Linda Rizk

Linda Rizk is Co-Founder and Chief Financial Officer of Rizk Ventures, a New York-based privately held investment firm founded by Thomas A. Rizk and Linda Rizk to facilitate the Rizk family’s business investments. The firm describes its activity across venture capital, private equity, real estate and special opportunities, with historical focus in healthcare, technology, real estate, energy and education.

Rizk’s role is closely tied to early-stage sourcing and company formation. Her biography states that over more than 20 years she has been instrumental in sourcing and initiating many of Rizk Ventures’ early-stage investments. The firm’s current model emphasizes building operating businesses, pairing entrepreneurs with capital and operating infrastructure, and applying technology to real estate, healthcare, supply-chain and logistics problems.

She is also Founder and CEO of Counter Forced Labor Technologies, a compliance and technology company focused on helping corporations identify and mitigate forced labor, human trafficking and child labor risks in supply chains. Rizk Ventures’ own history marks 2015 as the launch of Counter Forced Labor Technologies by Linda Rizk and Rizk Ventures.

Rizk received a B.A. in Economics from Rutgers University Douglass College and worked in public finance as an investment banker while completing an M.B.A. in Finance from Pace University. She also leads Rizk Ventures’ philanthropy, focused on combat-injured U.S. veterans and troops, youth education and poverty relief, and has served on the advisory board of Operation Game On.

• Rizk Ventures describes its core approach as using technology to “build operating businesses, solving everyday problems.”
• The firm’s LaunchTech program focuses on creating companies by “uncovering bold theses” and pairing them with operators and entrepreneurs, while providing startup capital, back-office support, technology development and access to its LP and partner network.
• Sector priorities are explicit: PropTech / real estate, healthcare, and supply chain / logistics.
• In PropTech, the firm says it looks for tools that cut costs, improve operating efficiency and enhance customer experience for property owners, rather than “expensive, flashy dashboards.”
• In healthcare, Rizk Ventures says it backs technology companies using AI, machine learning and data-driven tools to reduce operational inefficiency, lower costs and improve patient care.
• In supply chain and logistics, the firm focuses on platforms that improve logistics operations, such as fleet parking and yard management, as well as AI-driven tools that address forced labor in supply chains.
• The firm emphasizes post-investment operating support: strengthening customer relationships, advising management teams, broadening technology platforms and providing operational expertise.