Ryan Swagar, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Hinge Capital (formerly Venture51). See sector focus and contact routes.
Ryan Swagar, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Hinge Capital (formerly Venture51), invests primarily in seed and early-stage high-technology companies with an average initial check of $750,000 (ranging $500K–$1M) across sectors like fintech, digital health, edtech, and frontier technology. His notable portfolio includes breakout companies such as Ripple, Dollar Shave Club, Bird, eToro, and ClassPass, with the firm backing seven companies valued over $1 billion. Swagar’s distinctive thesis centers on a platform-driven "1/2 Startup, 1/2 VC" model that provides founders with operational support from operators, data scientists, and engineers alongside capital to solve hard technological problems.
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