# Ryan Holmes

> Ryan Holmes is a seed investor at LOI Venture (Vancouver) backing Software and SaaS. See 34 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [LOI Venture](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/loi-venture)
- Location: Vancouver, Canada
- Total investments: 34
- Last investment: Oct 2024
- Lead investor: 6%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rholmes
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/invoker
- Website: https://x.com/invoker
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ryan.holmes.hootsuite

Ryan Holmes is a seed investor at LOI Venture in Vancouver focused on Software and SaaS. Ryan Holmes is based out of Vancouver, British Columbia, and is the Interim CEO, Founder and Director of the Board of Hootsuite. Ryan previously worked at Aritzia as a Board of Directors. Ryan Holmes attended the University of Victoria. Ryan Holmes has been awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $657k–$4M |
| Angel | $551k–$1M |
| Pre-Seed | $300k–$1.4M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 11 | 32% |
| SaaS | 10 | 29% |
| B2B | 5 | 15% |
| FinTech | 5 | 15% |
| Marketing | 5 | 15% |

72 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 21 | 62% |
| Pre-Seed | 5 | 15% |
| Angel | 4 | 12% |
| Series A | 2 | 6% |
| Series B | 1 | 3% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Canada | 16 | 47% |
| United States | 15 | 44% |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 3% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Unified API | One API to integrate them all | $807.6K | Pre-Seed | Oct 07, 2024 |  |
| Favs | Favs is a social networking platform for close friends. Favs was founded in 2023 and is based in Los Angeles, California. | $1.4M | Pre-Seed | Sep 14, 2023 |  |
| Frenter | Frenter is an all-in-one platform providing a comprehensive technical infrastructure for the rental industry. With Frenter, rental businesses have access to a suite of tools that allow them to make data-driven decisions, reduce risk, and have real-time insights into their business. Companies can use Frenter to monitor their equipment in real timein even the most remote areas, using cellular and satellite GPS, and receive real-time data on equipment usage and health. | $1M | Seed | May 15, 2023 |  |
| Go Oil | Go Oil is an innovative, fully online on-demand mobile oil change service that offers customers convenience and transparency. Launched at a 55-hour business pitch competition, the company has a vision of providing consumers instant access to oil changes and other vehicle Maintenance items. Utilizing a low-cost, rapid-start technology-basedfranchise model, Go Oil Today has franchise and corporate-owned mobile service vans across Canada and the United States, positioning the company as a leader in the industry. | $300K | Pre-Seed | Nov 01, 2022 |  |
| Blossom Social | Blossom is a startup that is developing social broking. Blossom is supported by verifiable stock holdings and performance, allowing you to focus on the ideas that are worth listening to. | $551K | Angel | Oct 31, 2022 |  |
| Kiwi Grocery | Kiwi Grocery is an online application for grocery and food products. They offer same-day delivery services. Their application can be found online. It also provides transparent pricing and weekly price checks. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Dec 31, 2021 |  |
| WFHomie | WFHomie is an employee engagement and culture-building platform for remote teams. WFHomie team leaders build informal connections between remote employees through a whole range of services, including our epic virtual icebreaker activities. | $1.5M | Seed | Dec 15, 2021 |  |
| Surf | Surf provides brands a better way to engage and understand consumers while compensating consumers for their data.Surf’s revolutionary browser extension passively rewards people for their everyday browsing and helps them save when shopping with their favourite brands. The extension is growing quickly and on track to be at 800,000 users by the endof 2022. Download the extension on joinsurf.com.Surf’s enterprise division provides high fidelity data and commerce enablement opportunities to some of the world’s biggest brands like Netflix, NBA, Sony Music, L’Oreal, Electronic Arts, etc. To learn more about our data or how to get in front of Surf consumers, schedule a call on joinsurf.com/brands.Surf’s vision is to build an equitable data economy for consumers that want to receive value in both a Web2 and Web3 environment. Surf is backed by several investors including Moneta Ventures, Round13 Capital, MAGIC Fund, Kyle Kuzma (Washington Wizards), Cody Ko (popular creator) and unicorn founders like Devon Townsend (Co-Founder, Cameo), Roham Gharegozlou (Co-Founder, Dapper Labs), Ryan Holmes (Founder, Hootsuite), Brad Shaw (CEO, Shaw Communications), Michele Romanow (President, Clearco), and Jason Robins (CEO, DraftKings). | $2.2M | Seed | Nov 04, 2021 |  |
| Acquire.com | Acquire.com (formerly MicroAcquire) is the world's largest startup acquisition marketplace that helps startups and online businesses find buyers and get acquired. Their goal is to help all entrepreneurs get acquired without fees and commissions or headaches.Acquire.com (formerly MicroAcquire) was established in 2020 and is based in SanFrancisco, CA. | $6.3M | Seed | Jul 06, 2021 |  |
| Go Oil | Go Oil is an innovative, fully online on-demand mobile oil change service that offers customers convenience and transparency. Launched at a 55-hour business pitch competition, the company has a vision of providing consumers instant access to oil changes and other vehicle Maintenance items. Utilizing a low-cost, rapid-start technology-basedfranchise model, Go Oil Today has franchise and corporate-owned mobile service vans across Canada and the United States, positioning the company as a leader in the industry. | $300K | Pre-Seed | Apr 20, 2021 |  |

10 of 34 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Voyager Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/voyager-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [BDC Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bdc-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Bedrock](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bedrock-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Bezos Expeditions](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bezos-expeditions) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Techstars Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bullet-time-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Hardy Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hardy-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About LOI Venture

VC Fund · Vancouver, Canada

LOI Venture is a $20M Pre-Seed Fund focused on founders aged 15-30 attending the LOI Program.

1 contacts available at LOI Venture.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ryan Holmes | Founder & GP | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ryan-holmes |

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## FAQ

### What does Ryan Holmes invest in?

Ryan Holmes invests primarily in Software, SaaS and B2B startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 34 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Ryan Holmes's check size?

Ryan Holmes typically joins rounds of $657k–$4M at Seed, $551k–$1M at Angel and $300k–$1.4M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Ryan Holmes participates in.

### When did Ryan Holmes last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ryan Holmes closed in Oct 2024. Shizune tracks 34 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?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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