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Ryan Isono

Partner at Felicis

San Francisco, California

Overview 

Ryan Isono is a Partner at Felicis in San Francisco, California, with a strong background in venture capital and investments. He has successfully invested in companies like Topkey and Poly at various stages, showcasing his expertise in identifying and supporting promising startups. With experience at top firms like Credit Suisse and Correlation Ventures, Ryan has honed his skills in financial analysis and investment banking, leading to his current role as a Partner at Felicis where he continues to make impactful investment decisions in the Consumer Internet and Enterprise sectors.

Work Experience 

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Maverick Ventures

  • Managing Director

    2025 - Current

    Managing Director at Maverick Ventures, an evergreen fund that serves as the private investment arm of Maverick Capital. Early partners to Coupang, One Medical, Mosaic ML, Retool, Devoted Health, hims & hers, Cityblock Health, BioCatch and more.

Maverick Ventures is the venture arm of Maverick Capital and invests in early-stage healthcare and technology-driven businesses.

maverickventures.com
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n8n.io

  • Lead Series A Investor

    2021

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PermitFlow

  • Series A Investor

    2024

PermitFlow is a construction permit application and management platform for developers and general contractors.

Raised $36,500,000.00 from Initialized Capital, Felicis, Bradley Horowitz, Altos Ventures, Y Combinator and Kleiner Perkins.

permitflow.com
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Edia

  • Lead Series A Investor

    2023

Edia is an EdTech platform for 6-12 Math that ensures superior state test outcomes.

Raised $9,400,000.00 from Inspired Capital Partners, JD Ross, Susa Ventures, 8VC and Felicis.

edia.app
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Topkey

  • Lead Seed Investor

    2023

The ultimate financial operating system for property managers. (YC W21)

Raised $5,325,000.00 from Andreessen Horowitz, Felicis, Andrew Kitchell, Grit Partners, Assurant Ventures, Y Combinator, Derive Ventures, Liquid 2 Ventures and Kindergarten Ventures.

topkey.io
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Ethena

  • Lead Series A Investor

    2021

Ethena is a software-as-a-service that sells anti-harassment training software.

Raised $50,350,000.00 from Felicis, Mathilde Collin, Neo, Gretchen Howard, Jack Altman, Lachy Groom, Claire Hughes Johnson, Homebrew and William Hockey.

goethena.com
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Stream

  • Lead Series B Investor

    2021

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Felicis

  • Partner

    2023 - 2024

    Sourced / Led Investments: - n8n (Series A) - PermitFlow (Series A) - Ethena (Series A) - Edia (Series A) - Topkey (Seed) - Stream (Series B) - Poly (Seed) - Sphere (Seed) - Violet Labs (Seed) - Pharos (Seed) - Unannounced Series B (Digital Health)

  • Deal Partner

    2022 - 2023

  • Vice President

    2021 - 2022

  • Senior Associate

    2020 - 2021

Felicis invests in seed through Series C stage companies across multiple sectors, industries, and frontier tech.

felicis.com
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Correlation Ventures

  • Senior Associate

    2019 - 2020

  • Associate

    2018 - 2019

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Revel Partners

  • Senior Analyst

    2016 - 2018

Revel Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on B2B SaaS and marketplaces.

revelpartners.com

Education 

Investments 

Topkey

Seed

Total funding: $5M

Poly

Seed

Total funding: $8M

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