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Ry Walker

Unicorn founder

Founder at Astronomer · Founder at Tembo

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

FoundedAstronomer$1.3BTembo

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Tim GuleriunlockedRy Walker: together at Astronomer (2019–2022)
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Ry Walker: together at Astronomer
Ry Walker: together at Tembo

About

Ry Walker is the founder and CEO of Tembo, Inc., a cloud engineering agents platform. He previously co-founded Astronomer in 2015 and Differential, a venture studio based on the Meteor framework, in 2013, and created OSSRank, a public ranking of open-source software and contributors, in 2022. Earlier in his career, he served as CTO for software companies in Cincinnati and built and sold a web agency.

Founder at Tembo

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Tembo's investors · 11

AscensionLondon · since 2026Aviva InvestorsDublin · since 2026British Business BankSheffield · since 2026CincyTechCincinnati · $500K – $750K checksCintrifuse CapitalCincinnati · $250K – $500K checksGoodwater CapitalBurlingame · $5M – $50M checks · since 2026Grand VenturesGrand Rapids · $250K – $2M checks · since 2024GreatPoint VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $20M checksGresham House VenturesLondon · $1.3M – $26M checks · since 2026Love VenturesLondon · since 2026Wireframe VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $2M checks

Founder at Astronomer

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Astronomer's investors · 18

500 GlobalSan Francisco · $150K checks · since 2015AngelPadSan Francisco · $120K checks · since 2017Bain Capital VenturesBoston · $1M – $100M checks · since 2017Bosch VenturesStuttgart · $27M checks · since 2017CincyTechCincinnati · $500K – $750K checks · since 2017Connetic VenturesCovington · $250K – $500K checks · since 2017FirstMark CapitalNew York · $500K – $8M checks · since 2017Frontline VenturesSan Francisco · $540K – $3.2M checks · since 2017Grand VenturesGrand Rapids · $250K – $2M checks · since 2017K5 GlobalSan Francisco · $1M – $3M checks · since 2017Refinery VentureCincinnati · $1M – $2M checks · since 2017Robert Bosch Venture CapitalStuttgart · $1.6M – $27M checks · since 2017Salesforce VenturesSan Francisco · $5M – $50M checks · since 2017Service Provider CapitalVail · since 2017Sierra VenturesSan Mateo · $10M checks · since 2017Social StartsSan Francisco · since 2017VenrockPalo Alto · $500K – $10M checks · since 2017Wireframe VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $2M checks · since 2017

Co-founders at Astronomer

VP
Viraj ParekhFounder
JOJoe Otto
Joe OttoFounder
GN
Greg Neiheisel
TBTim Brunk
Tim BrunkExecutive Officer, Director
RW
Ryan WalkerExecutive Officer, Director

Experience

  1. Tembo, Inc.Founder/CEOcurrent2022 — presentCincinnati, Ohio, United States
  2. FireroadPartnercurrent2023 — presentCincinnati, Ohio, United States
  3. Cincinnati VenturesManaging Partnercurrent2022 — presentCincinnati Metropolitan Area
  4. AnotherVentureManaging Directorcurrent2006 — presentCincinnati, Ohio, United States
  5. AstronomerFounder/CEO, CTO2015 — 2022Cincinnati, Ohio
  6. DifferentialCo-Founder/Managing Director2013 — 2015Cincinnati, Ohio
  7. RecruitMilitaryChief Experience Officer2008 — 2012Cincinnati, Ohio
  8. The Devine GroupVice President, Technology2003 — 2008Cincinnati, Ohio
  9. Sharkbytes, Inc.Founder/CEO1995 — 2001Cincinnati, Ohio

Skills & more

Strategy99Leadership81Team Leadership13Mentoring10Databases3PostgreSQL3Start-ups99Entrepreneurship78Lean Startup15Executive Management2Product Management13Software as a Service (SaaS)8
+12 moreEnterprise SoftwareFundraisingProduct DevelopmentAgile MethodologiesSoftware DevelopmentAgile Project ManagementWeb ApplicationsJavaScriptTeam BuildingRuby on RailsWeb DevelopmentCRM

Languages English

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Who is Ry Walker?
Ry Walker is the founder and CEO of Tembo, Inc., a cloud engineering agents platform. He previously co-founded Astronomer in 2015 and Differential, a venture studio based on the Meteor framework, in 2013, and created OSSRank, a public ranking of open-source software and contributors, in 2022. Earlier in his career, he served as CTO for software companies in Cincinnati and built and sold a web agency.
Where does Ry Walker work?
Ry Walker is Founder of Astronomer and Founder at Tembo.
What companies did Ry Walker found?
Ry Walker founded Astronomer, Tembo.
Where did Ry Walker go to school?
Ry Walker studied at University of Cincinnati (Computer Science); AngelPad (Founder Alumni of AngelPad, Founder School Entrepreneurship); Liberty High School.

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