Ryan Venture

Investing In The Future of Work

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My Story

Angel Investing in revolutionary companies that will change the world.

I am a Chemical Engineer from UC Berkeley, a self taught iOS developer, and the founder and CEO of UpKeep. Over the past 6 years, I've learned a lot about the world of starting startups. I've had the opportunity to raise $50M in venture, scale to 120+ employees, go through Y Combinator (W17), and be part of the top 100 YC companies.

I invest in seed stage companies to help founders navigate their journey towards scaling a startup.

My Investment Thesis

I invest small checks ($50-$150k) in seed and pre-seed start-ups that look to define the future of work. I invest where I know I can help which is squarely in B2B SaaS. I invest in people first and products second.

I don't mind if you're pre-revenue or pre-product market fit and I don't care who has or hasn't invested in your round.

I care most about tackling difficult problems with relentless passion.

Portfolio

Select Companies I've Invested In

Pipe

Get up to the full annual value of your booked monthly and quarterly subscriptions. Scale your business without dilution or debt.

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Census

Census is the data automation platform that syncs your data warehouse with the apps you use. Get your customer success, sales & marketing teams on the same page by sharing the same customer data. No engineering favors required.

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Embrace

"Datadog" built for only mobile. The only observability and debugging platform built for mobile. Mobile apps, like Wish, Cameo, OkCupid, Home Depot and Goat, rely on Embrace to proactively find, reproduce and instantly fix all types of errors.

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Reflect

Reflect is a no-code tool for automated website testing. Instead of building and maintaining complex Selenium tests, companies use Reflect to run automated end-to-end tests without writing code.

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Evergreen

Easy purchase approvals across finance, IT, security and legal

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Colab

CoLab is a collaborative review and issue tracking platform for design and manufacturing teams. Capture and track design and production issues in real-time, streamline reviews, and improve program management.

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