Equal Ventures Fund II | 2018 VC Fund

Equal Ventures

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Status

ACTIVE

Global HQ

New York, United States

Countries of investment

United States
Canada
United Kingdom

Investment stages

Seed
Series A

Industries

Retail
Insurance
Supply Chain
Care Economy
Climate Tech
Vertical SaaS

About
Equal Ventures is a New York-based VC focused on thesis-driven seed-stage technology investments. Their focus spans retail, insurance, supply chain, care economy, and climate tech across the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The firm supports founders from Seed through Series A.

Min check size: $1M
Max check size: $5M
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Investment Thesis

Equal Ventures is a thesis-driven, seed-stage venture capital firm deploying capital across retail, insurance, supply chain, care economy, and climate tech sectors. They invest in non-obvious founders bridging the digital divide before opportunities become obvious. The firm differentiates itself through its highly concentrated thesis-driven model focused on only 3-5 themes at once, prepared-mind investment approach with months of research before sourcing companies, and operator-investor expertise from co-founders with deep sector backgrounds.

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Manager's Experience

Rick Zullo (Co-Founder & General Partner) co-founded Equal Ventures in 2018 with a non-traditional path through failures and rejections shaping his investment approach; he runs the Emerging Manager Circle creating community for first-time GPs and applies a strict "prepared mind" model with months of research before investing. Richard Kerby (Co-Founder & General Partner) brings deep enterprise software and seed-stage venture expertise. The firm operates with a thesis-driven concentrated portfolio across retail, insurance, supply chain, care, and climate.