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Alison Ryu

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Smart Money Rating: 94 out of 100

Partner, Able Partners

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Able Partners
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Record updated 4 October 2026

About

Alison has more than a decade of investing experience across consumer and healthcare. Prior to Able, Alison was a General Partner at CircleUp Growth Partners where she led investments in early stage consumer brands. Before CircleUp, Alison was a Vice President at TSG Consumer where she invested in consumer and retail brands and worked closely with the e-commerce investments in their portfolio. She spent a year as an operator on the executive team of Backcountry, one of the TSG portfolio companies. Prior to TSG, Alison worked in investment banking at J.P. Morgan in the Consumer & Retail Group. Alison has served on the Board of Directors of Kosas Cosmetics, The Coconut Cult and Nutpods. She holds a B.A. in Economics from Harvard University

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