# Ryan Katz

> Ryan Katz is a Series B investor at Route 66 Ventures (Alexandria) backing FinTech and Finance. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Route 66 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/route-66-ventures)
- Location: Alexandria, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: May 2019
- Lead investor: 80%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-katz-61bb089
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ryan.katz.397

Ryan Katz is a Series B investor at Route 66 Ventures in Alexandria focused on FinTech and Finance. Ryan Katz is the Founder and Managing Partner at Route 66 Ventures and Switchboard Health/Sensorium Therapeutics as a Board Member.Ryan received a BBA in Finance from the Terry College of Business at the University of Georgia, where he currently serves on the Board of Trustees. In 1996, he was a founding partner of the FFELP Marketing Group,which helped originate over $1 Billion in Federal student loans to families from 1996 to 1999. Ryan was the founder of Goal Financial and served as the CEO of Goal from 2001-2009. Under his leadership, the company originated and securitized over $9 billion in Federal student loans. In 2010, Ryan led the conversion of Goal Financial into an ESOP, renamed Goal Structured Solutions (GS2), where he continued to serve as the Chairman of the Board until 2014. Goal Structured Solutions (GS2) has re-focused the Goal capital markets and administration business into a platform with over $20B of assets under management. GS2 provides trust administration, servicing, analytics, and underwriting for private and Federal student lending programs.In 2012, Ryan founded Route 66 Ventures, an investment platform based in Alexandria, VA. Route 66 Ventures provides venture capital, private equity and venture debt to emerging financial services and fintech companies worldwide. Ryan continues to serve as a Board member of GS2, as the Founding Partner of Route 66 Ventures, and as a Board member and advisor to portfolio companies across the Route 66 platform.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 4 | 80% |
| Finance | 2 | 40% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 40% |
| Apps | 1 | 20% |
| Mobile | 1 | 20% |

18 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 4 | 80% |
| Series A | 3 | 60% |
| Series C | 1 | 20% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Motionsoft | Motionsoft provides fitness, gym, and recreation club management and marketing software solutions. The company's software provides club professionals with a modern and effective tool to automate operations with reporting functionality to have their staff acquire, engage, and retain members, enabling studios and gyms, corporate fitnessfacilities, hospital wellness centers, hotels, spas, and university recreation centers to accelerate financial and operational efficiencies. | $17.5M |  | May 22, 2019 |  |
| Motionsoft | Motionsoft provides fitness, gym, and recreation club management and marketing software solutions. The company's software provides club professionals with a modern and effective tool to automate operations with reporting functionality to have their staff acquire, engage, and retain members, enabling studios and gyms, corporate fitnessfacilities, hospital wellness centers, hotels, spas, and university recreation centers to accelerate financial and operational efficiencies. | $5.5M |  | Oct 27, 2016 |  |
| Mirror Contracts | Mirror operates an integrated platform that connects investors with underserved markets to facilitate price discovery in traditionally non-transparent ecosystems. Mirror allows its clients to construct security-based swaps that enable them to get long exposure into late-stage private companies, or short exposure to hedge current positions in theirportfolio. Established in 2011, Mirror’s clientele is comprised of angel investors, venture capital funds, growth and private equity firms, hedge funds, and other institutional asset managers. | $8.8M | Series A | Jun 03, 2015 |  |
| CoverHound | CoverHound is a technology company offering a platform for consumers to shop for car insurance. It allows customers to personal insurance needs, compare accurate rates from top carriers, and buy the right policy at the right price. Dedicated to giving consumers transparent access to the best car insurance rates, CoverHound provides smartrecommendations and personalized quotes. With the guarantee of no spam and promise to keep all private information safe, consumers stay in control. CoverHound graduated from AngelPad in spring 2011, and immediately secured seed funding from Blumberg Capital. CoverHound was founded in 2010 and is based in San Francisco, California. | $14M | Series B | Mar 09, 2015 |  |
| Motionsoft | Motionsoft provides fitness, gym, and recreation club management and marketing software solutions. The company's software provides club professionals with a modern and effective tool to automate operations with reporting functionality to have their staff acquire, engage, and retain members, enabling studios and gyms, corporate fitnessfacilities, hospital wellness centers, hotels, spas, and university recreation centers to accelerate financial and operational efficiencies. | $10M | Series B | Jul 15, 2014 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Edison Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/edison-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [American Family Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/american-family-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Battery Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/battery-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Core Innovation Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/core-innovation-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Crosslink Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crosslink-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Draper Associates](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/draper-associates-2) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Route 66 Ventures

VC Fund · Alexandria, United States

Route 66 Ventures is a private investment firm focused on helping entrepreneurs shape the financial services landscape of tomorrow by providing Venture Capital and Credit solutions to emerging financial technology and services companies. Route 66’s Venture Capital team invests globally in early and growth stage disruptors, incumbents andservice providers throughout various sectors in the financial services ecosystem. Route 66’s Credit team seeks to fund alternative lending platforms and business models with balance sheet needs by purchasing whole loans or providing secured debt facilities.

4 contacts available at Route 66 Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ben Britt | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ben-britt |
| Robert Peterson | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/robert-peterson |
| Ryan Katz | Founder & Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ryan-katz |
| Stuart Fox | CFO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stuart-fox-2 |

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## FAQ

### What does Ryan Katz invest in?

Ryan Katz invests primarily in FinTech, Finance and Financial Services startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 5 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 Katz last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ryan Katz closed in May 2019. Shizune tracks 5 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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