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Ethan Ruby

@ethanjruby

founder @saasgrid_hq, grappler, dad

Joined January 2012
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Grid@withgrid_hq3 Apr 2025
We just released our latest case study with @BranchingMinds 🎉 With @saasgrid_hq , they have complete visibility into their data through customizable dashboards, real-time SKU-level tracking, live HubSpot syncs and more. Read the full case study on our site - link in comments!
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We’re excited to lead the $110M Series B for @TrustVanta, the leading automated compliance platform. Under the strong leadership of founder @christinacaci, the company exemplifies efficient growth, with a superb burn multiple. Learn more here: medium.com/craft-ventures/wh…
Why We Invested in Vanta

Why We Invested in Vanta

Craft is excited to lead the company’s $110 million Series B.

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Today, I announced my support for the recall of three members of the San Francisco Board of Education: Alison Collins, Gabriela Lopez, & Faauuga Moliga. These commissioners have failed our students and families. It's time for new, responsible leadership.
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Garry Tan
@garrytan24 Oct 2021
Replying to @chesaboudin
I grew up food insecure and working class in the SF Bay Area. This is my home. I am one of the largest donors to your recall. I’m not leaving but after this recall election, you are.
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Semil
@semil21 Oct 2021
Just stumbled upon SaaSGrid, a cool little webapp built by @ethanjruby of CRAFT -- nice work Ethan. Using this tool to dial-in metrics should become standardized. saasgrid.com/about-us
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Welcome to the Craft team @mrgeorgell and J Zac Stein! Thrilled to have you join as Venture Partners!! 👏💪 medium.com/craft-ventures/j-…
J Zac Stein and Georg Ell Join Craft as Venture Partners

J Zac Stein and Georg Ell Join Craft as Venture Partners

It is rare to find investors and operators who have unique insight into SaaS and/or marketplace businesses and share Craft’s founder-first…

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Every Series B+ founder right now:
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SF 36 - 9 NYG Final That's Scorigami!! It's the 1056th unique final score in NFL history.
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Innovation doesn’t stop during a downturn, VC shouldn't either. Since Covid, we've led the Series A of @ClickUp_app, @datasembly, @NorthSpyre +2 more to be announced soon. Plus led Seed rounds in @VendrHQ, @MeetBbot and @JoeCoffeeApp. Amazing teams! wsj.com/articles/tech-startu…
Tech Startup Funding Declines as Pandemic Drags On

Tech Startup Funding Declines as Pandemic Drags On

Venture-capital funding for U.S. startups declined in the first half of the year, threatening a key source of information-technology innovation for larger companies.

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Alan Cole
@AlanMCole9 Jul 2020
I'm seeing more and more people in open revolt at the "read the article, it's actually very different from the headline" response. Sorry, no. If the headline misrepresents the article, this bolsters the case for complaining, rather than undermining it.
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As a US business (and tech) community, I think we should be significantly clearer about our horror at, and opposition to, the atrocities being committed by the Chinese government against its own people. apnews.com/269b3de1af34e17c1…
China cuts Uighur births with IUDs, abortion, sterilization

China cuts Uighur births with IUDs, abortion, sterilization

The Chinese government is taking draconian measures to slash birth rates among Uighurs and other minorities as part of a sweeping campaign to curb its Muslim population, even as it encourages some of...

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Yeah, how steep the downslope is reflects choices societies are making. And the equilibrium, at least in Western countries, seems to be that they're closing enough stuff down to produce a decline (good!) but not a particularly fast one.
Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) profile pictureJosh Marshall
@joshtpm15 Apr 2020
Replying to @NateSilver538
Yeah, the way I thought about it is that they keep the shape of a catastrophic outbreak even if counter-measures reduce its intensity dramatically. Part of flattening the curve is that it doesn't just fall back down as quickly.
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Don’t worry everybody 11 days until Quibi launches
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STOP WHAT YOURE DOING & read what the mayor of my hometown in KY wrote on FB. *chef’s kiss* #COVID19
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Wherever you have a problem, take it up with somebody. The trouble is usually more tractable than you realized, and they're usually honest. And I promise you this is true no matter who you're working with.
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Prop E’s passage is perhaps the worst institutional political failure I’ve seen in my 23 years in SF. Prop E is a dumpster fire. It‘ll reduce $ for affordable housing/transit, cost SF’s general fund billions, push out start-ups/nonprofits & fuel office sprawl (w increased VMT).
Roland Li (@rolandlisf) profile pictureRoland Li@rolandlisf4 Mar 2020
SF's Prop E, new limits on office development, is up 55% to 45% with 99.8% precincts reporting. Unknown number of mail-ins to count: sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti…
SF’s Proposition E, new limits on office development, has sizable lead

SF’s Proposition E, new limits on office development, has sizable lead

Nonprofit Todco sponsored Proposition E to reduce office growth if the city failed to meet state affordable housing goals, where it has consistently fallen short.

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This is one of my biggest pet peeves in combat sports. If a judge is asking himself, did he do enough to beat the champ? while scoring he should be fired. That’s not how this works.
Mark (@flavumtatty) profile pictureMark@flavumtatty9 Feb 2020
Replying to @arielhelwani
To be the champ, you’ve gotta beat the champ. As good as Reyes was, I don’t think he did quite enough to take the belt away from Jones. Reyes 1-2 and Jones 4-5. 3rd was the one I struggled to call.
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A perennial debate in B2B SaaS is who the ideal customer is -- enterprises or SMBs. There’s an Old School view and a New School view on this. I explain here. medium.com/craft-ventures/en…
Enterprises vs SMBs: Who’s the Better Customer for B2B SaaS Startups?

Enterprises vs SMBs: Who’s the Better Customer for B2B SaaS Startups?

One of the first decisions that a B2B SaaS startup has to make is who its initial customer is going to be. Does the startup go after small…

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