent capital. After we write the check we’re here to support you. Lean on us as you need it for connections and perspective. We have hundreds of successful executives, founders, and investors in our network who are happy to help.
Brian Elliot
Co-Founder and CEO of Wove
“Mike and the combined network of Riptide have been a significant value add for Wove. My endorsement comes from concrete results of direct value adds. Mike and Riptide are directly responsible for multiple customer referrals, referrals to talent for hiring, direct introductions into our next round investors, and a personal meeting with a Fortune 500 founder who we added to our advisory board.”
Brian Elliot
Co-Founder and CEO of Wove
Cameron Hardesty
Founder and CEO of Poppy
“Working with Mike and Riptide was one of the best experiences I’ve had while fundraising. The syndicate is run with the utmost professionalism and respect for founders’ time and attention. They moved quickly and surpassed my expectations to become one of the biggest checks in my round. I’d heartily recommend Riptide to any founder!”
Cameron Hardesty
Founder and CEO of Poppy
Nathan
Pinto
Nathan Pinto
Co-Founder and CEO of Credit Mountain
“As a founder, you could not ask for a better investor in your corner than Mike. He genuinely cares about you, your business and is always ready to roll up his sleeves to help battle in the trenches. Selecting Mike as our lead investor and offering a board seat was one of our best decisions.”
Nathan
Pinto
Nathan Pinto
Co-Founder and CEO of Credit Mountain
