About
Ryan Sells is a Partner at Pear VC who previously served as the first go-to-market hire at three venture-backed startups, including VP of Revenue at Turnstile, VP of Revenue at Pipe, and Head of Business Development at Second Measure (later acquired by Bloomberg, where he led alternative data strategy in the Office of the CTO). He co-founded Dash Fund, a seed-stage fintech fund that raised and deployed $25M across two funds and 57 portfolio companies. He began his career at JPMorgan and holds a BBA in Finance and History from The College of William & Mary.
Invests in
Fintech
Experience
- Pear VCPartnercurrent2025 — present
- Dash FundCo-Founder & GPcurrent2020 — presentSan Francisco
- TurnstileAdvisorcurrent2025 — present
- TurnstileVP, Revenue2024 — 2025San Francisco
- First Round CapitalFirst Round Firsts, GTM2024San Francisco
- Bloomberg LPHead of Data Strategy & Partnerships, Office of the CTO2021 — 2023San Francisco, California, United States
- PipeVP, Revenue2020 — 2021San Francisco, California, United States
- Bloomberg Second MeasureHead of BD2016 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- J.P. MorganIntern -> Analyst -> Associate -> VP2008 — 2016New York City & Sydney, Australia
Education
- William & MaryBBA, Double Major: Finance & History
Same school
Shared employers
Also worked at Turnstile2
Also worked at First Round Capital97
Josh KopelmanFounder and Partner at First Round CapitalMatt SacksInvestor at LightbankAlex MarshallPartner & General Counsel at Generation Investment ManagementAbdul LyInvestor at Initialized CapitalLucy BradyHead of Product at Giant Ventures Global LlpEmily KramerVenture Partner at Rackhouse Venture Management Lp
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Also worked at Bloomberg LP81
Eric WagnerVP of Research and Data at Redpoint VenturesVivek GopalanInvestment Team at 8VCAndrea GurnariInvestor at Moonfire VenturesArpan PunyaniCo-founder and General Partner at Garuda VenturesNick AlbaneseVP, Research & Strategy and Investment Associate at The Westly GroupNaimish PatelChief Growth Officer at Red Cell Incubation
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Also worked at Pipe9
Logan AllinManaging Partner & Founder at Fin CapitalJonathan HsuCo-founder, Managing Director at Tribe Capital FirstlookBrad CoffeyInvestor at Silversmith Capital PartnersRyan MorrisonPartner at Founders Circle CapitalAnand ChandrasekaranManaging Partner at Celesta CapitalHarry HurstCo-Founder and Managing Partner at Protagonist
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