Investing Profile

Ryan Petersen

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Partner at Founders Fund
foundersfund.com/team/ryan-pe...San Francisco Bay Area
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Networks Ryan is a member of
University of California, Berkeley Network
246 CONNECTIONS
Columbia University - Columbia Business School Network
71 CONNECTIONS
Y Combinator Network
48 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Founders Fund Partner
Investment Range
$500K - $150.0M
Sweet Spot
$5.0M
Investments On Record
51
Current Fund Size
$3B

Ryan Petersen is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Ryan Petersen's Investments On Record (45)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Teleport
Seed RoundOct 2022$9M
$190M
Co-investors: Keith Rabois (Khosla Ventures), Matt Koran (Insight Partners), Mary D'Onofrio (Bessemer Venture Partners), Steve Vassallo (Foundation Capital), Kishore Ganji (Astir Ventures), Bucky Moore (Kleiner Perkins), Cyan Banister (Long Journey Ventures), Turner Novak (Banana Capital), Louis Beryl, Dan Romero, Jaan Tallinn, Scott Banister, Josh Mohrer, Kunal Shah
TruckSmarter
Series BSep 2022$25M
$25M
Co-investors: Ajay Agarwal (Bain Capital Ventures), Matias Van Thienen (Founders Fund), Jett McCandless, Tony Xu
Better Stack
Series AJul 2022$19M
$58M
Co-investors: Lachy Groom (LGF), Carl Fritjofsson (Creandum), Kulpreet Singh, Michael Stoppelman, Zachary Sims, Aaron Levie
Repool
Seed RoundJun 2022$3.6M
$7.6M
Co-investors: Nadia Asoyan (One Way Ventures), Saurabh Gupta (DST Global), David Petersen, Tanooj Luthra, Immad Akhund, Oliver Jung, Philippe Teixeira da Mota, Matteo Franceschetti, Pedro Franceschi, Henry de Zoete
Pulley
Seed RoundJun 2022$4.4M
$58M
Co-investors: Avichal Garg (Electric Capital), Keith Rabois (Khosla Ventures), Jordan Angelos (Ribbit Capital), Seth Berman (Susa Ventures), Kathleen Estreich (MKT1 Capital), Jean-Denis Greze (Plaid), Nat Friedman (C2 Investment), Jack Altman (Alt Capital), Linda Xie (Scalar Capital), Elad Gil, Chase Gilbert, Parker Conrad, Matt Macinnis
Primer
Series AApr 2022$15M
$350M
Co-investors: Keith Rabois (Khosla Ventures), Guillaume Cabane (Sequoia Capital), Samir Kaul (Khosla Ventures), Katie Haun (Haun Ventures), Zach Klein (Founder Collective), Sonali De Rycker (Accel), Zavain Dar (Dimension Capital), Jason Franklin (XStarPartners), Rich Levandov (Avalon Ventures), Lee Fixel (Addition), Peter Tague (In-Q-Tel), Roy Luo (ICONIQ Capital), Tommy Leep (Jetstream), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Cyan Banister (Long Journey Ventures), Kiha Lee (Primer Sazze Partners), Lachy Groom (LGF), Mike Marg (Craft Ventures), Kyle Tibbitts (Paradox Capital), Omar El-Ayat, Young Song, Amjad Masad, Tobias Lutke, Julie Zhuo, Tony Xu, Guillaume Lestrade, David Mytton, Sam Altman, Ron Pragides, Oleg Rogynskyy
SESO
Series AApr 2022$25M
$56M
Co-investors: Pete Flint (NFX), Elizabeth Weil (Scribble Ventures), Mary Meeker (Bond), Karim Atiyeh, Ron Pragides, Patrick Elyas
Luminai
Series AApr 2022$16M
$19M
Co-investors: Maria Salamanca (Ulu Ventures), Nicolas Dessaigne (Y Combinator), Alex Bouaziz (Sarona Ventures), Arash Ferdowsi, Mathilde Collin, Shishir Mehrotra

Ryan Petersen's Experience

CEO Flexport.com2013 - Present

Ryan Petersen's Education

Y Combinator
Columbia University - Columbia Business School MBA Marketing, General Management, Entrepreneurship
University of California, Berkeley BA Economics