Ryan Sells

Pear VC • William & Mary

Partner at Pear VC – zero to one operator turned zero to one investor. Backing category defining founders from inception.Prev: Co-Founder & GP at Dash Fund. First GTM hire + revenue lead at Turnstile, Pipe, and Second Measure. Spent some time at Bloomberg in between. Started at JPMorgan. Kicked soccer balls while studying finance & history at William & Mary.

firstround.com

bloomberg.com

jpmorgan.com

secondmeasure.com

pear.vc

dashfund.co

pipe.com

San Francisco, California, United States

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ryansells

Experience

Partner

Pear VC

• www.linkedin.com/company/pear-vc

• Full-time

Jan 2025 - Present

Co-Founder & GP

Dash Fund

• www.linkedin.com/company/dashfund

Jan 2020 - Present

San Francisco

Advisor

Turnstile

• www.linkedin.com/company/turnstile-co

• Part-time

Jul 2025 - Present

VP, Revenue

Turnstile

• www.linkedin.com/company/turnstile-co

Jan 2024 - Jul 2025

San Francisco

First Round First Hires, GTM

First Round Capital

• www.linkedin.com/company/first-round-capital

Jan 2024 - Dec 2024

San Francisco

Head of Data Strategy & Partnerships, Office of the CTO

Bloomberg LP

• www.linkedin.com/company/bloomberg

Jan 2021 - Dec 2023

San Francisco

VP, Revenue

Pipe

• www.linkedin.com/company/pipetechnologies

Jan 2020 - Dec 2021

San Francisco

Ryan Sells

Pear VC • William & Mary

firstround.com

bloomberg.com

jpmorgan.com

secondmeasure.com

pear.vc

dashfund.co

pipe.com

San Francisco, California, United States