Investing Profile

Ryan Darnell(1)

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Managing Partner at Max Ventures

maxventures.vcNew York, New York

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NewCo Network

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Current Investing Position

Max Ventures Managing Partner

Investment Range

$100K - $5.0M

Sweet Spot

$1.5M

Investments On Record

Ryan Darnell is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

E-commerce (Series A)E-commerce (Seed)New York City Consumer Internet (Seed)Consumer Internet (Series A)

Ryan Darnell's Investments On Record (7)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
UnityAI	Series AMar 2026$15M SeedFeb 2024$4M	$19M
Co-investors: Wes Barton (Third Prime)
Hello Patient	Series ASep 2025$23M SeedOct 2024$6M	$29M
Co-investors: Sebastian Caliri (8VC), Jeremy Kaufmann (Scale Venture Partners), David Beazley (Alumni Ventures ), Auren Hoffman (Datavant), Stu Smith (Coughdrop Capital), Russ Fradin, Russell Fradin, Andrew Berman
Elion	SeedAug 2025$9M	$12M
Co-investors: Michael Li (New Enterprise Associates (NEA)), Lily Huang (New Enterprise Associates (NEA)), David Shapiro (Alumni Ventures ), Matthew Weinberg (Max Ventures), Chrissy Farr (OMERS Ventures), Christina Farr (OMERS Ventures), Soraya Darabi (TMV)
Certify	Series ASep 2022$15M	$60M
Co-investors: Chris Bischoff (General Catalyst), Enke Bashllari (Arkitekt Ventures), Will Young (Trust Ventures), Bart Macdonald (bloom venture partners), Chase Feiger (Outlier Ventures), Bobby Lo
Minerva	SeedAug 2020$1M	$5M
Co-investors: Brett Martin (Charge Ventures), Gyan Kapur (Surface Ventures), Bryan Rosenblatt (Craft Ventures), Trace Cohen (New York Venture Partners (NYVP)), Robin Li (Notable Capital (formerly GGV Capital)), Matt Turk (DeepChecks), Cindy Bi (CapitalX - Early Stage VC)
Porter Road Butcher	SeedMay 2018$4M	$14M
Co-investors: Kevin Colleran (Slow Ventures), Randall Ussery (L37 Ventures), Bryan Frist (Friále), Katie Shea (Divergent Capital), Henry McNamara (Great Oaks Venture Capital), Joanne Wilson (Gotham Gal Ventures), Edward Lando (Biowear), Kelvin Beachum Jr.
Scatter	SeedJan 2018$4M Convertible NoteNov 2016$1M	$5M
Co-investors: Hadley Harris (ENIAC Ventures), Zack Schildhorn (Lux Capital), Jonathan Keidan (Torch Capital), Mike Edelhart (Social Starts), Lior Susan (Eclipse Ventures), AJ Solimine (122 WEST VENTURES)

Ryan Darnell's Experience

Seed Investor & Board Member UnityAI2024 - Present

Seed Investor Etched2023 - Present

Seed Investor Adonis2022 - Present

Co-Founder & Investor Elion2022 - Present

Seed Investor CertifyOS2021 - Present

Co-Founder & Board Member The Post2021 - Present

Board Observer Voya Health, Inc.2020 - Present

Board Observer Vori Health2020 - Present

Seed Investor & Board Observer Vori Health2020 - Present

Co-Founder & Board Member Tertulia2020 - Present

Board Observer Minerva 2019 - Present

Co-Founder & Board Member Corro2019 - Present

Advisor & Board Observer Toolio2019 - Present

Board Observer Mosaic Foods2018 - Present

Seed Investor Sana2018 - Present

Seed Investor Heartbeat Health2018 - Present

Board Member & Advisor Porter Road2017 - Present

Managing Partner Max Ventures2017 - Present

Seed Investor K Health2016 - Present

Seed Investor Ollie2016 - Present

Seed Investor GrubMarket Inc.2015 - Present

Board Observer MinervaPresent

Board Member Self-EmployedPresent

Senior Associate Self-EmployedPresent

Interim Strategy Consultant Self-EmployedPresent

Board Member IT CRUX Mobile Apps SolutionsPresent

Senior Associate IT CRUX Mobile Apps SolutionsPresent

Interim Strategy Consultant IT CRUX Mobile Apps SolutionsPresent

Founding Partner Basset Investment Group2014 - 2016

Principal Modern Holdings2012 - 2013

Board Member Self-employed2012 - 2012

Board Member Phoenix Club of Nashville2012 - 2012

Board Member Top-Patents2012 - 2012

Board Member NewCo2012 - 2012

Board Member BountyBev2012 - 2012

Senior Associate Self-employed2011 - 2012

Senior Associate FLO Thinkery2011 - 2012

Senior Associate Top-Patents2011 - 2012

Senior Associate NewCo2011 - 2012

Senior Associate BountyBev2011 - 2012

Interim Strategy Consultant Self-employed2011 - 2012

Interim Strategy Consultant BountyBev2011 - 2012

Interim Strategy Consultant Top-Patents2011 - 2012

Interim Strategy Consultant NewCo2011 - 2012

Operations Ingram2010 - 2011

Operations Ingram Barge Company2010 - 2011

Business Development Ingram2005 - 2010

Business Development Ingram Barge Company2005 - 2010

Ryan Darnell's Education

Vanderbilt University MBA Strategy and Finance

Vanderbilt University master of business administration, masters finance

Investors who invest with Ryan Darnell

Scale Venture Partners

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Lily Huang

New Enterprise Associates (NEA)

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