Ryan Caldbeck
Ryan Caldbeck is the Co-Founder and Chairman of CircleUp, a fintech company powered by technology. He co-founded the firm after seven years as an investor with consumer product and retail-focused private equity firms TSG Consumer Partners and Encore Consumer Capital. After being exposed to the inefficiency of private investing for emerging consumer companies, he saw an opportunity to use technology to solve that problem. His experience in private equity exposed him to many great consumer and retail businesses that were too small to obtain funding available to these small and promising companies through CircleUp. Previously, he led a number of private investments and served on the Board of Zuke’s, The Isopure Company and Philly Swirl. Ryan is also an angel investor in several high-growth technology companies, and is a frequent contributor to Forbes and The Huffington Post.
Ryan Caldbeck Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Chairman, Co-Founder
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Associate
Academic History
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Master of Business Administration
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Bachelor of Arts, Public Policy
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Summer Program, Economics
CURRENT AFFILIATIONS
Ryan co-launched CircleUP to offer an online investing platform that allows you to invest in innovative consumer companies.
Under his leadership, CircleUp has been honored as one of Fast Company’s Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Data Science, LendIt’s Small Business Lending Platform of the Year, and FinTech Breakthrough’s Best Institutional Investment Platform.
CircleUp was also named to the CNBC Disruptor 50, CB Insights FinTech 250, Forbes FinTech 50, KPMG 50 Best Fintech Innovators, and Entrepreneur’s Best Entrepreneurial Companies in America.
RECOGNITIONS
2014 40 Under 40 San Francisco Business Times
2013 40 Under 40 M&A Advisor Recognition Award
2013 Women's Wear Daily's Power Broker in Beauty
MEDIA & APPEARANCES
Ryan has been featured in CNBC, Forbes, Bloomberg, Institutional Investor, and more.