Ryan Junee

Chief Executive Officer

About

Ryan Junee is the founder and CEO of Quintessential Ventures, a holding company and venture studio for high growth online businesses. Ryan co-founded 4 technology companies over the last 20 years, two have been acquired, one flamed out, and one currently has a 9 figure valuation. He also co-founded the venture capital firm Electric Ant, and was previously a part-time partner at Y Combinator, the world’s most prestigious startup accelerator. When he worked at Google he managed teams building the consumer-facing aspects of YouTube. Ryan dropped out of the PhD program in Electrical Engineering at Stanford to pursue his passion for high technology startups. He holds a Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford, as well as Bachelor’s degrees in Computer Engineering, Finance and Commercial Law from the University of Sydney.

Country

United States

City

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

Industry

Computer Software

Skill

Holding Companies, Product Management, Start-ups, Business Development, Product Marketing, Strategic Partnerships, Business Strategy, Entrepreneurship, Mobile Devices, Mobile Applications, Product Development, Cloud Computing, E-commerce, Analytics, Management, Marketing Communications, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Online Marketing, SaaS

Experience

Chief Executive Officer

Quintessential Ventures

2023-1 - Present · 3 yrs 9 mos

United States

Managing Partner

Electric Ant

2021-3 - Present · 5 yrs 7 mos

Early-stage VC fund Investing in tech across all industries

Co-Founder and Board Member

Ostro

2019-2 - Present · 7 yrs 8 mos

Acquired by Veeva Systems Using AI in life sciences to imprrove the patient journey

Founder & Board Member

CAI Parsable

2013-5 - 2024-9 · 11 yrs 5 mos

San Francisco Bay Area

Acquired by CAI Software. The first true connected worker platform for industrial teams. Powering the work of global Fortune 500 industrial companies, building the things that matter. http://parsable.com

Part-Time Partner

Y Combinator

2017-2 - 2018-6 · 1 yr 5 mos

Founding Partner

Startmate

2010-10 - 2013-10 · 3 yrs 1 mo

Sydney, Australia

Sourcing and vetting startups, advising/mentoring startups particularly on their transition to the US and raising money in silicon valley.

CEO and Founder

Inporia

2010-10 - 2013-3 · 2 yrs 6 mos

San Francisco Bay Area

Built several web and mobile commerce products focused on the fashion vertical. The leading product, Kaleidoscope, grew to over 1M downloads.

Mentor

500 Global

2010-9 - 2013-2 · 2 yrs 6 mos

San Francisco Bay Area

Product Manager

Google

2008-7 - 2009-10 · 1 yr 4 mos

Responsible for a variety of consumer focused features at YouTube

CEO and Founder

Omnisio (acquired by Google)

2007-10 - 2008-7 · 10 mos

(Acquired by Google/YouTube) Online video editing platform

Education

Stanford University

Electrical Engineering

2003-9 - 2005-3 · 1 yr 7 mos

Specialising in strategy for high-tech entrepreneurial ventures. Coursework from the department of Electrical Engineering, the department of Management Science and Engineering, and the Stanford Graduate School of Business.