Blog – Ritual Capital

→ Sep 15, 2026

When I asked an old friend to help build the Ritual brand, I thought we were designing a logo. Instead, the process forced us to define what Ritual really stands for: belief, craft, humanity and the daily work that compounds into something extraordinary. The story of how writing “Ritual” 100 times became our logo, and revealed the philosophy behind the firm.

→ Sep 13, 2026

Kepler’s Seven-Year Bet on the Future of Compute

Kepler is building a new class of memory and compute based on ferroelectric materials, an idea Debo Olaosebikan, Sasikanth Manipatruni, and their team began pursuing years before AI made memory bandwidth and power critical constraints. Fuel Capital led the company’s seed round in 2019, betting on a team with deep semiconductor expertise and a non-obvious view of where computing was headed. Seven years later, the market has moved toward the problem they saw early, and Kepler is bringing that technology closer to production.

→ Oct 14, 2023

A Conversation with Alex Honnold: Rituals of the World’s Top Free Solo Climber

Alex Honnold shares the rituals that allowed him to become one of the most elite climbers in the world, free soloing both Half Dome and El Capitan. This conversation marked the official launch of Ritual Capital. It’s the first in a series of behind-the-excellence glimpses into the rituals and learnings of those who have achieved greatness in various fields.

→ Sep 27, 2023

Getting back to basics with my new firm—Ritual Capital

Ritual Capital is a $38M early-stage venture firm that invests in infrastructure and developer tools, SaaS companies, and select consumer ideas. We write collaborative ~$300k checks to exceptional founding teams, and then provide as much support as we can to help them build enduring, iconic companies.