Richard F. Purcell

Richard Purcell is a San Francisco-based investor at Rebel Fund where he executes data-driven investments targeting the top ten percent of Y Combinator startups in Silicon Valley. His investment scope spans early-stage technology ventures across the artificial intelligence, fintech, and healthtech sectors for a fund that has completed seventy-four investments and three successful portfolio exits. Rebel Fund recently expanded its portfolio by participating in a twelve million dollar Series A funding round for OffDeal and a five million dollar venture round for PredictAP. Prior to his venture capital career, he spent eight years driving go-to-market strategies and market expansion through sales and partnership roles at Medallia, CrowdAI, and MoxieGTM. During this operational tenure, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte graduate successfully facilitated strategic partnerships with major enterprise clients including Expedia, Square, and Airbnb.