Ryan Craig
Managing Director @ University Ventures
New York, United States
Ryan Craig is a seed investor at University Ventures in New York focused on Education and Internet. Prior to University Ventures, Ryan founded and built Wellspring, the largest and leading organization of treatment programs for overweight and obese children, adolescents and young adults, including boarding schools, summer camps and after-school programs. Ryan headed the Education & Training sector at Warburg Pincus from 2001 – 2004 wherehe was the founding Director of Bridgepoint Education (NYSE: BPI), one of the largest online universities in the U.S. Ryan has advised the U.S. Department of Education and served as VP Strategic Development for Fathom, the Columbia University online education company, from 1999 - 2001. Ryan began his career as a consultant with McKinsey & Co. He received bachelor's degrees in Literature and Economics summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Yale University, and his law degree from the Yale Law School.
- Total investments:
- 12
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 67%
Last updated:
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Industries Ryan Craig invests in
Stages Ryan Craig invests in
Countries Ryan Craig invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Education 4 (33%)
- Internet 3 (25%)
- Software 2 (17%)
- Training 2 (17%)
- Consulting 2 (17%)
Stage
- Seed 3 (25%)
- Series A 3 (25%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 3 (25%)
- Series B 1 (8%)
Country
- United States 8 (67%)
- India 1 (8%)
- Canada 1 (8%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Alchemy equips educators with the practical tools, curated materials, and professional support they require to perform at their best while saving time and having the greatest influence on learner achievement. | Venture - Series Unknown / Jun 09, 2026 | ||
| FutureFit AI partners with Fortune 500 companies, governments, and workforce development organizations to provide workers with an AI-powered tool that acts as a "GPS for your Career".The platform uses advanced labor market data and equity-focused machine learning algorithms to identify an individual’s ‘starting point’ in the labormarket, recommend best fit career path ‘destinations’, and build a personalized roadmap of learning, resources, and work opportunities to successfully guide them from point A to point B. | Venture - Series Unknown / Apr 13, 2026 | ||
| RiseNow is a supply chain management company that offers solutions like app support, consulting and logistics to the healthcare industry. | Venture - Series Unknown / Oct 23, 2024 | ||
| Techtonic Group is a full service software development services company that also creates talent through a Department of Labor certified Apprenticeship program. The company is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, United States. | $2M / Series A / Apr 10, 2018 | ||
| Strive helps emerging leaders reach their full potential through personalized and practical management training. Strive's programs combine classroom learning, community-based practice and executive coaching and result in self-discovery and skill development. The company was established in 2017 and is based in San Francisco, California. | $3.8M / Seed / Jan 24, 2018 | ||
| Shortlist works in India and East Africa to help growing enterprises hire based on skills and potential, rather than pedigree. The Shortlist platform screens candidates using predictive chat-based interviews and online competency-based assessments, letting employers skips the most time-consuming and bias-prone phases of hiring. | $1M / Seed / Sep 19, 2017 | ||
| Credly is helping the world speak a common language about people’s knowledge, skills, and abilities. Thousands of employers, training organizations, associations, certification programs, and workforce development initiatives use Credly to help individuals translate their learning experiences into professional opportunities using trusted, portable,digital credentials. Credly empowers organizations to attract, engage, develop, and retain talent with enterprise-class tools that generate data-driven insights to address skills gaps and highlight opportunities through an unmatched global network of credential issuers. Unleash the workforce. | $4.6M / Seed / Sep 13, 2017 | ||
| Portfolium partners with colleges and universities to help students connect learning with opportunity. The ePortfolio network helps connect 3.75M+ students from over 190 partner institutions with 50,000+ employers based on their proven skills and competencies. Portfolium's cloud-based platform empowers students with lifelong opportunities tocapture, curate, and convert skills into job offers while giving learning institutions and employers the tools they need to assess competencies and recruit talent.The platform is used by over 3600 institutions to help assess the effectiveness of their programs and courses, certify students’ competencies, and empower students to showcase their achievements and skills with evidence.It was founded in 2014 by Aerospace Engineer, Adam Markowitz and is based in San Diego, California. | $5.4M / Series A / Sep 12, 2016 | ||
| Credly is helping the world speak a common language about people’s knowledge, skills, and abilities. Thousands of employers, training organizations, associations, certification programs, and workforce development initiatives use Credly to help individuals translate their learning experiences into professional opportunities using trusted, portable,digital credentials. Credly empowers organizations to attract, engage, develop, and retain talent with enterprise-class tools that generate data-driven insights to address skills gaps and highlight opportunities through an unmatched global network of credential issuers. Unleash the workforce. | $2.5M / Seed / Mar 15, 2016 | ||
| Revature is the global leader in tech talent enablement. We train on industry leading skills, accelerating enterprise success and individual careers. Tap into a reliable pipeline of tech talent with the only tech talent enablement firm that can prove it. 89% of our associates are converted into full time employees after Revature, and 95% of themare retained 2 years later. Learn more at Revature.com. | Series A / Mar 07, 2016 | ||
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Co-Investors
About University Ventures
University Ventures is the only investment firm focused exclusively on the global higher education sector. UV pursues a differentiated strategy of innovation from within. UV has the deepest respect for the missions and traditions of colleges and universities around the world and is confident that through innovation, these same institutions will besuccessful in fulfilling and expanding their missions.
University Ventures Contacts
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Corinne Spears
Vice President
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Ryan Craig
Managing Director
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Troy Williams
Managing Director
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Aanand Radia
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Cassidy Leventhal
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Ryan Craig invests primarily in Education, Internet and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 12 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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