Ryan Petersen - CEO & Founder @ Flexport - Crunchbase Person Profile

Overview

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Primary Job Title CEO & Founder
Primary Organization
Flexport

Location San Francisco, California, United States
Regions San Francisco Bay Area, West Coast, Western US
Gender Male

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Ryan Petersen is the CEO and Founder of Flexport. Prior to starting Flexport to fix the user experience in global trade, Ryan was co-founder and CEO of ImportGenius.com, a data-as-a-service business for global shipping. He holds a degree in economics from the University of California, Berkeley and an MBA from Columbia University.

Personal Investments

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Ryan Petersen

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investments. Their latest investment was

Series A - Nuvo

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Announced Date	Organization Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	Nuvo	—	Series A - Nuvo	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Little Umbrella	—	Seed Round - Little Umbrella	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Teleport	—	Seed Round - Teleport	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	TruckSmarter	—	Series B - TruckSmarter	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Better Stack	—	Series A - Better Stack	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Repool	—	Seed Round - Repool	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Pulley	—	Seed Round - Pulley	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Primer	—	Series A - Primer	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	SESO	—	Series A - SESO	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Luminai	—	Series A - Luminai	obfuscated obfuscation

Exits

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exits. Their most notable exits are

Unbabel

Rossum

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ROOM

Unbabel Unbabel is an IT company that helps businesses deliver multilingual customers thrive across cultures and geographies through AI.
Rossum Rossum is an AI-based cloud document gateway that provides end-to-end transactional document automation.
ROOM ROOM is a startup that specializes in designing modern workspaces.
Playment Playment is a fully managed data labeling platform generating training data for computer vision models at scale.
Parrot Parrot is an AI-first technology company empowering attorneys to get more from depositions.
Newfront Newfront is an insurance company that provides risk control, risk analytics, and benchmarking claims advocacy.
Nearside Nearside provides financial and software services for SMBs.
Naborly Naborly provides ID verification and screening for landlords and tenants.
Meight Meight is a logistics technology company offering software to plan, manage, and optimize freight and transport operations.
Kimono Labs Kimono Labs is an online platform that allows its users to convert their websites into APIs.

Jobs

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Ryan Petersen

has

current jobs as

CEO & Founder

Flexport

and

Managing Director

ImportGenius

. Additionally,

Ryan Petersen

has had

past job as the

Team Member

Experiment

Flexport CEO & FounderApr 2013
ImportGenius Managing Director

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Board and Advisor Roles

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Ryan Petersen

holds

board and advisor roles including

Advisor & Investor

StoryTerrace

Executive Chairman of the Board

Flexport

, and

Investor

1000museums.com

StoryTerrace Advisor & InvestorJan 1, 2015
Flexport Executive Chairman of the BoardApr 2013
1000museums.com InvestorFeb 16, 2013
Built Robotics Board Member
Wevorce Investor
Goldbelly Investor
BuildZoom Advisor

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