Ryan Morgan
Partner at Crossbeam Venture Partners
United States
Overview
Work Experience
Partner
2021 - Current
Crossbeam is a NYC/SF based VC fund that invests from pre-seed to Series A. We are generalists but have deep experience in fintech, marketplaces, commerce, and media. Deals I have worked on include: - JustPoint: Largest check in their $4M seed round, Justpoint is a legal tech platform using AI to make cases more efficient - Gander: Co-led the seed with Harlem Capital in Gander, an ecommerce enablement company - Glen Coco: Co-led the pre-seed with Felicis. Glen Coco is a sales enablement marketplace - Zitti: Led the $4M pre-seed round in the food industry payments platform - Stealth: Led the seed in a B2B SasS company in LatAm - Scope Security: Invested in the Series A of Scope, which provides cybersecurity solutions for hospitals - Stealth: Co-led the seed round in a video game company - Stealth: Led the seed in a employee ownership platform - DEN Outdoors: Co-led the seed round. DEN aims to make building a home as easy as buying a car
Angel Investor / Advisor
2018 - 2021
Angel investor or advisor to the following companies: Dandy (fka Orthly), Saturn, The Rounds (fka Mlkmn), Hightough.io, Oliver.ai, Trident, Hydrant, Lucky Labs, and Ditto (fka BuyWithMe)
Co-Founder
2018 - 2021
A smarter approach to gut health
Rmdy is modern wellness that uses combined research-backed and holistic ingredients to reimagine the client's medicine cabinet.
Investment Partner
2018 - 2020
Managing Partner (2019-2020). Companies invested in during my time there: Hightouch, Iconic Air, and others.
Dorm Room Fund is the strongest community of entrepreneurial students in the nation.
Investment Professional
2015 - 2018
Worked on the following investments: - Unity Technologies - SpaceX - Planet Labs - Outreach.io - Ring
Draper Fisher Jurvetson is a venture capital firm.
Associate, Corporate Development (M&A and Priceline Ventures)
2013 - 2015
Worked on the following investments: - Acquisition of KAYAK.com ($1.8B) - Acquisition of OpenTable ($2.6B) - Investment in Ctrip.com ($1.5B combined investment in) - Acquisition of Buuteeq - Acquisition of Rocketmiles - Investment in HotelUrbano (Brazil)) - Acquisition of Hotel Ninjas
Booking Holdings provides online travel and travel-related reservation and services.
Raised $2,980,561,321.00.
Analyst, Mergers and Acquisitions
2011 - 2013
Forbes Russia, Research and General Intern
2007 - 2007