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Ryan Gibson

Investor

VP of Finance at Eclipse Ventures

San Francisco Bay Area

Writes $200K – $5M checks · typically $2.5M

About

Ryan Gibson is a partner at Eclipse, where he invests in founders across formation, seed, and Series A stages with focus on critical industries. He previously served as co-founder and CTO of Kojo, a company that reached a $275M valuation, and held engineering roles at Microsoft. Gibson also has experience as an investor at 8VC and holds an engineering degree from the University of Waterloo.

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Experience

  1. EclipsePatnercurrent2022 — present
  2. Bedrock RoboticsFounding Investorcurrent2024 — present
  3. Peak EnergyFounding Investorcurrent2023 — present
  4. JetsonInvestorcurrent2025 — present
  5. StealthFounding Investorcurrent2026 — present
  6. Kojo Technologies (formerly Agora)Co-Founder and CTO2018 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
  7. MicrosoftEngineer - HoloLens2017 — 2018Mountain View
  8. 8VCInvestment Associate2016San Francisco Bay Area
  9. GoogleEngineering Intern2015Palo Alto, California
  10. FacebookEngineering Intern2014Menlo Park, California
  11. BlackBerryEngineering Intern2013Waterloo, ON

Education

  1. University of WaterlooBachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Electrical Engineering

Skills & more

Programming23Electrical Engineering20Program Management7Hardware Architecture1Venture Capital1C++19VHDL11Matlab7RF Engineering14Startups

Languages English

From Ryan's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended University of Waterloo161

Chamath PalihapitiyaFounder & CEO of Social CapitalKarim GillaniGeneral Partner at Luge CapitalRohan MongaInvestment Associate at Luge CapitalAndrew MiklasGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorAniTalent Team at Hummingbird VenturesAlex KolicichInvestment Team at 8VC

+ 155 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Bedrock Robotics9

Derek ZanuttoInvestor at CapitalGSriram KrishnanStartup builder and investorSunil ChhayaFounder at Kearny JacksonShaun ChaudhuriPartner at The Westly GroupAidan Madigan-CurtisPartner at Eclipse VenturesKevin SpainGeneral Partner at Emergence Capital Partners

+ 3 more

Also worked at Kojo Technologies (formerly Agora)4

Simran NathVenture Partner at Suncoast VenturesWan Li ZhuCo-Founder and Managing Director at Suffolk TechnologiesMichael BrownGeneral Partner at Battery VenturesKurt RamirezGeneral Partner at Nine Four Ventures

Also worked at Microsoft626

Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorJavier SolteroSenior Venture Partner at Felicis VenturesViviana FagaGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesQuentin ClarkInvestment Team at General CatalystViswa SankaranarayananVenture Partner at Monta Vista Capital

+ 620 more

Also worked at 8VC72

Joe LonsdaleFounder & Managing Partner of 8VCCoen ArmstrongInvestor at Spark CapitalDrew OettingInvestment Team at 8VCAlex KolicichInvestment Team at 8VCFrancisco GimenezInvestment Team at 8VCSebastian CaliriInvestment Team at 8VC

+ 66 more

Colleagues at Eclipse Ventures

Adam Bryant
Partner at Eclipse Ventures
Aidan Madigan-Curtis
Partner at Eclipse Ventures
Allyson Johnson
Partner at Eclipse Ventures
Amir Frenkel
Venture Partner at Eclipse Ventures
Angela Hayward
Partner and Head of Strategy at Eclipse Ventures
Ashwin Pushpala
Venture Partner at Eclipse Ventures
Charly Mwangi
Partner at Eclipse Ventures
Erin Greenwood
Senior Executive Assistant and Events Coordinator at Eclipse Ventures