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Ryan McCarthy

Investor

Managing Director, Technology at Runway Growth Capital

San Francisco, California, United States

About

Ryan McCarthy joined Runway Growth Capital in 2025 as Managing Director, Technology, bringing close to twenty years of experience in growth debt, venture debt, and investment banking. He previously served as Managing Director at Capital Advisors Group, where he led the west coast debt advisory practice, and held earlier roles at TriplePoint Capital, Headwaters MB, and Rutberg & Company. He earned an MBA and MSF from Boston College's Carroll School of Management and a BA in Mathematics and Economics from Hamilton College.

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Invests in

Enterprise Software

Experience

  1. Runway Growth CapitalManaging Directorcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. Capital Advisors GroupManaging Director2019 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
  3. TriplePoint CapitalDirector2017 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
  4. Headwaters MBDirector2014 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
  5. Rutberg & CompanyVice President2011 — 2014
  6. PhiloSmith & Co.Associate2007 — 2010
  7. Manning & Napier AdvisorsBudget Analyst2003 — 2005Rochester, New York Area

Education

  1. Boston College Carroll School of ManagementMBA/MSF, Finance2005 — 2007
  2. Hamilton CollegeBA, Mathematics & Economics1999 — 2003

Skills & more

Bloomberg3Valuation13Financial Modeling15Venture Capital17Private Equity9Corporate Finance5Investment Banking7Equity Research3Hedge Funds3M&A experience2Mergers & Acquisitions7Capital Markets5
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From Ryan's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Boston College Carroll School of Management45

Clint MyersInvestor at RevolutionAmanda ChanInvestor at Third Rock VenturesKevin StarrInvestor at Third Rock VenturesAdam BrucePartner, Chief Financial and Chief Operating Officer at Flare Capital PartnersStefan SandovalPrincipal at SKY VCAndrew HongVenture Partner at Ff Venture Capital

+ 39 more

Also attended Hamilton College27

Daniel BartusPartner, Head of Research at Felicis VenturesWoody MarshallGeneral Partner at TCVSarah SommerCo-Founder and Partner at Level EquityPax AnthosChief Technology Officer at XRCSteve SadoveFormer Chairman and CEO at Saks, former chair of NRF, advisor to Mastercard at XRCPhil SandersonSenior Partner at Griffin Gaming Partners

+ 21 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Capital Advisors Group1

Phil GagerManaging Director at Service Provider Capital

Also worked at TriplePoint Capital39

Nick DolikInvestor at 8VCPeter FairManaging Director at Golub GrowthRyan McKinneyPrincipal, Investment Team at Runway Growth CapitalTed CavanManaging Director, Technology at Runway Growth CapitalJim LabeCo-CEO & Co-Founder at TriplePoint CapitalSajal SrivastavaCo-CEO & Co-Founder at TriplePoint Capital

+ 33 more

Also worked at Headwaters MB8

Derek HigashiharaPrincipal at Acario InnovationKaiti DelaneyPrincipal at Ten ElevenSean WhitneyPrincipal at Craft VenturesAustin ByrdAssociate at InvestBevWilliam FultonVice President at Plexus CapitalAli JamalFounding Partner at First Check Ventures

+ 2 more

Also worked at Rutberg & Company4

Hrach SimonianAdvisor at DrivenRajeev ChandPartner and Head of Research at WingVolker HeistermannManaging Director at Mosaic Venture LabCrystal WidjajaScout at Monk's Hill Ventures

Colleagues at Runway Growth Capital

Andy Mizerek
Senior Director of Marketing at Runway Growth Capital
Andy Weyer
Managing Director at Runway Growth Capital
Avisha Khubani
Chief Credit Officer at Runway Growth Capital
Brad Pritchard
Senior Managing Director at Structural Capital
Brenda Lin
Associate, Investment Team at Runway Growth Capital
Brian Sapp
Managing Director at Runway Growth Capital
Brinton Hoover
Associate, Investment Team at Runway Growth Capital
Carmela Thomson
Chief Financial Officer at Runway Growth Capital