Super Bowl Champion Saquon Barkley Invests In Tech Unicorn Ramp

Just days before leading the Philadelphia Eagles to a historic Super Bowl win against the Kansas City Chiefs in New Orleans, running back Saquon Barkley announced he had joined Ramp as an investor.

The New York-based financial operations platform is designed to save companies time and money and is Barkley’s largest private technology investment.

“I’ve always believed a winning mindset applies to every part of life,” Barkley said in a press release. “If you want to dominate, you don’t switch off when the clock hits zero, and I demand that same intensity in my business ventures.”

NFL Star And Tech Investor

Barkley’s interest in high-growth startups that reinvent industries began years ago, after reading Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Blake Masters and Peter Thiel. After receiving strong Ramp recommendations through mutual investor connections, Barkley realized he wanted more than just a traditional endorsement deal.

He took on this decision with the same standard of excellence he had set for himself in his football career. “True partnership requires skin in the game,” said Barkley. “That’s why I invested in Ramp. I saw firsthand how they’re powering American businesses to cut costs and achieve a higher level of performance. That’s the kind of impact I want to be part of.”

Barkley invests in Ramp

Ramp was founded in 2019 and offers an all-in-one solution that combines payments, corporate cards, vendor management, procurement, travel booking, and computerized with internal intelligence to increase the power of every dollar and hour spent. The company has helped save $2 billion and 20 million hours for family farms to space startups and was valued at $7.65 billion last April.

Barkley also starred in Ramp’s first-ever Super Bowl advertisement on Sunday, his 28th birthday and Super Bowl debut. The ad showed Saquon buried in an extensive pile of expense reports instead of playing football.

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