Rick Marini
Angel Investor · Rick Marini
Rick Marini is a San Francisco-based angel investor who focuses on **early-stage** (Seed and Series A) companies in **consumer internet**, **marketplaces**, **Web3/blockchain**, and **media/content**, typically deploying **$5M–
5M** as a founding partner at Catapult Capital [6]. His notable portfolio includes **unicorns** like **Snapchat**, **Reddit**, **AngelList**, **Luxe**, and **Poshmark**,…
- Focus: Mr. Rick Marini serves as General Manager, Digital Innovation at Hearst. Mr. Rick Marini founded Talk.co and served as its Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Marini is a serial entrepreneur and pioneer in social media with more than a decade of experience in the consumer Internet space. Previously, he was the Founder & CEO of SuperFan. SuperFan was a social entertainment platform that developed social games and Facebook apps. SuperFan's clients included CBS, MTV, Universal Music, Warner Music, Sony, etc. Previously, he was the Co-Founder and Chief Strategist of Tickle. Tickle was one of the largest social media sites on the Internet and the first site to successfully leverage viral marketing through personality tests, photo-sharing and matchmaking products. Under his leadership, Tickle operated as a profitable company with close to $40 million of annual revenue. He served on the Board of Directors of Tickle until 2004 when Tickle was successfully acquired by Monster Worldwide for over
