Thrive Capital

Thrive Capital is a New York-based venture capital investment firm founded in 2009. The firm specializes in investing in internet, software, and technology-enabled sectors, and it also offers venture-building services. Thrive has successfully attracted funding from notable institutional investors, including Princeton University, Wellcome Trust, and Hall Capital. A significant milestone for the firm was its participation in Instagram's $50 million Series B funding round, where it joined other leading firms and subsequently saw a substantial return on investment when Instagram was acquired by Facebook. Co-founded by Josh Kushner and Mario Schlosser, Thrive Capital has established itself as a prominent player in the venture capital landscape.

Chris Grimm

Director, Head of Valuations

Natalie Guo

Investor

Vincent Hankes

Investor

Avery Klemmer

Investor

Joshua Kushner

Founder and Managing Partner

Nabil Mallick

General Partner

Belen Mella

Investor

Nitin Nohria

Executive Chairman

Jared Weinstein

General Partner

Christina White

Investor

Kyle Yuan

Investor

Mark Znutas

Vice President, GTM

Past deals in Cards

Ramp

Series C in 2022
Ramp is a technology company based in New York that specializes in corporate credit cards and spending management solutions for businesses and startups. Founded in 2019, Ramp's corporate card offers tools for tracking expenses and gaining insights, alongside cashback rewards for purchases made at various retailers. The company aims to streamline corporate spending by providing higher card limits, automated expense management, and seamless integration with accounting systems. Ramp was founded by the team behind Paribus, known for facilitating automated savings on online purchases. Additionally, Ramp Holdings, an entity with a longer history, focuses on video management and delivery solutions, enabling organizations to optimize video content through advanced search, delivery, and monetization capabilities. Originally established in 1948 and based in Boston, this subsidiary of Raytheon BBN Technologies utilizes innovative technologies such as speech-to-text and natural language processing to enhance video experiences across numerous industries.

Pleo

Series C in 2021
Pleo Technologies ApS is a financial technology company that provides prepaid MasterCard virtual and physical cards designed for businesses in Denmark and the United Kingdom. Founded in 2015 by Jeppe Rindom and Niccolo Perra, Pleo aims to simplify business spending through its user-friendly platform, which includes a mobile and web app for tracking expenses and managing users. The company's cards are widely accepted by merchants globally, and they are paired with tools to provide real-time analytics, automate bookkeeping, and generate automatic expense reports, thereby enhancing visibility over company spending. Pleo operates from offices in London and Copenhagen, supporting its mission to revolutionize expense management for modern teams.

Ramp

Series C in 2021
Ramp is a technology company based in New York that specializes in corporate credit cards and spending management solutions for businesses and startups. Founded in 2019, Ramp's corporate card offers tools for tracking expenses and gaining insights, alongside cashback rewards for purchases made at various retailers. The company aims to streamline corporate spending by providing higher card limits, automated expense management, and seamless integration with accounting systems. Ramp was founded by the team behind Paribus, known for facilitating automated savings on online purchases. Additionally, Ramp Holdings, an entity with a longer history, focuses on video management and delivery solutions, enabling organizations to optimize video content through advanced search, delivery, and monetization capabilities. Originally established in 1948 and based in Boston, this subsidiary of Raytheon BBN Technologies utilizes innovative technologies such as speech-to-text and natural language processing to enhance video experiences across numerous industries.

Pleo

Series C in 2021
Pleo Technologies ApS is a financial technology company that provides prepaid MasterCard virtual and physical cards designed for businesses in Denmark and the United Kingdom. Founded in 2015 by Jeppe Rindom and Niccolo Perra, Pleo aims to simplify business spending through its user-friendly platform, which includes a mobile and web app for tracking expenses and managing users. The company's cards are widely accepted by merchants globally, and they are paired with tools to provide real-time analytics, automate bookkeeping, and generate automatic expense reports, thereby enhancing visibility over company spending. Pleo operates from offices in London and Copenhagen, supporting its mission to revolutionize expense management for modern teams.

Ramp

Series B in 2021
Ramp is a technology company based in New York that specializes in corporate credit cards and spending management solutions for businesses and startups. Founded in 2019, Ramp's corporate card offers tools for tracking expenses and gaining insights, alongside cashback rewards for purchases made at various retailers. The company aims to streamline corporate spending by providing higher card limits, automated expense management, and seamless integration with accounting systems. Ramp was founded by the team behind Paribus, known for facilitating automated savings on online purchases. Additionally, Ramp Holdings, an entity with a longer history, focuses on video management and delivery solutions, enabling organizations to optimize video content through advanced search, delivery, and monetization capabilities. Originally established in 1948 and based in Boston, this subsidiary of Raytheon BBN Technologies utilizes innovative technologies such as speech-to-text and natural language processing to enhance video experiences across numerous industries.

Carta

Series E in 2019
Carta is a transfer agent for private companies that enables seed-stage to pre-IPO companies to manage equity electronically with the participation of their shareholders, employees, auditors, and legal counsel. It digitizes paper stock certificates along with stock options, warrants, and derivatives to create a real-time image of who owns what at a startup. Carta receives funding from a group of investors, including Draper VC, Expansion VC, k9 Ventures, Elefund, Subtraction Capital, Scott Banister, XG Ventures, Kima Ventures, Andy Palmer, and Structure Capital. It was founded by Manu Kumar and Henry Ward in 2012 as eShares, Carta is based in Mountain View, California.
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