# Ryan Caldbeck, Lecturer at CircleUp

> Ryan Caldbeck, Lecturer at CircleUp. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/ryan-caldbeck (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

San Francisco, US · Angel

# Ryan Caldbeck

Lecturer at [CircleUp Growth Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/circleup-growth-partners)

Profile summary

- **Rounds named:** - none observed
- **Filings:** 4 with regulators
- **Podcasts:** 5 +5 mentions

What this record rests on

- **Named in rounds** No round names them yet
- ✓ **On filings** 4 filings with a regulator
- ✓ **Linked to a firm** At CircleUp Growth Partners
- **Claimed** Not claimed yet

Titles come from filings their firm signed.

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## The firm

[**CircleUp Growth Partners** VC firm · US **0** cheques in 12 months **12** all time **1** led quiet](https://millionrounds.com/fund/circleup-growth-partners)

## Companies they are listed as backing

Portfolio

- Isopure
- Zukes

## Where they are named on record

Filings

- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fund **[CircleUp Growth Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/circleup-growth-partners)** Managing Director of the General Partner of the Issuer on 2 filings · since 2017
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fund **[Brooklyn Food & Beverage Circle](https://millionrounds.com/fund/brooklyn-food-and-beverage-circle)** Manager of Circles GP, LLC, Managing Director of CircleUp Advisors, LLC since 2015
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fund **[FOODTECH ANGELS](https://millionrounds.com/fund/foodtech-angels)** Manager since 2015
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fund **[Circle Up](https://millionrounds.com/fund/circle-up)** Manager of the General Partner of the Issuer on 2 filings · since 2014

Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date.

## Also at CircleUp Growth Partners

- [**Patrick Robinson** Managing Director *1 round*](https://millionrounds.com/person/patrick-robinson)
- [**Aditi Dash** Partner *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/aditi-dash)
- [**Alison Ryu** Managing Director *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/alison-ryu)
- [**Benjamin Lee** Managing Director *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/benjamin-lee)
- [**Carolyn Simmons** Partner *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/carolyn-simmons)
- [**Emma Stubbs** Product Strategy *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/emma-stubbs)
- [**Karen Howland** Chief Financial Officer *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/karen-howland)
- [**Trevor Rechnitz** Principal *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/trevor-rechnitz)

## Hear them before you pitch them

- [This Week in Startups](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/this-week-in-startups) · 20 Nov 2020 · 60 min E1141: CircleUp's Ryan Caldbeck on the mental & physical toll of being a founder, why he stepped down as CEO & shared his struggle publicly With [Ryan Caldbeck](https://millionrounds.com/person/ryan-caldbeck) About this episode Read Ryan's Medium post: https://rb.gy/zep70h Check out CircleUp: https://circleup.com FOLLOW Ryan: https://twitter.com/ryan_caldbeck FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [Village Global Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/village-global) · 21 Mar 2019 · 49 min The Future of CPG and Mental Health in Silicon Valley with Ryan Caldbeck With [Ryan Caldbeck](https://millionrounds.com/person/ryan-caldbeck) About this episode Erik is joined on this episode by Ryan Caldbeck (@ryan_caldbeck), co-founder and CEO of CircleUp. Ryan starts out by explaining how he got started in CPG and the mission of CircleUp. He talks about why some VCs don't realize that the market is worth paying attention to and some of their biases when… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) · 2 Nov 2018 · 35 min 20VC: Ryan Caldbeck on Why The Business Model of VC is Broken, Who is To Blame, How The Best Funds Will Use Data Intelligently Moving Forward & Whether We Are In A Consumer Bubble Or Not? With [Ryan Caldbeck](https://millionrounds.com/person/ryan-caldbeck) Mentions [Canaan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/canaan-partners)[Collaborative Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/collaborative-fund)[TSG Consumer Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tsg-consumer-partners) About this episode Ryan Caldbeck is the Founder & CEO @ CircleUp, the startup creating a transparent and efficient market to drive innovation for consumer brands. To date, Ryan has raised over $50m with CircleUp from some friends and prior guests of the show including USV, Collaborative Fund and Canaan Partners… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [Invest Like the Best](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/invest-like-the-best) · 30 Oct 2018 · 1h 12m Ryan Caldbeck – Quant in Private Markets - [Invest Like the Best, EP.110] With [Ryan Caldbeck](https://millionrounds.com/person/ryan-caldbeck) Mentions [Circle Up](https://millionrounds.com/fund/circle-up) About this episode My guest this week is Ryan Caldbeck, a private equity investor who wants to bring quantitative rigor to the private markets. Ryan is the CEO of Circle Up, which uses a system it calls Helio to identify attractive investments in early stage consumer brands. While I am of course a fan of… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) · 12 Feb 2016 · 25 min 20VC FF 035: Why Crowdfunding Is Not Right For Tech Startups with Ryan Caldbeck @ CircleUp With [Ryan Caldbeck](https://millionrounds.com/person/ryan-caldbeck) Mentions [Canaan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/canaan-partners)[Maveron](https://millionrounds.com/fund/maveron)[TSG Consumer Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tsg-consumer-partners) About this episode Ryan Caldbeck is the Founder & CEO @ CircleUp, the online investing platform that allows you to invest in innovative consumer companies. They have raised funding from some of the best including USV, Maveron and Canaan Partners (all past guests). Before Ryan founded CircleUp, he worked in… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page

### Mentioned in

Episodes that name Ryan Caldbeck in their description, which is not the same as being on them.

- [This Week in Startups](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/this-week-in-startups) · 21 Nov 2020 · 19 min Best of This Week in Startups: Week of November 16th, 2020 Mentions [Brian Gannon](https://millionrounds.com/person/brian-gannon)[Ryan Caldbeck](https://millionrounds.com/person/ryan-caldbeck) About this episode E1139 featuring Loop's Brian Gannon: https://rb.gy/6cgsyn E1140 featuring Dishcraft Robotics' Linda Pouliot: https://rb.gy/17iftk E1141 featuring CircleUp's Ryan Caldbeck: https://rb.gy/9mntnq E1142 Emergency Pod!: https://rb.gy/mmmn7d More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [Invest Like the Best](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/invest-like-the-best) · 17 Dec 2019 · 1h 8m Ben Savage – All Things Fintech Investing - [Invest Like the Best, EP.152] With [Ben Savage](https://millionrounds.com/person/ben-savage) Mentions [Ryan Caldbeck](https://millionrounds.com/person/ryan-caldbeck) About this episode My guest today is Ben Savage, a partner at Clocktower ventures. Ben is focused on financial technology, fintech, investing which is the topic of our conversation. I’ve been making the fintech is rounds of late, and plan on making a few of these conversations public. Ben is the first in what may be… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [The a16z Show](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/a16z) · 16 Feb 2019 · 48 min a16z Podcast: Who's Down with CPG, DTC? (And Micro-Brands Too?) Mentions [Jeff Jordan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jeff-jordan)[Ryan Caldbeck](https://millionrounds.com/person/ryan-caldbeck) About this episode with Ryan Caldbeck (@ryan_caldbeck), Jeff Jordan (@jeff_jordan), and Sonal Chokshi (@smc90) It's clear that all kinds of commerce companies and consumer products have been disrupted -- or enabled -- by tech. Yet for certain categories, like consumer packaged goods (CPG), it seems like tech hasn't… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [Invest Like the Best](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/invest-like-the-best) · 15 Jan 2019 · 59 min Michael Duda – Investing In Brands - [Invest Like the Best, EP.117] With [Michael Duda](https://millionrounds.com/person/michael-duda) Mentions [Citibank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/citi)[Google](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-assistant-investments)[Ryan Caldbeck](https://millionrounds.com/person/ryan-caldbeck) About this episode My guest this week is Michael Duda, and the topic of our conversation is the role that brand plays in business and investing. Michael has worked on and invested in a wide-range of brands including Birchbox, Casper, Harry's, Citibank, DirecTV, Google, TripAdvisor, Under Armour and vineyard vines.… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) · 7 Nov 2016 · 30 min 20VC: Binary's Justin Caldbeck on Specialisation Being Key To Success In VC, The Biggest Problem In VC Today and Why The Future Is A Moneyless Barter Economy With [Justin Caldbeck](https://millionrounds.com/person/justin-caldbeck) Mentions [Bain Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bain-capital)[Bain Capital Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bain-capital-ventures)[Binary Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/binary-capital)[Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners)[Ryan Caldbeck](https://millionrounds.com/person/ryan-caldbeck) About this episode Justin Caldbeck is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Binary Capital, one of Silicon Valley's leading early stage funds focussed on the consumer space with $300m AUM. Prior to founding Binary, Ryan was a Managing Director @ Lightspeed Venture Partners where he made investments in the likes of… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page

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