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Ryan Hoover(814)

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Investor at Weekend Fund. Los Angeles, California, United States Contact info
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Current Investing Position
Weekend Fund Investor
Investment Range
$100K - $250K
Sweet Spot
$175K
Investments On Record
45
Current Fund Size
$10M

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Ryan Hoover's Investments On Record (35)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Bezi
Series ANov 2023$13M
$13M
Co-investors: Chetan Puttagunta (Benchmark), Siqi Chen, Akshay Kothari
Budibase
SeedNov 2022$7M
SeedJan 2021$2M
$16M
£300K
Co-investors: Gil Dibner (Angular Ventures), Ryan McAnlis (Techstart Ventures), Guy Podjarny
Presail
SeedSep 2022$4M
Pre SeedMar 2022$2M
$9.2M
€3.8M
Co-investors: Shawn Xu (Lowercarbon Capital), Philippe Collet (Global Founders Capital), Avlok Kohli (AngelList), Laurens de Poorter (Dawn Capital), Einar H. Braathen (CoinFund), Aleksander Leonard Larsen
Flyby Robotics
Pre SeedJul 2022$4M
$8M
Co-investors: Adrian Fenty (MaC Venture Capital), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Balaji Srinivasan
Parallelz
Pre SeedJun 2022$3M
$3M
CA$3.8M
Co-investors: Jonathan Lai (Andreessen Horowitz), Alexander McIsaac (Northside Ventures), Tarun Agarwal (Two Small Fish Ventures), Andre Charoo (iNovia Capital), Jude Gomila (Jude Gomila Rolling Fund), Ed Baker
Coinshift
Series AMay 2022$15M
SeedSep 2021$3M
$18M
Co-investors: Alex Cook (Tiger Global Management), Shaan Puri (Shaan's All Access Fund), Scott Belsky
Bubbles
SeedMay 2022$9M
$9M
Co-investors: Rahul Vohra (Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund), Jeff Morris, Jr. (Chapter One Ventures), Brianne Kimmel (WorkLife Ventures), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge)
dyte
SeedApr 2022$12M
$16M
Co-investors: Rajan Anandan (Peak XV Partners (formerly Sequoia Capital India & SEA))

most interested in

We invest in early stage companies broadly across B2C and B2B, but here are a few categories we're excited about: Tools for Distributed Team Maker or Creator Tools Audio Tech Vertical Job Marketplaces No/Low Code Tools

Ryan Hoover's Experience

Investor Weekend Fund2017 - Present
Founder Product Hunt2013 - Present
Blogger / Writer ryanhoover.me2012 - Present
Creator Startup Edition2013 - 2014
EIR Tradecraft2013 - 2014
Director of Product PlayHaven2011 - 2014
Product Manager PlayHaven2010 - 2011
Product Manager InstantAction2010 - 2010
Marketing Analyst InstantAction2009 - 2010
Social Media Marketing Intern InstantAction2009 - 2009
Service and Lending Consultant Pentagon Federal Credit Union2008 - 2009
Member Service Representative Pentagon Federal Credit Union2006 - 2008
Customer Service Agent Jerry's Home Improvement2004 - 2005

Ryan Hoover's Education

University of Oregon - Charles H. Lundquist College of Business B.S. Entrepreneurship Concentration, Minor in Computer Information Technology