Investing Profile

Ryan Gembala(833)

VC

Pre-Seed & Seed, Deep Tech or Deep People

pathbreakervc.com/companiesSan Francisco, California

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Current Investing Position

Pathbreaker Ventures Managing Partner

Investment Range

$250K - $1M

Sweet Spot

$500K

Investments On Record

Current Fund Size

$12.9M

Ryan Gembala's Investments On Record (7)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Spiketrap	Pre SeedJan 2018$600K	$3.6M
Co-investors: Leo Polovets (Susa Ventures), Steven Rosenblatt (Oceans), Greg Castle (Anorak Ventures)
Safely You	Pre-SeedJul 2017$600K	$20M
Co-investors: Joanne Chen (Foundation Capital), Justin Butler (Eclipse Ventures)
nTopology	Convertible NoteAug 2016$2.6M	$140M
Co-investors: John Curtius (Tiger Global Management), James Hardiman (DCVC (Data Collective)), Hrach Simonian (Canaan Partners), Joshua Fredberg (Insight Partners), Avidan Ross (Root Ventures), Greg Schroy, Bob Pasker
Iron Ox	Pre-SeedMar 2016$1M	$79M .200M
Co-investors: Hadley Harris (ENIAC Ventures), Carmichael Roberts (Breakthrough Energy Ventures), Tim Young (ENIAC Ventures), Vic Singh (ENIAC Ventures), Nihal Mehta (ENIAC Ventures), Greg Castle (Anorak Ventures), Pen King Jr. (Kain Capital), Jon Bischke, Sunil Rajaraman
Simbe Robotics	Pre-SeedFeb 2016$1M	$27M
Co-investors: Cyril Ebersweiler (SOSV), Duncan Turner (SOSV), Greg Castle (Anorak Ventures), Tony Fadell (Future Shape), David Pakman (CoinFund), Kevin Colas
Superhuman	Venture RoundJun 2015	$75M
Co-investors: Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), Mike Ghaffary (Canvas Ventures), David Ulevitch (Andreessen Horowitz), Bill Trenchard (First Round Capital), Andrew Romans (7BC Venture Capital), Will Smith (Dreamers VC), Ashton Kutcher (Sound Ventures), Jay Levy (Zelkova Ventures), Craig Hunter (AngelList Syndicator), Jeff Huber (Triatomic Capital), Eliot Durbin (Boldstart Ventures), Ed Sim (Boldstart Ventures), Joshua B. Siegel (Rubicon VC), Jude Gomila (Jude Gomila Rolling Fund), Wayne Chang (Chang Corporation), Jyri Engestrom (Yes VC), Caterina Fake (Yes VC), Jeremy Fiance (The House Fund), Ian Rountree (Cantos Ventures), David Breger, Samvit Ramadurgam, Drew Houston, Arianna Huffington, Jason Citron, Jason Calacanis
Mux	Seed RoundJan 2015$120K	$320M
Co-investors: David Schneider (Coatue), Kristina Shen (Andreessen Horowitz), Chad Byers (Susa Ventures), Seth Berman (Susa Ventures), Andrew Gault (7percent Ventures), Greg Castle (Anorak Ventures), Ilya Sukhar (Matrix), Samvit Ramadurgam, Kulveer Taggar, Gautam Shah, Matt Mazzeo, Louis Beryl

Ryan Gembala's Media (1)

Pathbreaker Ventures raises $12 million to invest in emerging tech like VR and robotics

venturebeat.com

most interested in

--- Robotics --- Applied AI / Machine Learning --- Food technologies --- Hyper-differentiated products Pathbreaker invests in specialized teams solving hard technical problems in pursuit of generational impact.

Ryan Gembala's Experience

Managing Partner Pathbreaker Ventures2015 - Present

Deal Lead, Corporate Development Facebook2014 - 2015

Investor Azure Capital Partners2010 - 2014

VP, Business Development & Partnerships Convercent2013 - 2013

VP, Business Development & Partnerships Telly2012 - 2013

Lead Associate Hyde Park Angels2008 - 2010

Co-Founder and -Executive Director H.E.R.O. for Children2003 - 2008

Ryan Gembala's Education

The University of Chicago - Booth School of Business MBA Finance, Tech Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Economics and History

The University of Georgia BBA Summa Cum Laude with Honors