Brian Retford – Startup Investor Profile

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Brian Retford
Location: Seattle
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Investment Stages: late-stage, pre-seed, seed, series-a
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🤖 AI Activity Report

Status: very-active

AI Reasoning: Search results show Brian Retford is co-founder/CEO/CTO at RISC Zero and involved with Risc0 which had funding activity in 2024 and 2025 (Crunchbase and company pages). RISC Zero raised a Series A and has investor mentions including Blockchain Capital and others with funding rounds within the past 6 months; Brian Retford is named as a founder of the startup that received those investments. The most recent investment related to RISC Zero occurred less than six months ago, indicating recent activity.

Angel activity thresholds:
Low Activity – Only known angel investments more than 12 months ago.
Active – Known angel investments between the last 12 and 6 months.
Very Active – Known angel investments in the last 6 months.

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