Ridgeline Ventures

Ridgeline Ventures is a venture capital investment firm based in Boulder, Colorado, established in 2013. The firm focuses on natural foods and active lifestyle companies, investing in founders and businesses that seek more than just financial support. Ridgeline Ventures provides strategic guidance, operational expertise, and access to a broad network, drawing from its team’s experience as former operators. The firm is particularly interested in brands that emphasize healthy living and have strong, passionate teams. Ridgeline Ventures prioritizes flexibility in its investments, allowing it to engage at various stages of company development and lead investment rounds when appropriate. Their commitment to helping companies make a positive impact on people's lives drives their investment strategy.

Erich Tengelsen

Founder

15 past transactions

Composabl

Seed Round in 2024
Composabl is a company that develops a platform for creating intelligent autonomous agents capable of making real-time decisions and controlling various systems. Its technology allows businesses to assemble these agents by combining multiple algorithms into a cohesive unit, enhancing automation and mimicking human-like decision-making in diverse tasks. The platform supports the management of equipment such as bulldozers, drones, robotic arms, and chillers, as well as processes like scheduling, trading, and maintenance. By utilizing Composabl's innovations, companies can deploy autonomous agents that streamline operations and improve efficiency, thereby reducing the complexity of managing their business activities.

Sahajan

Seed Round in 2023
Sahajan is a skincare company that specializes in creating products rooted in Ayurveda, the ancient Indian health care tradition. Founded in 2015 by Lisa Mattam and based in Manhattan, New York, Sahajan focuses on developing a range of skincare, lip care, body and hair products, eye care, and face masks. All products are made from natural and organic ingredients, emphasizing purity and efficacy. The company aims to blend traditional Ayurvedic principles with modern clinical results, offering consumers a holistic approach to skincare.

Lifeforce

Series A in 2023
Lifeforce is a health optimization platform that focuses on enhancing the quality of life for individuals, particularly during midlife. The company offers a digital fitness platform that provides personalized nutrition plans tailored to the unique needs of each customer. By conducting quarterly blood work assessments overseen by medical professionals, Lifeforce is able to diagnose health conditions and recommend customized dietary supplements, micronutrients, and performance plans. In addition to its nutrition services, Lifeforce develops, produces, and sells a range of cosmetics and sun protection products, further contributing to its comprehensive approach to health and well-being.

Multiscale Technologies

Venture Round in 2022
Multiscale Technologies is a company focused on enhancing research and development in materials science through its advanced AI platform. This platform accelerates the discovery of new materials by a factor of 100, enabling manufacturing companies involved in R&D to optimize their processes effectively. By digitizing diverse forms of data, such as tabular data, PDFs, and simulations, the platform integrates this information through a unique knowledge fusion system. This allows for seamless connections between experiments, simulations, and domain expertise in materials science. As a result, Multiscale Technologies provides predictive analyses and actionable recommendations, fostering innovation and data-driven advancements in various research domains.

SatVu

Series A in 2021
Satellite Vu is a developer of high-resolution thermal imaging satellites designed to monitor the temperature of buildings and infrastructures globally. By utilizing infrared technology to capture heat emissions in near real-time, the company provides valuable insights into economic activity, energy efficiency, and carbon footprints. This information aids various sectors, including the energy industry, investors, natural disaster responders, and building operators, in making informed decisions related to sustainability and resource management. Through its innovative satellite imagery, Satellite Vu aims to enhance understanding of environmental impacts and support initiatives in sustainable finance and disaster response.

The Pro's Closet

Series B in 2021
The Pro's Closet, Inc. is an online retailer based in Boulder, Colorado, specializing in the sale of new and used bicycles, cycling gear, and accessories. Founded in 2006 by Nick Martin, the company operates a web-based marketplace that facilitates the buying and selling of premium pre-owned bicycles and cycling products. It caters to a diverse clientele, including athletes, teams, and independent bike dealers, providing services such as pickups and expert consultations. The Pro's Closet aims to promote sustainability in cycling by giving new life to quality products and helping customers find both popular and niche items in the cycling community.

The Pro's Closet

Series A in 2020
The Pro's Closet, Inc. is an online retailer based in Boulder, Colorado, specializing in the sale of new and used bicycles, cycling gear, and accessories. Founded in 2006 by Nick Martin, the company operates a web-based marketplace that facilitates the buying and selling of premium pre-owned bicycles and cycling products. It caters to a diverse clientele, including athletes, teams, and independent bike dealers, providing services such as pickups and expert consultations. The Pro's Closet aims to promote sustainability in cycling by giving new life to quality products and helping customers find both popular and niche items in the cycling community.

Auxon

Funding Round in 2020
Auxon is a technology company that develops Modality, an automated software test platform focused on root-cause and risk analysis for complex autonomous systems. The platform is designed to assist engineers in building, validating, and verifying critical automation throughout various phases of development. It provides essential tools that can be utilized on developer workstations, during simulations, and on integrated hardware platforms, helping organizations identify dangerous designs and integrations. By enabling the assessment of functionality, safety, and security, Auxon supports businesses in the transportation, robotics, and defense sectors, allowing them to deliver sophisticated software systems within predictable timelines and with reliable outcomes.

Bobo’s Oat Bars

Series B in 2019
On a rainy afternoon in 2003, Beryl Stafford and her daughter “Bobo” baked oat bars that soon became a Boulder, CO cafe favorite. This humble oat bar has since captivated loyal fans nationwide, with no compromise to the original recipe, small-batch baking process, or mother-daughter tradition.

The Pro's Closet

Venture Round in 2017
The Pro's Closet, Inc. is an online retailer based in Boulder, Colorado, specializing in the sale of new and used bicycles, cycling gear, and accessories. Founded in 2006 by Nick Martin, the company operates a web-based marketplace that facilitates the buying and selling of premium pre-owned bicycles and cycling products. It caters to a diverse clientele, including athletes, teams, and independent bike dealers, providing services such as pickups and expert consultations. The Pro's Closet aims to promote sustainability in cycling by giving new life to quality products and helping customers find both popular and niche items in the cycling community.

Bonafide Provisions

Venture Round in 2017
Bonafide Provisions, LLC is a family-run company based in Carlsbad, California, that specializes in producing organic frozen bone broth and drinkable vegetable products. Founded in 2011 and formerly known as Real True Foods LLC, the company aims to deliver the healing benefits of traditional bone broth to a wide audience. Its offerings include pasture-raised chicken and grass-fed beef broths, as well as nutrient-dense soups. Bonafide Provisions utilizes traditional cooking methods, simmering bones and water with apple cider vinegar for over eighteen hours to create broths rich in collagen and essential amino acids. This approach ensures that the products are not only low in calories but also balanced in macronutrients, supporting overall wellness, gut health, immunity, and skin health. The company sells its products through both online channels and retail stores.

NOKA Organics

Venture Round in 2017
Noka, LLC. is a company based in Pacific Palisades, California, that specializes in the production and distribution of superfood smoothies and nut butter smoothies. Founded in 2013, the company offers a variety of flavors, including strawberry, banana, cocoa, pineapple, blueberry, beet, vanilla, blackberry, mango, cherry, coconut, acai, sweet potato, and goji. Noka focuses on providing portable, nutritious beverages made from organic fruits, vegetables, and superfoods, which are enhanced with plant proteins and healthy fats while containing no added sugar. The aim is to offer delicious, refreshing, and wholesome options that nourish the body and support an active lifestyle.

Cotopaxi

Series B in 2017
Cotopaxi is a direct-to-consumer outdoor gear and apparel company founded in 2014 and headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah. The company is committed to a social mission focused on eradicating extreme poverty, with each product linked to humanitarian causes in the world’s poorest countries. Cotopaxi offers a diverse range of responsibly sourced items, including travel packs, activewear, outerwear, footwear, and water bottles, with each purchase contributing to specific charitable initiatives. For example, the sale of a pack funds one to three weeks of education for a child, while a water bottle purchase provides six months of clean water. By prioritizing transparency, Cotopaxi aims to demonstrate the tangible impacts of its donations, inspiring customers to engage in sustainable outdoor adventures while supporting important social causes.

Bobo’s Oat Bars

Series A in 2017
On a rainy afternoon in 2003, Beryl Stafford and her daughter “Bobo” baked oat bars that soon became a Boulder, CO cafe favorite. This humble oat bar has since captivated loyal fans nationwide, with no compromise to the original recipe, small-batch baking process, or mother-daughter tradition.

The Pro's Closet

Venture Round in 2016
The Pro's Closet, Inc. is an online retailer based in Boulder, Colorado, specializing in the sale of new and used bicycles, cycling gear, and accessories. Founded in 2006 by Nick Martin, the company operates a web-based marketplace that facilitates the buying and selling of premium pre-owned bicycles and cycling products. It caters to a diverse clientele, including athletes, teams, and independent bike dealers, providing services such as pickups and expert consultations. The Pro's Closet aims to promote sustainability in cycling by giving new life to quality products and helping customers find both popular and niche items in the cycling community.
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