Ryan Micheletti
Head of Global Operations @ Founder Institute
Redwood City, United States
Ryan Micheletti is a pre-seed investor at Founder Institute in Redwood City focused on Software and Accounting. I believe that the only way to solve humanity's greatest challenges is to empower smart, talented & virtuous people to build companies & technologies that will positively change the world. As Head of Global Operations for the Founder Institute, I led the operations team that launched over 6,000 Portfolio Startup Companies across 200Cities with a Global Mentor Network of over 25,000 Mentors. Under his leadership, Ryan has directly launched 600+ Startups that have raised $200M+ in Funding with an enterprise value of over $2B through his work at Founder Institute Silicon Valley, Toronto and Vet-Tech.As Managing Director of FI's flagship Silicon Valley Advanced Technology Accelerator, Ryan built the program and partnership with NASA Ames that helps founders from around the world build companies using Advanced Technologies in Space, AI, Quantum Computing, and other industries.Since 2012, Ryan has led the national military veteran entrepreneurship movement, starting in Silicon Valley by cofounding Vet-Tech, the nation’s first startup accelerator for military veterans, leading the creation of the "Veteran Founder Initiative" at Founder Institute, and eventually Cofounding "The Veteran Fund," an early stage VC Fund that invests in Military Veteran and Dual-Use Tech Startups.Ryan lives in the SF Bay Area with his wife and 3 kids and enjoys family time hiking, backpacking, camping and meditating.
- Total investments:
- 1
- Lead investor:
- 100%
Last updated:
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Industries Ryan Micheletti invests in
Stages Ryan Micheletti invests in
Countries Ryan Micheletti invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 1 (100%)
- Accounting 1 (100%)
- Artificial Intelligence 1 (100%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Futureproof
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Futureproof is an AI platform specializing for SaaS and e-commerce founder, the firm replaces the outdated system with modern solution. | Pre-Seed / Dec 02, 2025 |
Co-Investors
About Founder Institute
The Founder Institute is the world's largest pre-seed startup accelerator, having helped launch over 3,500 companies across 180+ cities and six continents.The company was founded in 2009 by serial entrepreneur Adeo Ressi and his colleague, Jonathan Greechan. The idea for the program spawned from operating TheFunded.com, where it becameapparent that most entrepreneurs at the idea and launch stages lacked the structure, feedback, and support network needed to be successful.News of the launch was announced on TechCrunch, the first Founder Institute program methodology was crowdsourced by over 10,000 CEO members of TheFunded.com, and the inaugural program started in May 2009 in a small classroom at Stanford University. There were originally no plans to expand beyond Silicon Valley, but upon receiving immense inbound interest to launch the program in other cities, the Founder Institute began to expand. Today the program operates across 180 + cities and is localized into 9 languages.In total, Founder Institute Alumni have raised over $800M and are worth an estimated $20B.
Founder Institute Contacts
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Adeo Ressi
CEO
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Eino-Antti Kuuskoski
Founder and Mentor
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Paul Krajewski
Co-Director for Founder Institute Australia
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Ryan Micheletti
Head of Global Operations
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Urs Rothmayr
Director of Barcelona chapter
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Ryan Micheletti invests primarily in Software, Accounting and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 1 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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