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Ryan is a startup founder turned investor with a passion for innovation and storytelling. He joined Render Capital as a venture partner April of 2025 after managing a family office for 5 years.
In 2010, he and his sister embarked on a documentary journey from Alaska to Argentina, tackling big issues post-financial crisis. Sponsored by Timberland and distributed by Participant Media, Huffington Post, and Fast Company, their project sparked conversations across continents.
He later co-founded LQD, reimagining urban technology with Frog Design—leading to Verizon’s acquisition in 2016. Now, as Managing Director of a Nashville-based family office (GRA), he invests in early-stage startups across multiple sectors. A world traveler (50+ countries) and former resident of NYC, LA, Miami, and Lisbon, Ryan brings a global perspective to entrepreneurship & venture.
He has been a featured speaker at various TechStar's StartUp weeks, SIM Conference / StartUp Portugal, as well as a variety of Universities: Columbia, The New School, USC, Vanderbilt, Xavier, Belmont, Univ. of Miami..etc In addition, he has been featured in a variety of publications including: Fast Company, Mashable, TakePart, Huffington Post, & Oprah Radio alongside my sister in relation to our Alaska to Argentina web-series.
Current Personal Portfolio includes the following companies :
PodChaser, Circuit, Density, PeakMetrics, Plant Baby (Kiki Milk), SunBird Messaging, Cornbread Hemp, Stakeholder Labs, UnSettled, Hello Divorce & AdCritter.
Render Capital Portfolio link: https://www.render.capital/portfolio
Feel free to Reach out - RyanBrown411@gmail.com 
Bart is an experienced founder and executive in the ever changing tech industry. Bart has founded 6 startups, raised over $20M, acquired 3 companies, and had 5 exits. Today Bart is the Founder of ConnectBlue, and the CEO of CrowdBlue. He is also the Chairman of Countable Corp., and works as an advisor and investor in several startups, board member and volunteer with several non-profits, and actively working on a next generation solution to digital democracy in the US and world-wide.
Bart founded Countable(acquired by EV3 in 2024), SideReel (acquired by Rovi in 2011), All Media Group (acquired in 2013), and recently Countable Services Group.
Bart started his career with IBM in their Global Services Group, after receiving a degree in International Studies and Political Science from Evergreen State College in Washington, where he also serves as an advisor. 
I’m a founder, operator, and investor with 15+ years of experience building and scaling B2B technology companies. I specialize in early-stage growth—from zero-to-one through international scale—and bring a unique blend of technical fluency, business acumen, and creative leadership to every team I join.
In 2015, I founded Luster. I served as CEO and together with my two co-founders, we developed a portfolio of 5 software + hardware products to create engagement between brands and consumers at live events. Our clients included Fortune 500 companies, non-profits, government, universities and major league sports and scaled the company from concept to $30mm in revenue while implementing an international partnership program to expand on-the-ground operations into 35 countries. Along the way, we built a diverse team of 70 exceptional people.
In 2021, as a Sloan Fellow at MIT, I focused on deep tech and artificial intelligence start-ups. While there, I co-founded milemark•capital to invest into diverse teams building AI companies emerging from the MIT and Harvard ecosystems. I continue to advise founders on fundraising, go-to-market strategy, operations, hiring, and product.
I began my career as a software engineer, earning a BS/MS in Computer Science & Engineering before working at a research lab at IBM and on the LATAM trading desk of Goldman Sachs. Today, I bring that technical foundation to my work as an investor and operator—partnering with technical leaders to shape vision, build teams, and scale category-defining products. 
