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Marcus Ryu

General Partner, Battery Ventures

San Francisco, California

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $250,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $60,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $20,000,000.00

Education

Work Experience

2025

  • Director

    2025

  • Board Observer

    2025

    Descartes is the leading pure-play parametric insurance MGA and insurer, protecting businesses against a wide array of natural and man-made perils.

2024

  • Director

    2024

    CoramAI provides cloud-based AI-powered security cameras to organizations of all sizes.

  • Director

    2024

    Hyperexponential provides an advanced insurance pricing platform enabling property-casualty insurance actuaries and data scientists to incorporate sophisticated new data management, machine-learning, and modeling techniques into their risk pricing.

2023

  • Director

    2023

    Fairmatic applies smartphone-based telematics insight to underwriting and pricing decisions for commercial auto insurance. By actively monitoring individual driving performance in real-time, the company not only taps into the most powerfully predictive signal of insurance risk but also empowers fleet managers to enforce safe driving and avoid accidents in the first place.

  • General Partner

    2022

    On behalf of Battery Venture, I lead and collaborate on venture investments --- generally focusing on enterprise software, vertical SaaS, and fintech/insurtech opportunities in Series A to C rounds of financing.

  • Advisor

    2021

    Vesta Technologies builds next generation mortgage infrastructure, namely a customizable platform for mortgage origination, approval, and underwriting.

2021

  • Advisor

    2021

    KAV is a Direct-to-Consumer startup building 3D-printed helmets our of advanced polymers for cycling and hockey. Their helmets considerably reduce concussion risk while providing a custom fit to each user's head and personalization.

  • Director

    2018

    Checkr provides a faster and fairer way to screen employees with automated background checks. It serves many of the largest employers in the world, as well as thousands of small businesses.

  • Director

    2016

    Bloomreach is the leader in Commerce Experience™. Bloomreach Experience, the digital experience platform built for commerce, includes three pillars: Discovery, offering AI-driven search and merchandising; Content, offering a headless CMS; and Engagement, offering a leading CDP and marketing automation solution. Bloomreach serves over 850 global brands including Albertsons, Bosch, Puma, FC Bayern München, and Marks & Spencer, and powers over $300 billion in commerce annually.