Ryan Kuder

Ryan is Managing Director at Techstars, the global startup ecosystem that helps entrepreneurs succeed. He currently runs Techstars San Diego powered by San Diego State University. Previously he launched and ran the Qualcomm Robotics Accelerator powered by Techstars, in San Diego; the Virgin Media Accelerator powered by Techstars, in London; and most recently launched and ran Techstars Anywhere, Techstars’ first virtual accelerator, for six years. With Techstars, Ryan has invested in over 100 promising early stage technology startups and mentored many more. As a 20+ year tech veteran, including stints as founder of several startups, and a senior executive at several others, Ryan has spent the majority of his career building startups from the ground up and has experienced all stages of the entrepreneurship lifecycle from two co- founders with a dream to multi-hundred million dollar exits. Prior to joining Techstars, Ryan was VP of Marketing for San Diego based ecoATM, makers of the robotic phone recycling kiosk, which was acquired by Outerwall. Ryan was also a founder at Neighborsville, Hi.Im, and Give2Schools, which all crashed and burned spectacularly. He previously held marketing and product roles at Yahoo, eBay, and Vodafone. He graduated from Georgetown University and is a Fellow in the Aspen Institute Business and Society program. He lives in Encinitas, CA with his wife, three kids, a cat and a puggle and is a fan of fish tacos and the San Diego Padres.