Ryan Craft
Founder and CEO @ Saluda Grade
San Francisco, United States
Ryan Craft is a private equity investor at Saluda Grade in San Francisco focused on Real Estate and Financial Services. Ryan Craft is based out of Aspen, Colorado, and is the Founder and CEO of Saluda Grade. Ryan previously worked at Robert W. Baird & Co. as a Head of Securitized Product Sales. Ryan Craft attended Georgetown University.
- Total investments:
- 4
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 100%
Last updated:
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Industries Ryan Craft invests in
Stages Ryan Craft invests in
Countries Ryan Craft invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Real Estate 2 (50%)
- Financial Services 2 (50%)
- Travel 1 (25%)
- FinTech 1 (25%)
- Tourism 1 (25%)
Stage
- Private Equity 2 (50%)
- Series A 1 (25%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Hillcrest Finance provides custom capital solutions for borrowers and attractive risk-adjusted returns for its institutional investors in all stages of the investment cycle. | Private Equity / Jun 13, 2024 | ||
| AvantStay is the premier next generation hospitality platform. We are redefining the way in which people travel, transact and invest. AvantStay assures a highly-curated experience customized to guests’ needs, using a proprietary tech suite to power bookings, seamlessly operationalize in-field and remote management, and activate authentic andelevated consumer touch points. AvantStay currently operates in over 60 cities, with a drive-to market approach, including 450+ premier properties across their diversified portfolio, and an AUM of more than $800M. In 2019, AvantStay became one of the initial twelve partners of Homes & Villas by Marriott International, and currently offers direct bookings on more than 50 OTAs. | $500M / Private Equity / Feb 16, 2022 | ||
| AlphaFlow is a tech-driven investment company providing professionally managed portfolios of real estate loans to institutional investors. They work with the residential real estate lenders around the country and underwrite their loans across 50+ factors. AlphaFlow invests in the best deals, splitting our clients’ portfolios across 75-100 loansinto15+ states to create AlphaFlow Optimized Portfolios. They took the best practices of investment management, like diversification, rebalancing, and institutional-quality data analytics, and automated them so that investors could receive these benefits without the high fees and high minimums of traditional real estate investing. It is ultimately a simpler, more intelligent way to invest in real estate.AlphaFlow was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States. | $10M / Series A / Nov 12, 2020 | ||
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Co-Investors
About Saluda Grade
Saluda Grade is an alternative real estate advisory firm specializing in mortgage and alternative credit space. It delivers institutional knowledge and capital resources to the fragmented yet highly attractive alternative lending sector.The company is driven by a core mission to identify best in class regional private lenders and create growththrough strategic partnerships.
Saluda Grade Contacts
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Ryan Craft
Founder and CEO
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Brian Breakstone
Chief Financial Officer & Chief Operating Officer (Consultant)
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Joe Gonsalves
Vice President at Saluda Grade Advisory
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Patrick Lo
Co - Chief Investment Officer
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Timothy Carr
Co-Chief Investment Officer
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What does Ryan Craft invest in?
Ryan Craft invests primarily in Real Estate, Financial Services and Travel startups, most often at Private Equity and Series A stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The most recent investment recorded for Ryan Craft closed in Jun 2024. Shizune tracks 4 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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