MR

Marty Ringlein

My favorite letters of the alphabet are R&D, followed by M&A, right before I.P.O.

Brooklyn, New York

Education

Work Experience

  • CEO & Co-Founder

    2024

    Slowly emerging out of stealth mode.

  • General Partner

    2012

    Investing in early-stage founders and late-stage disruptors, including: SpaceX, Chime, Plaid, Coinbase, Roblox, Beehiiv, Uber, LiveBlocks, Deel, and Stripe; to name a few.

  • Adjunct Professor

    2023

    Partnering with the incredible faculty at Northwestern to lead lecture series and workshops for the Executive Education and Design Innovation programs; with a specific focus on strategic advantages in Generative AI and emerging technologies in Product Development.

  • Advisor & Investor (Acquired)

    2020 - 2023

    Clover is an AI productivity startup that was successfully acquired by Figma.

2019 - 2023

  • Advisor & Investor (Acquired)

    2019 - 2023

    Capbase is a FinTech cap-table management platform that was successfully acquired by Deel.

2020 - 2021

  • Head of Product, AR/AP Automation

    2020 - 2021

    Joined Brex through a portfolio company's acquisition in an EIR capacity to focus primarily on new monetization efforts launching SaaS based business banking products on top of the Brex core platform. Developed and delivered their first Bill Pay (accounts payable/receivable) product solution within 90-days.

2019 - 2021

  • Co-founder & Chief Product Officer (Acquired)

    2019 - 2021

    We launched a next-generation AI-powered multi-player FinTech platform to disrupt the multi-billion dollar traditional joint-banking ecosystem; expanding the market beyond domestic partnerships to include co-parenting, co-living, and care-taker based relationships. Gather was successfully acquired by Brex to expand into the Accounts Payable/Receivable spend management space powered by AI.

2016 - 2019

  • Global Head of R&D

    2016 - 2019

    Responsible for helping set and ultimately ensuring that the organization meets its objectives to research emerging technologies and collaborate in the development of new or existing product innovation as well as new monetization strategies.

2014 - 2016

  • Investment Advisory Board

    2014 - 2016

    An inaugural member of the District of Columbia's investment advisory board for the "Digital DC Tech Fund"; focusing on supporting and funding top start-up entrepreneurs within Washington, DC.

2013 - 2016

  • Investor & Board Member (Acquired)

    2013 - 2016

    Macaw was successfully acquired by InVision in the spring of 2016. The Macaw technology and platform eventually became Invision Studio. I was an advisor, investor, and supporter ... also, the unofficial mascot.