Gordon Ritter
Gordon Ritter is Founder and General Partner at Emergence Capital, known for early investments in Salesforce and Veeva Systems. He previously founded companies including Software As Service and Whistle Communications, and serves on Princeton's Board of Trustees.
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Emergence Capital writes $1M to $30M checks, larger than 83% of firms in the atlas.
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- Software As Service · co-founder
- Whistle Communications · founder
- IBM · leader of Global Small Business division
- Emergence Capital · Founder and General PartnerNow
- Emergence Capital · Founder + General PartnerNow
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Who is Gordon Ritter?
Gordon Ritter is Founder and General Partner at Emergence Capital, known for early investments in Salesforce and Veeva Systems. He previously founded companies including Software As Service and Whistle Communications, and serves on Princeton's Board of Trustees.
How much does Gordon Ritter invest?
Gordon Ritter invests through Emergence Capital, which writes checks of $1M to $30M at seed, series a, series b.
How do I pitch Gordon Ritter?
Email [email protected], the firm's inbox for founders, and name Gordon in the subject. A warm intro from a founder Emergence Capital backed works better.
What did Gordon Ritter do before Emergence Capital?
co-founder at Software As Service; founder at Whistle Communications; leader of Global Small Business division at IBM.
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