Ryan Darnell

Managing Partner at Max Ventures

📍 United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 15 investments📅 11 years investing🗓 Last invested Feb 2024
VC🌍 United States
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Seed Investor & Board Member
Feb 2024
UnityAI is building intelligent systems of action that help clinicians in hospital settings care for their patients
Seed Investor
Apr 2023
Frontier Inference Clusters
Seed Investor
Aug 2022
Adonis is the leading AI Orchestration platform for RCM, purpose-built for healthcare organizations seeking to transform their revenue operations. Traditional RCM processes often struggle with inefficiencies, costing providers up to 15% or more of their potential revenue. Adonis addresses these challenges by leveraging advanced automation, data science, and AI, including AI Agents that proactively detect issues, recommend tailored actions, and execute resolutions, to create the infrastructure RCM teams need to detect vulnerabilities, optimize workflows, and deploy precise solutions that drive reliable and scalable financial outcomes. Whether identifying issues before they escalate, recommending tailored resolutions, or automating deployment, Adonis creates a seamless, future-proofed approach to RCM, pioneering agentic AI that empowers teams to act faster, smarter, and more autonomously than ever. Discover how Adonis is equipping healthcare providers with smarter, more agile RCM strategies at adonis.io
Co-Founder & Investor
Apr 2022
Get our latest report, The State of AI in RCM 2024 via the link below. Elion is the independent and authoritative intelligence platform for health IT. We are the trusted source for healthcare buyers to discover, evaluate and select the software they need to run their businesses. Our mission is to improve healthcare delivery by enabling healthcare providers to make better, faster technology decisions.
Seed Investor
Nov 2021
Certify is a first-of-its-kind provider intelligence platform, powered by API integrations and hundreds of verified data points. We unlock insights and power performance for clinicians, teams and organizations, with frictionless licensing and enrollment, one-click credentialing and real-time network monitoring at your fingertips.
Co-Founder & Board Member
Jun 2021
Co-founded by Christian Ponder and Jason LaRose, The Post is the only private membership network connecting athletes turned business leaders. https://linktr.ee/thepostteam Membership Includes NETWORK: Gain access to a network built on our past as elite athletes (NCAA, Olympic & professional) and our present as elite leaders. EXPERIENCES: We curate exclusive experiences that inspire, influence, and connect our network of athletes. Including our annual Summit. COACHING: Part of what made us great athletes was the understanding that we always had room to improve and preparation was a determining factor for our success. As leaders we should feel the same way. CLUBHOUSE: Get exclusive access to The Clubhouse (NYC) where you can connect, work, and relax. Apply for Membership at www.thepost.co
early stageThink Tanks
Board Observer
Jul 2020
Vori Health is an all-inclusive health care provider practicing a holistic, integrated approach starting with musculoskeletal care. The organization offers full service physical medicine and rehabilitation medical care, physical therapy, prescriptions, imaging & lab ordering, health coaching, nutritional guidance, community support and premium instructional content. The team consists of carefully selected, board-certified/licensed providers, and provides services that are accessible at the click of a button from the comfort and convenience of a patient’s home. We are different from other virtual companies which offer only physical therapy or physician consultations. We believe a fully integrated approach leveraging the skills of many healthcare professions is optimal to help our members on their journey towards wellness. Vori Health was established to deliver a truly elevated, human-centered, patient care experience through cutting-edge technology, premium content, community, and multidisciplinary care teams.
Co-Founder & Board Member
Jan 2020
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early stageRetail
Co-Founder & Board Member
Jun 2019
Corro is the horse-first destination that gives you all you need to give them all they need. Corro provides best-in-class horse supplies, including products and brands that you know and trust, delivered straight to your barn door. Through quality curation, we stand behind what we sell and provide world-class customer service, the fastest shipping in the market, and the lowest prices to make shopping for your horse even easier. No matter your discipline or level of experience, Corro is your one source for all things horse.
early stageRetail
Board Observer
May 2018
Were Mosaic — and were on a mission to put good food on every table, one plant-based meal at a time. Were serving up delicious, plant-based meals, cooked by hand in our very own kitchen with fresh ingredients, and delivering them straight to your door. No shopping, prep, or cleanup required. Its the easiest–and yummiest– way to eat more veggies.
Seed Investor
Apr 2018
Sana is an AI lab building superintelligence for work. We believe organizations can accomplish their missions faster when humans can effortlessly access knowledge, automate repetitive work, and learn anything with the help of agentic AI. As part of Workday, we are committed to building AI that augments humans. Come and do your life’s work: sanalabs.com/careers Offices Stockholm London NYC Products Sana Learn — AI-native learning platform Sana Agents — All-in-one AI platform
Seed Investor
Feb 2018
We are the largest virtual cardiologist practice in the United States serving all 50 states. We are tech-enabled specialty care providing remote diagnostics interpretations, e-consults, virtual visits and cardiology chronic care management programs working with providers, payers and accountable care organizations.
Seed Investor
Oct 2016
K Health, headquarter in New York, is the AI-driven Primary Care company on a mission to give everyone access to high-quality healthcare. Our 24/7 virtual primary care solution is available to millions of people in the U.S. through leading health systems and insurers, as well as through a direct-to-consumer mobile app. The K Health platform includes a clinical grade medical chat and AI predictive models based on large datasets to help physicians optimize diagnosis and treatment, and focus on patient care.
Seed Investor
Mar 2016
At Ollie, we love dogs and the people who love them. It’s this passion that defines Ollie as an innovative pet wellness brand. Our goal is simple: to provide a healthier, easier way to care for our dogs and in turn help them live as long as canine-ly possible. We see every dog as an individual and learn all we can about them in service of their health, happiness, and longevity. We are determined to make healthy, all-natural food more accessible so that every dog can receive the nutrition and care they deserve.  Ollie is backed by top-tier venture capital firms that have also invested in companies like Mirror, Dandy, Package Free, Prose and Glossier. Weve also been covered by Forbes, People Magazine, Insider, Refinery29, The Skimm and many other news outlets. As a member of our growing team, you’ll take part in a company culture that cares deeply about its work and its team members.  Learn more about how Ollie fits into you and your dog’s life at www.myollie.com.
early stageManufacturing
Seed Investor
May 2015
GrubMarket is the AI-powered technology enabler and digital transformer of the American food supply chain industry. It is the first mover of building B2B eCommerce, as well as the first mover of providing Enterprise AI Solutions to the American food supply chain industry. It is one of the largest private food tech companies in the United States and the world.
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Investments (11)
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2024
Seed Investor & Board Member
Feb 2024
UnityAI is building intelligent systems of action that help clinicians in hospital settings care for their patients
2023
Seed Investor
Apr 2023
Frontier Inference Clusters
2022
Seed Investor
Aug 2022
Adonis is the leading AI Orchestration platform for RCM, purpose-built for healthcare organizations seeking to transform their revenue operations. Traditional RCM processes often struggle with inefficiencies, costing providers up to 15% or more of their potential revenue. Adonis addresses these challenges by leveraging advanced automation, data science, and AI, including AI Agents that proactively detect issues, recommend tailored actions, and execute resolutions, to create the infrastructure RCM teams need to detect vulnerabilities, optimize workflows, and deploy precise solutions that drive reliable and scalable financial outcomes. Whether identifying issues before they escalate, recommending tailored resolutions, or automating deployment, Adonis creates a seamless, future-proofed approach to RCM, pioneering agentic AI that empowers teams to act faster, smarter, and more autonomously than ever. Discover how Adonis is equipping healthcare providers with smarter, more agile RCM strategies at adonis.io
Co-Founder & Investor
Apr 2022
Get our latest report, The State of AI in RCM 2024 via the link below. Elion is the independent and authoritative intelligence platform for health IT. We are the trusted source for healthcare buyers to discover, evaluate and select the software they need to run their businesses. Our mission is to improve healthcare delivery by enabling healthcare providers to make better, faster technology decisions.
2021
Seed Investor
Nov 2021
Certify is a first-of-its-kind provider intelligence platform, powered by API integrations and hundreds of verified data points. We unlock insights and power performance for clinicians, teams and organizations, with frictionless licensing and enrollment, one-click credentialing and real-time network monitoring at your fingertips.
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