Rick Lewis

General Partner at U.S. Venture Partners

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Biography

Rick Lewis is a General Partner at U.S. Venture Partners, promoted to that role in 2012, and was named on the investment teams for the firm's USVP XII fund in 2020 and USVP XIII fund in 2022. His Kauffman Fellows bio states that he invests in software, covering enterprise SaaS and cybersecurity, and in technology-enabled consumer services across ecommerce and media, and lists current board seats at Act-On Software, Darwinium, Mealogic, Primary, Stensul and Tiny Fish. He led USVP's $10 million Series A into Forager in 2020 and joined that company's board. Before venture capital he held software engineering leadership roles at Autodesk, consulted to Disney Imagineering, co-founded Design Variations and Common Point Technologies, and worked at Sun Microsystems, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and McKinsey & Company.

Education

Previous Experience

Notable Investments

ForagerAct-On SoftwareDarwiniumStensulPrimaryTiny FishHappy ReturnsHotelTonight

Board Seats

Career Timeline

2012
USVP announced his promotion to General Partner.
2020
Named on the investment team for USVP XII, a $340 million early-stage fund.
2020
Joined Forager's board as USVP led the company's $10 million Series A.
2022
Named on the investment team for USVP XIII, a $400 million early-stage fund.

Sources & References

Kauffman Fellows Directory - Rick Lewis ↗Business Wire - USVP Promotes Rick Lewis to General Partner (Mar 7, 2012) ↗Business Wire - USVP Raises $340M Early-Stage Venture Capital Fund (Feb 3, 2020) ↗Business Wire - U.S. Venture Partners Raises $400M Early-Stage Venture Capital Fund (Dec 14, 2022) ↗Talent4Boards - Forager announces Rick Lewis to its Board (2020) ↗