# Ryan Melohn > Ryan Melohn is a seed investor at Expansion Venture Capital (New York) backing Apps and Energy. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026. - Type: Angel Investor - Fund: [Expansion Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/expansion-venture-capital) - Location: New York, United States - Total investments: 4 - Last investment: Feb 2021 - Lead investor: 25% - Last updated: Aug 2026 - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-t-melohn-5731b938 - X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/ExpansionVC - Website: https://x.com/ExpansionVC Ryan Melohn is a seed investor at Expansion Venture Capital in New York focused on Apps and Energy. Ryan T. has is the Founder and COO of Expansion Venture Capital. ## Investment focus ### Industry | Industry | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Apps | 1 | 25% | | Energy | 1 | 25% | | Family | 1 | 25% | | Mobile | 1 | 25% | | Android | 1 | 25% | 22 industries tracked in total. ### Stage | Stage | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Seed | 3 | 75% | | Series C | 1 | 25% | ### Country | Country | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | United States | 3 | 75% | | Canada | 1 | 25% | ## Investments | Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | ChargeLab | ChargeLab is the Android of EV charging. We don’t build EV chargers, but our hardware-agnostic platform runs on the world’s most popular EV chargers. Once connected, our software makes any EV charger smarter and easier to use. | $4.3M | Seed | Feb 23, 2021 | | | FanAI | FanAI is an AI-driven Audience Monetization platform focusing first on esports, and their sponsor ecosystems, increasing franchise and sponsorship revenues by making their audience data actionable. | $1.8M | Seed | Jul 27, 2017 | | | Life360 | Life360 is a platform for today’s busy families, bringing them closer together by helping them better sync, communicate with, and protect the people they care about most. Their mobile app provides millions of families in over 140 countries with services such as private location sharing, location history, drive details, crash detection, roadsideassistance and help alerts through our free and paid membership subscription. Life360 has raised +$100M from Bessemer Venture Partners, DCM, Fontinalis Partners, BMW iVentures, Allstate, Bullpen Capital, Founders Fund (FF Angel), Launch Capital, Kapor Capital, and 500 startups. Founded in 2008, Life360 is based in San Francisco with offices in San Diego, Las Vegas, and Ft. Lauderdale. | $50M | Series C | May 15, 2014 | | | Fitocracy | Fitocracy is a social network that empowers and motivates anyone to reach their fitness goals through gamification, community, and personal guidance.. Whether you've never exercised a day in your life or you're an advanced athlete, Fitocracy can take you to your next level of fitness. | $1.2M | Seed | May 31, 2012 | | 4 of 4 investments shown. ## Co-investors - [Construct Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/construct-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [Highline Beta](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/highline-beta) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [Maple VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maple-vc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [Root Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rootvc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [Third Sphere](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/urban-us) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [ADT](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adt-security) — VC Fund, 1 deal together ## About Expansion Venture Capital VC Fund · New York, United States Expansion Venture Capital, is a venture capital firm focused in early and growth stage companies. Located in New York City, EVC was founded by brothers, Joseph and Ryan Melohn. EVC’s team is comprised of entrepreneurs. Fifteen years of combined experience has enabled EVC to help build great companies across the US. As entrepreneurs, “we havebeen in their shoes and speak the same language”.We pride ourselves on being available for our teams of entrepreneurs 24/7. We work side by side with them, providing intellectual capital and assistance in any way we can. From mentorship to business development, raising capital, getting the right press, are some of the ways “we work for you”. When one of our founders have a question we want to be the first place they turn. Their success is our success!We are founder friendly! “Entrepreneurs, not VCs, build great companies” 2 contacts available at Expansion Venture Capital. | Name | Title | Profile | | --- | --- | --- | | Ryan Melohn | Co-Founder and COO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ryan-melohn | | Joseph Melohn | Co-Founder and President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joseph-melohn | ## Similar investors ### Similar stage - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund - [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund ## FAQ ### What does Ryan Melohn invest in? Ryan Melohn invests primarily in Apps, Energy and Family startups, most often at Seed and Series C 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. ### When did Ryan Melohn last invest? The most recent investment recorded for Ryan Melohn closed in Feb 2021. 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. ### 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. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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