Angel investor based in San Francisco, United States.
25 companies backed across
25 recorded rounds, Sep 2015 – Apr 2025.
Ex-Co-Founder ImportGenius. University of California Berkeley BA 2002, Columbia Business School MBA 2008
Sectors of the companies in the portfolio, by company count.
Head-office city of the companies in the portfolio.
Rounds by stage.
Total size of the rounds they joined — an angel's own cheque is a share of this, and is not disclosed.
Every company Ryan Petersen appears as an investor in, most recent round first.
| Company | City | Sectors | Latest round | Rounds | Round value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nuvo | San Francisco | Customer Success Management | Series A Apr 2025 | 1 | $45M |
| Teleport | Miami | Car Rentals | Seed Oct 2022 | 1 | $9M |
| TruckSmarter | San Francisco | Logistics TechUber for FreightGig Employers | Series B Sep 2022 | 1 | $25M |
| Better Stack | Prague | IT OperationsLog Management | Series A Jul 2022 | 1 | $18.6M |
| Cambly | San Francisco | Continued LearningOnline TutoringLanguage Learning Tech | Series A Jun 2022 | 1 | $60M |
| Mentava | Tacoma | Afterschool Programs | Seed Apr 2022 | 1 | $3M |
| Owner | Palo Alto | Food TechRestaurant ITFood and Agriculture SaaS | Series A Mar 2022 | 1 | $15M |
| Coast | New York City | PaymentsFinTechAutomotive FinTech | Series A Feb 2022 | 1 | $27.5M |
| Canvas | San Francisco | Business Intelligence | Series A Jan 2022 | 1 | $4.2M |
| Meight | Evora | Logistics TechFleet ManagementPredictive Maintenance for Automotive | Seed Jan 2022 | 1 | $1.5M |
| Nearside | San Francisco | Banks | Series B Dec 2021 | 1 | $58M |
| Verifiable | Austin | Healthcare ITHealthTech SaaSHealthTech | Series A Jul 2021 | 1 | $19.9M |
| Tajir | Lahore | Online GroceryB2B E-CommerceB2B Packaged Foods E-Commerce | Series A Jun 2021 | 1 | $17M |
| Deel | San Francisco | HRTechHR SaaSGlobal SaaS | Series B Aug 2020 | 1 | $30.1M |
| Census | San Francisco | Business IntelligenceBig Data AnalyticsMarketingTech | Seed May 2020 | 1 | $4.3M |
| Rossum | London | Robotic Process AutomationDigital Transaction ManagementEnterprise Information Management | Seed Nov 2019 | 1 | $3.5M |
| Baton | San Francisco | Logistics TechFleet ManagementLogistics Optimization Software | Seed Nov 2019 | 1 | $3.3M |
| Eight Sleep | New York City | Online Home ImprovementsHome Furnishing ProductsHome Improvement E Commerce | Series C Oct 2019 | 1 | $40.8M |
| The Org | New York City | Investment TechHRTechData as a Service | Seed Jul 2019 | 1 | $2.7M |
| Deliverr | San Francisco | Logistics TechE-Commerce EnablersE-Commerce Logistics | Series A Oct 2018 | 1 | $7M |
| Ambition | Chattanooga | Sales Force AutomationGTM Software | Series A Jun 2018 | 1 | $5.9M |
| BloomTech | San Francisco | Continued LearningContinued Learning for ProfessionalsOnline Tutoring | Seed Jan 2018 | 1 | $4M |
| Playment LED | Bengaluru | Autonomous VehiclesAuto Tech | Seed Nov 2017 | 1 | $1.6M |
| Clear LED | Bengaluru | Finance & Accounting TechFinTechCFO Stack | Seed May 2016 | 1 | $2M |
| Padlet | San Francisco | Enterprise CollaborationK-12 EdTechSoftware Modelling Tools | Series A Sep 2015 | 1 | $1.2M |
Investors that appear in the same rounds. Two names in one round is what "invested together" means here — it is not a claim about a relationship off the cap table.
| Investor | Type | Based | Shared rounds | Shared companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y Combinator | Firm | Mountain View | 5 | 5 |
| SV Angel | Firm | San Francisco | 4 | 4 |
| Max Mullen | Angel | San Francisco | 4 | 4 |
| Founders Fund | Firm | San Francisco | 4 | 4 |
| 8VC | Firm | Austin | 3 | 3 |
| Sequoia Capital | Firm | Menlo Park | 3 | 3 |
| Kevin Hartz | Angel | San Francisco | 3 | 3 |
| Tony Xu | Angel | Stanford | 2 | 2 |
| Boris Jabes | Angel | 2 | 2 | |
| Elad Gil | Angel | San Francisco | 2 | 2 |
| Foundation Capital | Firm | Palo Alto | 2 | 2 |
| Kleiner Perkins | Firm | Menlo Park | 2 | 2 |
| Craft Ventures | Firm | San Francisco | 2 | 2 |
| Flexport | Firm | San Francisco | 2 | 2 |
| Redpoint Ventures | Firm | Woodside | 2 | 2 |
| Michael Stoppelman | Angel | Santa Monica | 2 | 2 |
| Susa Ventures | Firm | San Francisco | 2 | 2 |
| Paul Buchheit | Angel | San Francisco | 2 | 2 |
| Spark Capital | Firm | San Francisco | 2 | 2 |
| Parker Conrad | Angel | San Francisco | 2 | 2 |