Ryan Holmes

Investment Partner , Angel

Overview

Gender
male
Investor Type
Investment Partner,Angel

Ryan Holmes is the CEO and Founder of HootSuite. Thought leader, dog lover and serial entrepreneur, he has redefined the face of social media - bringing Twitter, Facebook and other social networks out of the dorm room and into the boardroom.

Holmes has grown HootSuite from a lean startup to a global leader in social media with 8 million users, including 79 of the Fortune 100 companies. A college drop-out, he started a paintball company and pizza restaurant before founding Invoke Media, the company that developed HootSuite in 2009.

Today, Holmes is an authority on the social business revolution, quoted in The New York Times and Wall Street Journal and called upon to speak at TEDx and SXSW Interactive Conferences. An angel investor and advisor, he mentors startups in Canada and around the world. Through HootSuite University, Holmes partners with major universities to deliver social media coursework to the next generation of business leaders.

Personal Investments

Number of Investments
3
Ryan Holmes has made 3 investments. Their most recent investment was on Jul 9, 2013, when Funnel raised $1.50M.
Date Company Name Round Money Raised Industry
Sep 27, 2017 Klue Seed $4M Artificial Intelligence Detail
Jan 22, 2015 Chalk Pre-seed $505K Analytics Detail
Jul 9, 2013 Funnel Seed $1.50M Cloud Data Services Detail

Jobs

Number of Current Jobs
3
Ryan Holmes has 3 current jobs including Chairman and Co-founder at Hootsuite , Chairman at Hootsuite and Member of the Board of Directors at Hootsuite .
Organization Name Title At Company Start Date End Date
Hootsuite Chairman and Co-founder Jun 1, 2020 Detail
Hootsuite Chairman Detail
Hootsuite Member of the Board of Directors Detail