Ryan Hoover

Investment Partner , Angel

Overview

Gender
male
Investor Type
Investment Partner,Angel

Ryan Hoover is the founder of [Product Hunt](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/product-hunt), a community of people sharing, upvoting, and geeking out about new technology products, games, and books. Ryan also invests in early stage startups through [Weekend Fund](https://techcrunch.com/2017/08/29/weekend-fund-is-ryan-hoovers-3m-angel-fund/).

As a writer, Hoover has contributed to Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products by [Nir Eyal](https://www.crunchbase.com/person/nir-eyal) and written many essays, including features for [TechCrunch](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/techcrunch), [Forbes](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/forbes), Pando, [Fast Company](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/fast-company), and [The Next Web](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/the-next-web). He writes about startup trends, product designs, and production growth on his blog, ryanhoover.me.

Hoover graduated from [the University of Oregon](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/university-of-oregon-2). After graduation, he spent time in Portland before permanently relocating to San Francisco, California.

Personal Investments

Number of Investments
4
Ryan Hoover has made 4 investments. Their most recent investment was on Sep 26, 2019, when Modulz raised $4.20M.
Date Company Name Round Money Raised Industry
May 17, 2022 Coinshift Series A $15M Asset Management Detail
Jan 20, 2022 Oncyber Seed $6.70M 3D Technology Detail
Aug 31, 2021 Syndicate Series A $20M Cryptocurrency Detail
Sep 26, 2019 Modulz Seed $4.20M Developer Platform Detail