Before he founded CircleUp, Ryan Caldbeck worked in consumer product and retail-focused private equity at TSG Consumer Partners and Encore Consumer Capital. His experience in private equity exposed him to many great consumer and retail businesses that were too small to obtain funding through the customary private equity channels. As a result, he decided to make funding available to these small and promising companies through CircleUp.
Ryan received his MBA from Stanford and BA from Duke. He holds Series 24, 63, and 82 licenses. If you have a 15 minute conversation with him, you will learn that he grew up in Vermont, which explains his love of cheddar cheese and maple syrup.