Rick Lewis

Rick Lewis

General Partner atU.S. Venture PartnersSan Francisco peninsula

Rick Lewis is a General Partner at USVP focusing on software and consumer services. He has co-founded two software companies and held engineering roles at Autodesk and other firms.

What Rick can write

Writes checks of$3M to $30M
Comes in atSeries A, Series BCan lead the round
Ownership target7-10%At first check
Email the firm[email protected]The firm's own inbox for founders.

U.S. Venture Partners writes $3M to $30M checks, larger than 93% of firms in the atlas.

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Career

  1. McKinsey & Company
  2. Autodesk · software engineering leadership
  3. Walt Disney Imagineering · consultant
  4. USVP · General Partner
  5. McKinsey & Company
  6. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
  7. Sun Microsystems
  8. Autodesk
  9. U.S. Venture Partners · General Partner
    Now

Companies founded

Design VariationsCommon Point Technologies

Investments named in public bios

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Focus

enterprise saascybersecuritye-commercemedia

Education

University of California at Davis, B.S. in Computer Science and EngineeringUniversity of California at Berkeley, M.S. in Computer ScienceHarvard Business School, M.B.A.

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Questions

Who is Rick Lewis?

Rick Lewis is a General Partner at USVP focusing on software and consumer services. He has co-founded two software companies and held engineering roles at Autodesk and other firms.

How much does Rick Lewis invest?

Rick Lewis invests through U.S. Venture Partners, which writes checks of $3M to $30M at series a, series b.

How do I pitch Rick Lewis?

Email [email protected], the firm's inbox for founders, and name Rick in the subject. A warm intro from a founder U.S. Venture Partners backed works better.

What did Rick Lewis do before U.S. Venture Partners?

McKinsey & Company; software engineering leadership at Autodesk; consultant at Walt Disney Imagineering; General Partner at USVP; McKinsey & Company; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; Sun Microsystems; Autodesk.

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