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Ponderings on Self Driving Cars
Talks about self-driving cars, deterministic rules and ethical dilemmas
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Ryan Junee
Chief Executive Officer at Quintessential Ventures
Miami-Fort Lauderdale Area
Overview
Ryan Junee is a Holding Company CEO with a track record of founding four successful ventures and making strategic investments in startups, particularly in the Web3/Crypto and FinTech sectors. With a background that includes roles at Google and Y Combinator, he currently leads Quintessential Ventures and serves as an active investor in early-stage companies, demonstrating expertise in product management, business development, and entrepreneurship.
Work Experience
Chief Executive Officer
2023 - Current
Managing Partner
2021
Investing in early stage tech across all industries, passionate about web3
Electric Ant is an investment firm that invests in crypto technology companies.
Co-Founder and Board Member
2019
Redefining the way healthcare is delivered in the United States
Ostro is a health platform that personalized engagement solutions for life sciences.
Raised $45,000,000.00 from RRE Ventures, Bling Capital, Byers Capital, Greycroft, Caffeinated Capital, Trust Ventures, Founders Fund and Susa Ventures.
Founder & Board Member
2013 - 2024
The first true connected worker platform for industrial teams. Powering the work of global Fortune 500 industrial companies, building the things that matter. http://parsable.com
Parsable offers a connected worker platform for industrial workers with modern digital tools to improve productivity, quality and safety.
Raised $132,874,243.00 from Downing Ventures, Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures, B37 Ventures, Future Fund, Activate Capital Partners, Cisco Investments, Evolv Ventures, Honeywell, Princeville Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners.
Part-Time Partner
2017 - 2018
Founding Partner
2010 - 2013
Sourcing and vetting startups, advising/mentoring startups particularly on their transition to the US and raising money in silicon valley.
CEO and Founder
2010 - 2013
Built several web and mobile commerce products focused on the fashion vertical. The leading product, Kaleidoscope, grew to over 1M downloads.
Mentor
2010 - 2013
500 Global is a multi-stage venture capital firm that invests in founders building fast-growing technology companies.
Raised $2,271,999.00 from Abu Dhabi Financial Group.
Product Manager
2008 - 2009
Responsible for a variety of consumer focused features at YouTube
Google is a multinational corporation that specializes in Internet-related services and organizes the world’s information.
Raised $26,100,000.00 from Angel Investors LP, Kleiner Perkins, Signatures Capital, Sequoia Capital, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Shaquille O'Neal, Henry Kissinger, Google and Tiger Woods.
CEO and Founder
2007 - 2008
(Acquired by Google/YouTube) Online video editing platform
Education
Investments
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