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We invest where we operate.

Greenridge Ventures is the investment arm of an operating company. We back founders in regulated industries, medicine, finance, and law, with capital, compliance, and engineering that already exist under the same roof.

RegulatedThe only terrain we back
In-houseCompliance, engineering, underwriting
Texasand the border region
Why Greenridge Ventures

The investor that already runs what you're building.

Founders in medicine, finance, and law get capital from a backer that operates in the same regulated terrain, with compliance and engineering already under one roof.

Operators, not check-writers

We run regulated businesses ourselves, so we know your terrain from the inside, not from a board seat.

Compliance under the same roof

Our legal and compliance arm helps the companies we back navigate the rules that decide who wins.

Engineering on tap

Greenridge Technologies can build alongside you, not just advise from the sidelines.

Capital, plus the compliance and engineering muscle most funds can only introduce you to.

What we do

We back founders building in regulated industries, adding capital, compliance, and engineering from across the group.

Who it's for

Founders in medicine, finance, and law who need more than money to get through the regulatory gauntlet.

What you get

Investment, plus hands-on compliance and engineering support from Greenridge's own operating arms.

The thesis

What we bring that money doesn't.

01 · Clearance

Regulatory clearance

Our regulatory and compliance team is led by a former senior counsel in the SEC's Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations and principal counsel for enforcement at FINRA. Founders in regulated terrain get that on day one.

02 · Engineering

Engineering in-house

Greenridge Technologies builds for medical, financial, and legal operators. Portfolio companies get a team that has already shipped in their compliance environment.

03 · Underwriting

Underwriting in-house

We built Underridge for our own diligence. It is the same engine we use on you, and the same one you can use on your own transactions.

Where we focus

We invest in the terrain we already operate in.

Regulated industries where software changes the unit economics, concentrated in Texas and the border region, where we operate and where most investors do not look.

Medical practices & platforms Financial infrastructure & fintech Legal & professional services Vertical & applied-AI software The picks & shovels behind them
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Track record

Backed by people who have built the real thing.

The team's operating and building history. Shown to illustrate experience; not investment performance or an indication of future results.

Robinhood

Prediction markets & futures

Shipped new asset classes to millions of users inside one of fintech's defining platforms.

/mkt

Alternative asset trading

Built a novel alternative-asset trading platform from zero, end to end.

Shipped studios

Production games & software

Released production titles and software that reached real audiences at scale.

For investors

Accredited investors, verified.

Greenridge Ventures raises from accredited investors only. Under Rule 506(c) we verify accredited status through VerifyInvestor before any offering materials are shared, and our data room is opening soon.

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Pitch us

Building in regulated terrain?

Founders building in medicine, finance, or law, send a line. We read everything and reply to the ones we can help.

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Or email inquiries@greenridgegroup.org directly.

Leadership

A partner-led company.

The people who build our businesses stay on to run them, and every one of them answers to the same high standard of care.

Amy Herrera

Amy Herrera

Chief Operating Officer

Co-founder and board director of Lifted Ventures, a profitable CPG, distribution, and e-commerce company serving customers nationwide, and a six-year PepsiCo veteran across key-account and foodservice sales. A Captain in the U.S. Army Reserve who oversaw S1 operations for a 600-soldier aviation battalion, decorated with the Army Achievement and Benjamin Harrison Medals and a Distinguished Honor Graduate of her officer leadership course. She holds an MBA, earned with a 4.0, from Liberty and a degree from Texas A&M.

Ben Kushner

Ben Kushner

Chief Technology Officer

CEO of Greenridge Technologies, leading engineering and the group's technology platform. A games and software engineer trained at Rensselaer Polytechnic, he shipped Low Poly Mouse Game to Steam with 5,000+ downloads, has published multiple App Store titles, and placed first in New Jersey in the TSA Video Game Design competition. Previously a controls engineer at Universal Creative.

Christina Paris

Christina Paris

Chief Financial Officer

Founder & CEO of Paris CFO Strategies, with a private-equity background and more than a decade of accounting leadership across Aprio, Wipfli, and American Axle & Manufacturing, where she served as assistant controller. She holds a Master of Accounting from Indiana Wesleyan and leads finance, reporting, and the operating model across the group.

Roberta Vassallo

Roberta Vassallo

Chief Legal & Compliance Officer

A securities attorney barred in New York and the District of Columbia, Roberta spent over 15 years inside the regulators she now helps clients navigate, Senior Counsel in the SEC's Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations, Principal Counsel for Enforcement at FINRA, and Senior Regional Attorney at the FDIC. She is CLO of Greenridge Group, CEO of Greenridge L&C Advisors, and CCO of Greenridge Wealth, advising on Regulation D and blue sky compliance, investment adviser registration, multi-state money transmitter licensing, venture fund formation, and more. JD, California Western School of Law (Dean's Honor List); PhD, Washington University in St. Louis.

Spencer Gareiss

Spencer Gareiss

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Founder & CEO of Greenridge Group and author of Mental Models. At Robinhood he built Robinhood Derivatives from zero to one and led launches across short selling, the Legend trading ladder, the Cortex scanner, and Robinhood Ventures, earning the firm's Founder's Award. He is co-founder of /mkt and chairman of Lifted Ventures, holds the Series 7, 24, 79, 65, and 3, and passed CFA Levels I and II in the 99th percentile. A summa cum laude graduate of Arizona State (Barrett Honors) and a Captain in the U.S. Army Reserve, decorated with the Army Commendation Medal.

Micale Allen

Micale "Mick" Allen

Managing Partner

A Managing Partner operating at the intersection of sports finance, institutional partnerships, and venture strategy, Micale leads market expansion, enterprise revenue, and deal origination at Greenridge Group. He serves as Senior Vice President of Business Development for Blockchain Market (/mkt) and Director of Bowl Partnerships for the U.S. Army Bowl. At X10 Capital and Big League Advantage he sourced equity investments in future athlete earnings, and at the NFL Players Association he ran event logistics and player marketing. MS, SNHU; BS, Morgan State. Recognized by Front Office Sports, Forbes the Culture, and the National Football Foundation.