Investing Profile

George Ruan

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Co-Founder, Managing Partner at Protagonist

Los Angeles, California

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Current Investing Position

Protagonist Managing Partner

Investment Range

$5K - $50K

Sweet Spot

$25K

Investments On Record

12

George Ruan is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Los Angeles / Southern California Consumer Internet (Seed)Consumer Internet (Pre-seed)Enterprise (Pre-seed)Enterprise (Seed)

George Ruan's Investments On Record (11)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Certifyde	SeedApr 2026$2M	$2M
Co-investors: Brad Garlinghouse (Ripple VC), Diplo (Thomas Pentz)
Breakaway Group	Series BMar 2026$49M Series AJun 2023	$49M
Co-investors: Joe Marchese (Human Ventures), Heather Hartnett (Human Ventures), Steve Martocci (BLADE), Matt Higgins (Omnichannel Acquisition Corp), Theodore Koenig (Monroe Capital)
Gopuff	Series UnknownNov 2025$250M	$1.5B
Co-investors: Jett Fein (Broadway Venture Partners), Ryan Sweeney (Standish Management, LLC)
LTV.ai	Series AJan 2025$5M	$5M
Pogo	SeedJul 2022$12M	$12M
Co-investors: Jennifer “Jenny" Fleiss (Initialized Capital), Josh Buckley (Buckley Ventures), Louis Beryl (Andreessen Horowitz), Sam Lessin (Slow Ventures), Jon Oringer (Shutterstock), Drew Taggart (Mantis Venture Capital), Julian Shapiro (Julian Capital), Alex Pall (Mantis VC), Alex MacCaw (Earl Grey Capital), Melissa Tan (Various Startups), Lenny Rachitsky (Self-employed), Sophia Amoruso (Trust Fund), Vindi Banga (Clayton Dubilier & Rice), Ryan Tedder (Freelancer.com), Siqi Chen (Xtripe Angels), Harry Stebbings (Stride.VC), Erik Torenberg (Village Global), Ashley Mayer (Coalition Operators), Manik Gupta (Uber), Scott Belsky (A24), Claire Hughes Johnson, Tyler Willis, Baron Davis, Mathilde Collin
Simplify	Pre SeedJun 2022$1M	$1M
Co-investors: Aneel Ranadive (Soma Capital)
Unblocked Brands	SeedJan 2022$10M	$10M
Co-investors: Neil Sequeira (Defy.vc), Brian Thomas (Gambit Tax), Farhad Mohit (AngelList Syndicator)
Sequoia Games	Series ADec 2021
Co-investors: Will Weisman (KittyHawk Ventures)

George Ruan's Experience

VP - Honey PayPalPresent

Founder Animebooks.ComPresent

Co-Founder Medical Science Int.Present

Co-Founder ABDOTC PublishingPresent

Co-Founder N/APresent

CEO Open PresencePresent

CEO N/APresent

Co-founder and CEO HoneyPresent

Co-Founder, Managing Member ProtagonistPresent

Co-Founder, Managing Partner ProtagonistPresent

Co-founder and CEO EluvePresent

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