Ryan Hoover

@rrhoover
Founder @ Product Hunt & Investor @ Weekend Fund
LA/Miami

Founder

Investor

Advisor

Writer

Product Management

Community Manager

Professional Music Consumer

Startup Enthusiast

Remote Worker

Hi! I'm the founder of Product Hunt and investor at Weekend Fund. Glad to be here. 😊

I grew up in a college town named Eugene, started my tech career in San Francisco, and now work remotely in sunny Los Angeles and Miami.

I'm open to

brainstorming,

investing,

beta testing new products,

and advising companies.

Contact Me

Resume

Apr 2017 - Present

Investor, Weekend Fund

Oct 2013 - Present

Founder, Product Hunt

Links

Personal Site

Portfolio

https://twitter.com/rrhoover/status/1420861192617201672

https://twitter.com/rrhoover/status/516635078102106112

https://www.nirandfar.com/hooked/

Weekend Fund

We just closed Weekend Fund 3 Our latest early-stage fund is backed by 350+ operators and founders, a foundation for our upcoming community projects. Here’s how and why we raised from so many (exce...

Weekend Fund's Community Raise Vedika and I announced Weekend Fund's Community Raise to give more people an opportunity to invest in our next fund. Venture funds are typically very opaque so we're ...

Speaking Engagements

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNMyE1Q5hPI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFsbxEW95Mw

Skip to 35 minutes... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOB4Ot9_jpM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ffo1b4R9k9M

Podcasts

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkOCF_FgfiY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVDHSh0duic

https://thisweekinstartups.com/e28-angel-podcast-ryan-hoover-founder-of-weekend-fund-product-hunt-shares-lessons-from-building-his-early-stage-fund-harnessing-excitement-for-new-markets-betting-on-...

https://anchor.fm/yfm/episodes/13--Ryan-Hoover---The-truth-about-money-e53j9j

Blogposts

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https://www.ryanhoover.me/post/5-years-of-product-hunt

https://www.ryanhoover.me/post/the-search-for-the-weekend-fund-chief-of-staff

https://www.ryanhoover.me/post/finding-the-sweet-spot-with-your-team

https://www.ryanhoover.me/post/the-rise-of-maker-communities

Series A Investments

https://techcrunch.com/2021/07/22/magic-27m-series-a-for-its-plug-and-play-passwordless-tech/

https://www.voiceflow.com/blog/voiceflow-raises-20m-to-build-the-future-of-conversation-design-tooling

Invested in Polywork Polywork just announced their $13M Series A led by my buddy, @sriramk at a16z. I met Polywork's CEO, @multiplay3r, a few months ago to jam on product and community. I’ve never ...

Seed Investments

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https://chartable.com/blog/why-we-raised-15-million-to-build-chartable-and-launch-smartlinks

https://www.modulz.app/blog/modulz-raises-4-million-funding

Around.co https://www.finsmes.com/2020/03/around-raises-5-2m-in-seed-funding.html

https://techcrunch.com/2020/06/17/playbook-a-creator-platform-focused-on-fitness-raises-3-million-in-seed/

Founder Journey

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https://twitter.com/rrhoover/status/1422611559294148609

https://techcrunch.com/2015/02/05/product-hunt-wins-best-new-startup-of-2014/

https://techcrunch.com/2014/09/13/producthunt-raises-6-million-from-a16z/

https://techcrunch.com/2014/08/21/product-hunt-announces-seed-funding-round-launches-ios-app/