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Consulting
Startup consulting for the go-to-market or operations problem in front of you.
- Go-to-market strategy
- Business operations
- Hands-on execution
San Francisco · startup consulting, strategy & investments
Go-to-Market
Made Easy.
Rich Ventures is a San Francisco based startup consulting and investment firm. We act as your startup advisor on go-to-market and marketing strategy, fix business operations for startups, solopreneurs, and small businesses, and offer a weekly consulting subscription.
- years of startup and go-to-market experience
- 15+
- portfolio companies, alongside a16z, YC, Tiger and Paradigm
- 10+
- experience scaling startup post-sales organizations
- $1M to $20M+ ARR
- assets under management
- $40M+
Trusted by top brands
Services
We Get Hired to Fix Go-to-Market Challenges.
Startup consulting for a specific problem, a consulting subscription for ongoing operations and strategy, or early-stage investment. Not sure which? Take the fit quiz below or start with a call.
02Weekly
GTM & Operations Plan
A consulting subscription: 30 minutes every week on operations and strategy.
$999/month · one year up front
- Weekly 30-minute session
- Operations and strategy planning
- One-year commitment
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Investing
Early-stage capital and the right introductions.
- Pre-seed and seed checks
- Warm investor introductions
Find your fit
Not Sure Which One? Answer Five Quick Questions.
One question at a time, about thirty seconds. We will still tell you honestly on the call.
Question 1 of 5
What is the main thing you need right now?
Pick an answer to continue
Portfolio
The Founders We Back.
Early-stage startups in the Rich Ventures portfolio, plus ventures Richard Yu founded or incubated. Click a company for its story. We have co-invested alongside a16z, Y Combinator, Tiger Global and Paradigm.
Showing 12 companies
Hang
SaaS
Customer loyalty and CX software
AutoSuite
SaaS
Productivity software
Spotguide
SaaS
Restaurant discovery and creator attribution
Regular
SaaS
Hospitality software
PeopleLens
SaaS
AI sales coaching and revenue intelligence
Ove Touch N Go
xTech
Biometric payments and identity
Phantom Phood
xTech
Private dining marketplace
Bezel
xTech
Luxury watch marketplace
Clayful
xTech
Student mental health and coaching
HomeRoom
Acquired by BungalowxTech
Real estate investment and co-living
Mundo
xTech
Social food discovery
Febr.is
xTech
XR education and training software
How it works
Three Steps to Partnering.
The first conversation is free and useful on its own.
- 01
Introductory Consultation
We meet to talk through where the business is, what is getting in the way, and how we can help. You leave with a few strategies you can act on yourself, whether or not you hire us.
- 02
Consulting Proposal
We map out how we would reach your goals, as a short-term engagement or a long-term partnership. You get a clear picture of pricing, services, and the outcomes we are working toward.
- 03
Let's Partner
We get to work so you can focus on running and growing the business.
Client stories
Don't Just Take Our Word for It.
The best way to show how we work is through the people who have partnered with us.
The RV team helped us refine our email campaigns, resulting in a huge increase in our restaurant revenue. They introduced our restaurant on platforms like Toast, UberEats, and DoorDash greatly increasing the reach of our restaurant.
Patrick Lu
Owner & Operator
RV was fantastic in helping us with content creation, calendar management, and email marketing. We love working with them. If you need a marketing team, they are the ones to go with. I look forward to continuing our partnership.
Eddie Phanichkul (opens in a new tab)
Vice President
Working with RV has made focusing on running and building my business easier. I trust them with all my marketing needs, meet once a week (if that), and it all gets done (and we're growing organically 2x!). The team is really amazing.
Nabeel Ahmed (opens in a new tab)
Co-Founder & CEO
Team
Meet the Strategizers.
Managing Partner of Rich Ventures and co-founder of Equal Parts, a restaurant and cocktail bar in North Beach, San Francisco, and of Spotguide, and founder of Regular, a hospitality operating system. 15+ years of startup and go-to-market experience, including customer success and solutions engineering roles at ChartHop, Lob, LeadIQ and Naehas, He partnered with Fortune 100 companies including Bank of America, Comcast and State Farm on omni-channel marketing operations and strategy. Richard has experience scaling startup post-sales organizations from $1M to $20M+ ARR and advises pre-seed and seed stage founders on go-to-market strategy.
richard@richventures.io
About Richard
A founding member of a sports tech startup for 6+ years, Matt brings his experience in creating lasting partnerships with external stakeholders like Google Pixel, Nesquik, Baden and the Boys & Girls Clubs of America. He has facilitated 1,000+ events, served over 20,000 customers, and brought software products to market in 15+ US cities. He coaches youth basketball in his free time.
hello@richventures.io
FAQ
Questions About Consulting, the Subscription, and Investing.
Short answers about consulting, the subscription and investing. Anything else, email hello@richventures.io.
What kind of consulting does Rich Ventures do?
Startup and small-business consulting focused on go-to-market strategy, marketing strategy, and business operations. Engagements are scoped to a specific problem, and we stay through execution.
What is the consulting subscription?
The GTM & Operations Plan is a consulting subscription: a standing 30-minute strategy session every week, covering business operations and strategy planning, for $999 per month with a one-year commitment paid up front. It works like having a startup advisor on retainer.
Is the operations subscription right for a small business, not just a startup?
Yes. Most subscribers are owners of small businesses, restaurants, and solo practices. Startups use it as a fractional advisor between fundraising rounds.
Do you help with marketing strategy or just operations?
Both. Marketing strategy and business operations are both in scope, and the weekly session covers operations and strategy.
Can Rich Ventures act as our startup advisor and also invest?
Rich Ventures offers both consulting and early-stage investing. Our investment arm backs early-stage startups and we have co-invested alongside a16z, Y Combinator, Tiger Global and Paradigm. Consulting clients are never required to take investment.
Is the first conversation free?
Yes. The introductory consultation costs nothing, and you leave with a few strategies you can act on yourself whether or not you hire us.
Do we need to be in San Francisco?
No. We are based in San Francisco and work with clients across the United States remotely.
Contact
Let's Chat.
Tell us what you are building and where it is stuck. We try to respond within 1 to 2 business days.
hello@richventures.io