# Ryan Walsh

> Ryan Walsh is a seed investor at Floodgate backing Apps and Big Data. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Floodgate](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/floodgate)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Mar 2018
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Sep 2026
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Ryan Walsh is a Partner at Floodgate. He leads early stage investments in technology companies. A student of great products and how they impact culture, his focus areas include marketplaces, subscription businesses, and products that include unique network effects and social psychology.Prior to Floodgate, Ryan directed product management formedia at Apple, including Apple Music and the iTunes stores for movies, music, and television. He joined Apple as part of the Beats by Dre acquisition, where he was Vice President of Product, managing design, product development, analytics, and growth. Prior to working with Beats, Ryan spent 15 years starting ventures, building businesses or helping others do the same.He respects the process of creating something out of nothing, and believes that technology can be our vehicle to turn science into art, and vice versa.Ryan actively performs improvisational theater and is a noted storyteller. He has produced and deejayed electronic music for over 15 years, under an alias.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 1 | 100% |
| Big Data | 1 | 100% |
| Computer Vision | 1 | 100% |
| Virtual Reality | 1 | 100% |
| Machine Learning | 1 | 100% |

7 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 6D.ai | 6D.ai develops application programming interfaces (APIs) for the Augmented Reality (AR) Cloud. 6D.ai offers 3D computer vision for spatial computing. The company focuses on infinite scale and real-time 3D reconstruction of the world on mobile sensors. |  | Seed | Mar 29, 2018 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Chang Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chang-com-0014) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [General Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-catalyst-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Oxford Science Enterprises](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oxford-science-enterprises) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Oxford Science Enterprises](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oxford-sciences-innovation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Floodgate

VC Fund · Palo Alto, United States

Floodgate Fund is a venture capital firm that focuses on early stage investments in technology companies. It was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

5 contacts available at Floodgate.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ryan Walsh | Advisor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ryan-walsh |
| Ann Miura-Ko | Co-Founder & Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ann-miura-ko |
| Arjun Chopra | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arjun-chopra-2 |
| Carly Malatskey | Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carly-malatskey |
| Iris Choi | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/iris-choi |

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## FAQ

### What does Ryan Walsh invest in?

Ryan Walsh invests primarily in Apps, Big Data and Computer Vision startups, most often at 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.

### How do I contact Ryan Walsh?

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### When did Ryan Walsh last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ryan Walsh closed in Mar 2018. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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