Built Around
One Sector.
RidgeForge Ventures was founded in Austin in 2013 by Marcus Calloway and Priya Sundaram — two technology company executives who had spent their careers building software businesses and saw a clear opportunity: the Southwest technology ecosystem was growing rapidly, but lacked a deeply specialized technology investment firm with genuine operating depth.
They built RidgeForge around a simple but powerful thesis: investment firms that specialize deeply in one sector outperform generalists because they develop richer deal flow, faster pattern recognition, more accurate diligence, and more useful portfolio support. Eleven years and $920M+ deployed later, the data supports the thesis.
The RidgeForge portfolio spans 34 technology companies across growth equity, buyout, venture acceleration, and strategic holding structures — with a 2.6× average MOIC across realized investments and a current portfolio anchored by high-quality B2B SaaS and software infrastructure businesses.
Austin’s emergence as the technology capital of the Southwest has made RidgeForge’s home city an increasingly important deal origination market — while the firm’s national presence ensures access to the best technology investment opportunities across the country.
“We have never looked at a non-technology business. Not once in eleven years. That discipline is the source of our edge — and we protect it rigorously.”
— Marcus Calloway, Managing Partner
Operators Turned Investors.
Let’s Explore
What’s Possible.
We look at every technology business that reaches out. Reach out.