Cliff Ryan

Cliff Ryan has spent his career investing in and working with entrepreneurs in the global energy and technology industries. Cliff was previously a Managing Director with Riverstone Holdings, a private equity firm with over $40 billion under management across energy and infrastructure markets, where he worked for over a decade. At Riverstone, Cliff was involved with sourcing, structuring, and negotiating transactions entailing over $25 billion of value and represented Riverstone on the boards of twelve portfolio companies. Cliff started his career in the investment banking division of Credit Suisse focused on M&A and leveraged finance in the global power and renewable sectors.

Throughout his career, Cliff has been an extensive early and growth-stage investor in many leading energy and technology companies as manager of Create Holdings. He was formerly an Advisor to LearnVest, a financial software company which was acquired in 2015 by Northwestern Mutual. Cliff has also served as an Executive in Residence for Energy Impact Partners.

Cliff is a graduate of Harvard College with an AB in Economics with Honors. He lives in New York City with his wife, Alexa von Tobel, a serial entrepreneur and venture capitalist, and their three children.