Investor profile
Ryan Darnell
Corporate VC, Venture capital & Managing Partner at Max Ventures, Seed Investor at GrubMarket
Ryan Darnell works as a Managing Partner at Max Ventures. The firm's known portfolio counts 11 companies.
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Contacts
Affiliated funds' portfolios
Managing Partner at Max Ventures, whose known portfolio counts 11 companies
- Carbon
- Barnwell Bio
- UnityAI
- Previvor Edge
- Cecil
- Belidor
- Equal Parts
- Sunbound
- Freedom
- Stiller's Soda
- 360TRUCK
Seed Investor at GrubMarket, whose known portfolio counts 2 companies
- Fantuan
- WeBox
Investor Profile
The listing covers sectors AI, Commerce, Consumer and FinTech, and focus areas Biotech, CPG, Commerce Enablement and D2C. Startups operating in these areas may find Ryan Darnell relevant.
Max Ventures appears in Growth, Pre-Seed and Seed rounds across its known deals.
What the affiliated firm has backed is the closest available signal on whether Ryan Darnell is worth approaching.
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Matthew Weinberg
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Frequently asked questions
Who is Ryan Darnell?
Ryan Darnell is a corporate venture investor and venture capital investor based in New York, United States, listed as Managing Partner at Max Ventures. The known portfolio of that firm counts 11 companies. That portfolio belongs to the firm, not to Ryan Darnell personally.
What does Ryan Darnell invest in?
Listed sectors include AI, Commerce, Consumer and FinTech; listed focus areas include Biotech, CPG, Commerce Enablement and D2C. Those tags come from the portfolios of the firms this profile is attached to, so they read as a record of what has been backed rather than a stated preference for what comes next.
What stage does Ryan Darnell invest at?
Max Ventures appears in Growth, Pre-Seed and Seed rounds across its known deals, and Ryan Darnell is listed there as Managing Partner. Stage is the strongest single filter when you build a target list: an investor with no record at your stage rarely starts with you.
Which firm is Ryan Darnell listed at?
Ryan Darnell is listed as Managing Partner at Max Ventures. 8 other people in the database share a firm with Ryan Darnell.
How do I contact Ryan Darnell?
An email address and a LinkedIn page are on file for Ryan Darnell. The address stays masked on this page and is readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account. The database holds no phone number for this profile.
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