About
Keith Ryu is the former founder and CEO of Fountain, where he currently serves as a board member. A participant in Y Combinator's Summer 2015 batch, he has invested as an angel and LP in approximately 50 startups and funds, and is based across New York, San Francisco, and Seoul.
Founder/CEO at FountainYC S15
Intro paths
YC
Keith went through Y Combinator (Summer 2015) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Keith can intro founders to Fountain's investors below.
Fountain's investors · 22
10x FoundersMünchen · $270K – $2.7M checks1517Telluride · $50K – $1M checksB Capital GroupManhattan Beach · $10M – $50M checksB4 Capital$10M – $50M checksBling CapitalMiami Beach · $1M – $5M checksCharlotte Street CapitalLondon · $390K checksCommerce VenturesSan Francisco · $1M – $5M checksCrosslink CapitalSan Francisco · $1M – $9M checksDCM VenturesMenlo Park · $250K – $15M checksFlucas VenturesJupiter · $100K – $5M checksFundersClubSan Francisco · $250K – $5M checksInvariantes FundGuatemala CityKindred VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $2M checksOrigin VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $5M checksPeak State VenturesNew York · $100K – $15M checksSemperVirens Venture CapitalSan MateoShasta VenturesMenlo Park · $250K – $6M checksSoftBank Vision FundLondonTeamworthy VenturesNew YorkUncork CapitalSan Francisco · $3M – $5M checksWinklevoss CapitalNew York · $100K – $5M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2015
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Experience
Education
- Y Combinator2015
Skills & more
Web Development47Entrepreneurship42Start-ups33Programming15Web Applications7Startup Development7Business Analysis4Leadership25JavaScript18Ruby on Rails13Microsoft Excel10Git8
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DatabasesHTML/CSSPhotoshopLinuxSaaSOnboardIQLanguages English · French · Korean
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Frequently asked questions
- Where does Keith Ryu work?
- Keith Ryu is Founder/CEO at Fountain.
- What companies did Keith Ryu found?
- Keith Ryu founded Fountain.
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Shared employers
Also worked at Fountain8
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