We don't just assess innovation.
We build it, back it, and connect it.
Most advisors run a checklist and leave. We're operators in the software ecosystem: we ship our own products, invest our own conviction in early-stage AI and data companies, and bring a trusted network to every engagement. It's what keeps our diligence sharp, and what we bring to your portfolio beyond the report.
Partner Network
An extension of our team. For everything beyond our core, we connect clients to a curated network of trusted specialists.
Meet the network →RingStone Labs
The tools we wished existed. Internal, Beta software built by our team to power benchmark-quality diligence and market intelligence.
See what we've built →RingStone Ventures
Capital behind conviction. We co-invest in early-stage AI and data startups, each vetted with the same rigor we apply to your deals.
See the portfolio →An extension of our team.
For areas beyond our core expertise, we connect clients with trusted, proven partners, meticulously selected for their alignment with our standards. Just a few of the partners our clients have relied on:
Tech DNA runs the same kind of deep technical due diligence we do, and we know and trust their work. We collaborate closely and refer engagements both ways based on fit and expertise, so every client reaches the team best matched to their needs.
We build the tools we wish existed.
We treat tooling as a discipline, not a side project. We run concept tests on an ongoing basis, building and refining tools that sharpen our capabilities and improve our efficiency. Every Labs tool below is currently internal and in Beta, built for our own engagements. In the future, RingStone may release select tools beyond Beta to the wider market.
Assessment Tooling
A growing suite of proprietary tools for technical due diligence, benchmarking, and AI analysis that powers our engagements and keeps our output consistent at scale. Select tools are shared with client investors.
- Automated benchmarking & scoring
- AI-assisted code & architecture analysis
- Repeatable, comparable diligence output
PE Briefing
An AI-powered market intelligence pulse that continuously scans the European and North American private equity and M&A landscape for deal activity, then turns the signal into concise, actionable briefings for our team.
- Scans EU & North American PE / M&A deal flow
- AI-distilled, actionable briefings
- A continuous market pulse, not one-off reports
LiteScribe
AI transcription for meetings, interviews, and recordings, in 100+ languages, with automatic summaries, action items, and topic tags. Then ask AI questions across your entire transcript library.
- 94.1% transcription accuracy
- 14+ AI models, bring-your-own-key
- Web, desktop & mobile
12×31
A year-at-a-glance planner for people who think in quarters. Twelve columns, thirty-one rows: every trip, commitment, and free weekend visible at once, the view your weekly calendar never gives you.
- Imports Google Calendar & .ics
- Public holidays for 31 countries
- Shareable Year in Review
We put capital behind conviction.
Beyond assessing risk for investors, we participate in the ecosystem ourselves. Alongside a community of forward-thinking investors, we back early-stage software companies with a focus on AI and data, then stay close to help them grow.
AI & data first
We invest where we have the deepest edge: early-stage software companies building with AI and data at the core.
Diligenced like a deal
Every investment goes through the same comprehensive technical due diligence we run for our clients.
Hands-on guidance
We don't just write a check. We offer in-depth guidance through each company's transformative journey.
Artificial Intelligence
AI-native products and applied AI: companies putting models, automation, and intelligence at the core of what they build.
Data-Driven Software
Analytics, data infrastructure, and products that turn data into decisions, the foundation most AI value is built on.
Early-Stage SaaS
Seed and early-stage software teams with strong technical founders, where our diligence and guidance compound the most.
Build, back, or partner
with RingStone.
Whether you're a founder, a co-investor, or a potential partner, we'd like to hear from you. Tell us what you're working on.