# Ryan Clinton

> Ryan Clinton is a seed investor at Ridgeline (Los Angeles) backing Hardware and Analytics. See 13 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Ridgeline](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ridgeline-partners)
- Location: Los Angeles, United States
- Total investments: 13
- Last investment: Aug 2026
- Lead investor: 31%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/clintonryan/

Ryan Clinton is a seed investor at Ridgeline in Los Angeles focused on Hardware and Analytics. Ryan served as Vice President and Head of Strategy and Business Development for the Brand Development Group at Universal Pictures. Ryan served 5- years as an officer in both the Infantry and Military Intelligence branches. Ryan holds a Master’s in Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School, an MBA from the Wharton School and a BS inPhysics from the United States Military Academy.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hardware | 2 | 15% |
| Analytics | 2 | 15% |
| Geospatial | 2 | 15% |
| Remote Sensing | 2 | 15% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 15% |

26 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 23% |
| Series A | 3 | 23% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 15% |
| Series B | 1 | 8% |
| Series C | 1 | 8% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 4 | 31% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 15% |
| Canada | 1 | 8% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Orbital Sentry | Orbital Sentry is a space technology and deep tech startup building a new generation of geostationary (GEO) satellites designed to provide continuous, real-time Earth monitoring. Rather than providing periodic, static satellite snapshots, the platform delivers a continuous live data stream to transform how organizations track environmental andclimate risks. |  | Pre-Seed | Aug 03, 2026 |  |
| SatVu | Satellite Vu will monitor the temperature of every building on the planet in near real time to determine valuable insights into economic activity, energy efficiency and carbon footprint. ​We are passionate about supporting decision making around the world related to: the Energy industry, investors monitoring economic activity, sustainable finance.Natural Disaster responders, building operators & Plastics Cleanup. | $40.9M |  | Feb 16, 2026 |  |
| Harbinger | Founded by veterans of Canoo and Faraday Future, Harbinger is an automotive company that develops EV platforms optimized for medium-duty trucks and delivery vans. | $160M | Series C | Nov 13, 2025 |  |
| MesoMat | MesoMat has developed plastic based fibres which act as thin, lightweight strain sensors to monitor fatigue, fracture and failure in critical material systems. Sensing fibers integrated with custom electronics and software enable a full condition-based monitoring platform which uses real-time data to prevent failure. MesoMat sensing fibres can beeasily embedded into materials including high-strain environments, typically inaccessible to traditional strain sensors. |  | Seed | Jun 10, 2025 |  |
| BlueShift | BlueShift operates as an electrochemical climate tech innovator. BlueShift unlocks underutilized resources with advanced electrochemical technology. | $2.1M | Pre-Seed | Mar 19, 2025 |  |
| Harbinger | Founded by veterans of Canoo and Faraday Future, Harbinger is an automotive company that develops EV platforms optimized for medium-duty trucks and delivery vans. | $100M | Series B | Jan 14, 2025 |  |
| SatVu | Satellite Vu will monitor the temperature of every building on the planet in near real time to determine valuable insights into economic activity, energy efficiency and carbon footprint. ​We are passionate about supporting decision making around the world related to: the Energy industry, investors monitoring economic activity, sustainable finance.Natural Disaster responders, building operators & Plastics Cleanup. | $12.7M |  | Nov 27, 2024 |  |
| Harbinger | Founded by veterans of Canoo and Faraday Future, Harbinger is an automotive company that develops EV platforms optimized for medium-duty trucks and delivery vans. | $60M | Series A | Sep 20, 2023 |  |
| DataTrails | Jitsuin built RKVST; a service for developers to continuously prove who did what when which brings confidence in critical business decisions. RKVST delivers provenance, governance, and immutability to prove the trustworthiness of shared data from a single line of code. We envision a world where we assure resilience for critical decisions in digitaloperations done right.Our mission is to enable developers with tools and services to build verifiable digital trust between organizations. Visit https://rkvst.com to learn more | $7.5M | Series A | Sep 14, 2022 |  |
| SatVu | Satellite Vu will monitor the temperature of every building on the planet in near real time to determine valuable insights into economic activity, energy efficiency and carbon footprint. ​We are passionate about supporting decision making around the world related to: the Energy industry, investors monitoring economic activity, sustainable finance.Natural Disaster responders, building operators & Plastics Cleanup. | $20.7M | Series A | Oct 19, 2021 |  |

10 of 13 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Seraphim Space](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/seraphim-capital) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [noa](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/a-o-proptech) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Thor Industries](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/thor-industries) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Molten Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/draper-esprit) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [E2MC Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/e2mc-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Greycroft](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greycroft) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## About Ridgeline

VC Fund · Los Angeles, United States

Ridgeline is a Memphis-based early stage venture capital firm that invests in technologies and businesses with the potential to transform large enterprises across both software and hardware. The advantage of Ridgeline is their relationships with their strategic corporate limited partners (LPs) —including Fortune 500 companies FedEx, AutoZone, andDollar General, all headquartered in Tennessee—representing foundational industries that impact the lives of many Americans every day. These strategic corporate LPs, through investing with Ridgeline, intend to drive innovation in their organizations by conducting meaningful pilots and proofs of concept with the firm’s portfolio.Ridgeline was established to identify, partner with, and serve founders as they prepare to go to market. The firm leverages its expertise and deep network to surround founders with the resources and relationships they need to navigate the fraught terrain between product potential and product market fit.

5 contacts available at Ridgeline.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Andrew McMahon | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-mcmahon-fb98 |
| Andrew McMahon | Co-Founder & General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-mcmahon |
| Ben Walker | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ben-walker-3567 |
| Ryan Clinton | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ryan-clinton |
| Brandon Harris | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brandon-harris-ee29 |

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## FAQ

### What does Ryan Clinton invest in?

Ryan Clinton invests primarily in Hardware, Analytics and Geospatial startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 13 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Ryan Clinton last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ryan Clinton closed in Aug 2026. Shizune tracks 13 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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