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Yousuf Khan

Partner at Ridge Ventures

Los Altos, California

Overview 

Yousuf Khan is a Partner at Ridge Ventures in Los Altos, California, with a strong background as an investor, board member, and advisor for various startups. Notable achievements include investing in companies like Scoop Analytics, Archera, and Rewind, and providing strategic guidance and leadership in the tech industry. With a focus on Seed and Series A stages in sectors like SaaS and Enterprise in the San Francisco Bay Area, Yousuf Khan has leveraged his expertise in IT strategy and business development to support and grow numerous startups, such as Cerby and Lightyear, as an investor and board member.

Work Experience 

  • Partner

    2020 - Current

  • CIO Advisor

    2017 - 2020

  • Investor and Board Member

    2023

  • Investor and Board Member

    2021

  • Investor and Board Member

    2021

Lightyear offers a software that helps in the automation of procurement and management for enterprise telecom.

Raised $48,579,974.00 from Ridge Ventures, Amplo, Zigg Capital, Susa Ventures and Altos Ventures.

  • Investor and Board Member

    2022

Theom is an IT company that specializes in cloud and data security services to discover, track, and protect enterprise data.

Raised $16,400,000.00 from M12 - Microsoft's Venture Fund and Ridge Ventures.

  • Advisor

    2019

    Founding advisor to company from pre-product to growth stage

Material Security is an email security company that develops data-driven security software to protect an organization's users and data.

Raised $162,000,000.00 from Founders Fund, La Famiglia, Elad Gil, Jaws Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz.

  • Investor

    2023

Kibsi is an end-to-end, fully integrated environment designed for building computer vision applications

Raised $9,000,000.00 from Preface Ventures, Secure Octane, GC&H Investments, Wipro Ventures, GTMfund and Ridge Ventures.

  • Investor and Board Member

    2021

Archera provides a cloud cost optimization solution for companies to save time and money on their cloud costs, without any risk.

Raised $39,400,000.00 from Amplify Partners, HighSage Ventures, PSL Ventures and Ridge Ventures.

  • Investor and Board Observer

    2020

  • Investor

    2021

Reach Security is the defensive posture management company helping organizations deliver.

Raised $20,000,000.00 from Mark McLaughlin, Denise Persson, Ballistic Ventures, TechOperators, Artisanal Ventures, Ridge Ventures and Webb Investment Network.

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