Partner
Ryan Holmes
Co-Founder & General Partner, LOI Venture
- Firm
- LOI Venture
- Title
- Co-Founder & General Partner
- Role
- General partner
- Known as
- Investor
Record updated 21 September 2026
About
Ryan is the founder of Hootsuite. He started the company in 2008 and has helped grow it from a startup idea into the world’s most widely used social relationship platform, with 18 million-plus users. A serial entrepreneur who started his first business in high school, Ryan supports youth entrepreneurship through his charity, League of Innovators. Ryan is the author of Saving Social: The Dysfunctional Past and Promising Future of Social Media, as well as the Amazon-best-selling guide to social media for leaders, The $4 Billion Tweet. He shares his insights in Forbes, Fast Company and Inc. and ranks as a global influencer on LinkedIn.
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