Braughm Ricke

Founder at Aduro Advisors

📍 Denver, Colorado, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 6 investments📅 13 years investing🗓 Last invested Jul 2021𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
VC🌍 United States
6
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3
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13y
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Jul 2021
Allocate is the intelligent operating system for private market investing, equipping wealth advisory firms with modern infrastructure to seamlessly build and manage high-quality alternative portfolios with one modern technology interface.
Investor
Feb 2021
An EdTech company leveraging AI to deliver best-in-class software engineering education.
Investor
May 2018
Sending hundreds of payments every month is exhausting — from getting a supervisor’s approval to validating each payment and tracking its progress. Routable is an accounts payable platform that simplifies sending business-to-business (B2B) payments worldwide. We help teams across finance, operations and engineering automate their payables process from vendor onboarding to settlement. Routable syncs with your accounting software so that you can scale payments from 100 to 100,000+ without the extra workload.
Investor
Jan 2018
Nexkey is changing the way people experience access to anything that used a key in the past. The company has developed technology that can turn any mechanical lock, whether in a door, gate, padlock, locker or cabinet, into a cloud connected lock, managed through a mobile device. Nexkey’s platform not only saves time through simplified key management via digital keys but also streamlines processes and operations by providing added value from intelligent insights, where there were none before. Customers can now get real-time insights into building occupancy, space utilization, flow of people, usage of lockers or cabinets as well as notifications about unlock events, key shares or changes to important lock settings. Nexkey is uniquely positioned to make mechanical locks a thing of the past and create a future in which locks provide value that goes far beyond unlocking. And we're hiring! Join us in building the future of smarter access control.
Advisor and Investor
Mar 2013
Carta powers interconnectivity in private markets — uniting data, people, and workflows in one connected system. We connect founders, investors, and limited partners through software purpose-built for private capital. Trusted by 50,000+ companies in 160+ countries, Carta’s platform of software and services lays the groundwork so you can build, invest, and scale with confidence. Carta’s Fund Administration platform supports 8,500+ funds and SPVs, representing nearly $185B in assets under management, with tools designed to enhance the strategic impact of fund CFOs. Carta has been included on the Fortune Best Large Workplaces in Financial Services and Insurance and Best Workplaces in the Bay Area lists, Forbes’ list of the Worlds Best Cloud Companies, Fast Companys Most Innovative list, Inc.s Fastest-Growing Private Companies list, and is certified as a Great Place to Work for 2025-2026 (3 years running!). For more information, visit carta.com.
Experience · 10 entries
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Investments (6)
Founder (1)
2021
Investor
Jul 2021
Allocate is the intelligent operating system for private market investing, equipping wealth advisory firms with modern infrastructure to seamlessly build and manage high-quality alternative portfolios with one modern technology interface.
Investor
Feb 2021
An EdTech company leveraging AI to deliver best-in-class software engineering education.
2018
Investor
May 2018
Sending hundreds of payments every month is exhausting — from getting a supervisor’s approval to validating each payment and tracking its progress. Routable is an accounts payable platform that simplifies sending business-to-business (B2B) payments worldwide. We help teams across finance, operations and engineering automate their payables process from vendor onboarding to settlement. Routable syncs with your accounting software so that you can scale payments from 100 to 100,000+ without the extra workload.
Investor
Jan 2018
Nexkey is changing the way people experience access to anything that used a key in the past. The company has developed technology that can turn any mechanical lock, whether in a door, gate, padlock, locker or cabinet, into a cloud connected lock, managed through a mobile device. Nexkey’s platform not only saves time through simplified key management via digital keys but also streamlines processes and operations by providing added value from intelligent insights, where there were none before. Customers can now get real-time insights into building occupancy, space utilization, flow of people, usage of lockers or cabinets as well as notifications about unlock events, key shares or changes to important lock settings. Nexkey is uniquely positioned to make mechanical locks a thing of the past and create a future in which locks provide value that goes far beyond unlocking. And we're hiring! Join us in building the future of smarter access control.
2013
Advisor and Investor
Mar 2013
Carta powers interconnectivity in private markets — uniting data, people, and workflows in one connected system. We connect founders, investors, and limited partners through software purpose-built for private capital. Trusted by 50,000+ companies in 160+ countries, Carta’s platform of software and services lays the groundwork so you can build, invest, and scale with confidence. Carta’s Fund Administration platform supports 8,500+ funds and SPVs, representing nearly $185B in assets under management, with tools designed to enhance the strategic impact of fund CFOs. Carta has been included on the Fortune Best Large Workplaces in Financial Services and Insurance and Best Workplaces in the Bay Area lists, Forbes’ list of the Worlds Best Cloud Companies, Fast Companys Most Innovative list, Inc.s Fastest-Growing Private Companies list, and is certified as a Great Place to Work for 2025-2026 (3 years running!). For more information, visit carta.com.
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