# Ryan Merket

> Ryan Merket is a seed investor at Microsoft backing Artificial Intelligence and E-Commerce. See 28 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Microsoft](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/microsoft)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 28
- Last investment: Mar 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanmerket
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/merket
- Website: http://www.ryanmerket.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/merket

Ryan Merket is a seed investor at Microsoft in San Francisco focused on Artificial Intelligence and E-Commerce. I work with high-potential startups at Microsoft, identifying and empowering top AI startups to achieve more. With over 12 years of experience in the tech industry, I have a track record of building and scaling innovative products, leading high-performing teams, and investing in promising ventures.My passion is to help early-stage founderssucceed by leveraging my expertise in AI, product, engineering, and growth. I have mentored and invested in multiple startups that have been acquired or raised funding, such as Teachable, Apostrophe, and Yumi. I also co-founded and led product at Jude AI, a platform that helps realtors close more leads and deals with the power of LLMs. I bootstrapped it to $1,000/MRR in 3 months before joining Microsoft for Startups.Before moving back to Austin, TX, from the San Francisco Bay Area, I had early Product roles at Reddit and Facebook, where I learned how to scale and operate fast-growing organizations.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.1M–$14M |
| Pre-Seed | $120k–$650k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 7 | 25% |
| E-Commerce | 5 | 18% |
| Apps | 3 | 11% |
| Biotechnology | 3 | 11% |
| Generative AI | 3 | 11% |

72 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 15 | 54% |
| Pre-Seed | 10 | 36% |
| Series A | 1 | 4% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 4% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 4% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 24 | 86% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 7% |
| Canada | 1 | 4% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Revision Dojo | Revision Dojo uses AI to transform study tools like question banks, notes, and mini-lessons into personalized learning experiences. | $3.4M | Seed | Mar 16, 2025 |  |
| emojis.com | emojis.com empowers small businesses with an AI graphic designer to create their brand identity without high costs. | $500K | Pre-Seed | Mar 12, 2025 |  |
| a0.dev | a0.dev enables mobile developers to efficiently create high-quality applications by generating customized React Native projects. | $500K | Pre-Seed | Mar 12, 2025 |  |
| Bindwell | Bindwell is a Biotech company that uses AI to develops safer pesticides. | $500K | Pre-Seed | Mar 12, 2025 |  |
| Exla | Exla employs quantization techniques for AI models to reduce memory consumption while simultaneously improving inference speed. | $500K | Pre-Seed | Mar 12, 2025 |  |
| Exin Therapeutics | Exin Therapeutics is developing a discovery platform for next-generation genetic therapies targeting dysregulated neural circuits across disorders, and next-generation neurotherapeutics leverage advancements in genetics, technology, and engineering to create innovative treatments for neurological disorders. These therapies, which include genetherapy, nucleotide-based therapeutics, and cell-based therapies, address previously untreatable disease mechanisms and unmet medical needs. | $500K | Pre-Seed | Jan 21, 2025 |  |
| Fuse Energy | Fuse is an energy supplier that offers the UK's cheapest electricity tarif. Also active in the US. | $12M | Venture - Series Unknown | Sep 17, 2024 |  |
| Mine | Fizz is building a debit card that helps college students in the U.S. started building out their credit without having to learn lessons about overzealous credit use the hard way. | $14.4M | Seed | Jun 06, 2024 |  |
| Datacurve | Datacurve Providing code data validated by engineers, allowing you to design the most competent model or application | $500K | Pre-Seed | Mar 01, 2024 |  |
| Blossm | Blossm is a community marketplace to buy, sell, and trade plants. It aims to connect plant enthusiasts in the community through a shared passion for plants. Blossm was founded in 2020 and is based in San Diego, California. | $120K | Pre-Seed | Jan 13, 2023 |  |

10 of 28 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 12 deals together
- [Techstars](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/techstars) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Liquid 2 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/liquid2-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Lombardstreet Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lombardstreet-io) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Pioneer Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pioneer-fund) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Soma Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/soma-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## About Microsoft

VC Fund · Redmond, United States

Microsoft is an American multinational corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services.Microsoft’s devices and consumer (D&C) licensing segment licenses the Windows operating system and related software, Microsoft Office for consumers, and the Windows Phone operating system. Thecompany’s computing and gaming hardware segment provides Xbox gaming and entertainment consoles and accessories, second-party and third-party video games, and Xbox Live subscriptions; surface devices and accessories; and Microsoft PC accessories. Its phone hardware segment offers Lumia smartphones and other non-Lumia phones. Its D&C segment provides Windows Store, Xbox Live transactions, and Windows phone store; search advertising; display advertising; Office 365 Home and Office 365 Personal; first-party video games; and other consumer products and services as well as operating retail stores.Microsoft’s commercial licensing segments license server products, including Windows Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Visual Studio, System Center, and related Client Access Licenses (CALs); Windows Embedded; Windows operating system; Microsoft Office for business, including Office, Exchange, SharePoint, Lync, and related CALs; Microsoft Dynamics business solutions; and Skype. Its commercial segment offers enterprise services, including premier support services and Microsoft consulting services; commercial cloud comprising Office 365 Commercial, other Microsoft Office online offerings, Dynamics CRM Online, and Microsoft Azure; and other commercial products and online services.The company markets and distributes its products through original equipment manufacturers, distributors, and resellers, as well as online.

5 contacts available at Microsoft.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Aparna Chennapragada | Corporate VP | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aparna-chennapragada |
| Bay Gross | Vice President of Health at Microsoft AI | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bay-gross |
| Bobby George | Creative Strategist | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bobby-george |
| Brandon Dixon | Product and Intel Strategy Leader | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brandon-dixon |
| Brandon Middaugh | Sr. Director, Climate Innovation Fund | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brandon-middaugh |

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## FAQ

### What does Ryan Merket invest in?

Ryan Merket invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce and Apps startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 28 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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

Ryan Merket typically joins rounds of $1.1M–$14M at Seed and $120k–$650k 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 Merket participates in.

### When did Ryan Merket last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ryan Merket closed in Mar 2025. Shizune tracks 28 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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