Ryan McKillen

US SailGP Team (Co-Owner & Chairman), Mecha (Founding Partner), ex-Uber (engineer & 3rd employee), recovered CPA

📍 United States🔄 Updated October 2026💼 5 investments📅 7 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2026
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Board Member
Jan 2026
Aescape is a New York–based technology company building the future of recovery. Through intelligent, precision bodywork, Aescape delivers personalized experiences that adapt to every body—turning recovery into a consistent, outcomes-driven practice so people can move better, recover faster, and feel their best every day. By combining real-time body intelligence, advanced robotics, and proprietary software designed to improve with every session, Aescape transforms recovery from an occasional service into a scalable, measurable system—setting a new standard for modern wellness. Aescape powers recovery across leading fitness, hospitality, and wellness environments, including Equinox, Life Time, Marriott, Hilton, Pause Studios, and Remedy Place, and is backed by Valor Equity Partners, BroadLight Capital, and Mecha Ventures.
Board Member
Dec 2021
Fishtail empowers freight forwarders to finance the movement and procurement of goods – for small and medium businesses (SMBs) around the world - either by arranging extended payment terms through the financing of freight or by financing the goods themselves. Specializing in financing Purchase Orders for small businesses in emerging markets, Fishtail solves the $2tn working capital gap in trade finance.
Board Member
Sep 2021
Volley designs parking technology and infrastructure that adapts alongside the built environment allowing structures to be fully automated and reclaimed and refurbished in the future.
mid stageReal Estate
Board Member
May 2021
Dockwa is a two-sided marketplace connecting boaters and marinas. Through Dockwa, marinas can run their entire operation while gaining access to the hundreds of thousands of boaters using our free reservation app. Boaters can more quickly find and book both long-term and transient slips spending less time planning and more out on the water. Dockwa is part of The Wanderlust Group, a collection of brands that includes Dockwa, Marinas.com and Campouts, all focused on getting more people to spend time outdoors connected with nature and each other. Boaters: Dock simply on dockwa.com or on our iOS and Android app: dockwa.com/download. Marinas: Get a demo at marinas.dockwa.com/demo
Founding Board Member & 1st Investor
May 2019
Chronosphere, a Palo Alto Networks Company, is the observability platform built for control in the modern, containerized world. We empower customers to focus on the data and insights that matter by reducing data complexity, optimizing costs, and remediating issues faster. Our Observability Platform reduces data volumes and associated costs by 60% on average while saving developers thousands of hours. Our Fluent Bit-based Telemetry Pipeline product optimizes and simplifies observability and security log data. The product transforms logs at the source and routes them to any destination without lock-in. Recognized as a leader by major analyst firms, Chronosphere is trusted by the world’s most innovative brands, including Snap, Robinhood, DoorDash, and Zillow. Learn more at Chronosphere.io.
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Board Member
Jan 2026
Aescape is a New York–based technology company building the future of recovery. Through intelligent, precision bodywork, Aescape delivers personalized experiences that adapt to every body—turning recovery into a consistent, outcomes-driven practice so people can move better, recover faster, and feel their best every day. By combining real-time body intelligence, advanced robotics, and proprietary software designed to improve with every session, Aescape transforms recovery from an occasional service into a scalable, measurable system—setting a new standard for modern wellness. Aescape powers recovery across leading fitness, hospitality, and wellness environments, including Equinox, Life Time, Marriott, Hilton, Pause Studios, and Remedy Place, and is backed by Valor Equity Partners, BroadLight Capital, and Mecha Ventures.
2025
Founding Partner
May 2025
Mecha is an investment firm built around a single conviction: robotics will upend the global economy. We acquire and scale legacy businesses through aggressive adoption of physical AI and robotic automation.
2023
Co-Owner & Chairman
Nov 2023
A young, talented team of Americans competing to win the fastest sailing series ever created in the most technological race boat ever conceived.
2021
Board Member
Dec 2021
Fishtail empowers freight forwarders to finance the movement and procurement of goods – for small and medium businesses (SMBs) around the world - either by arranging extended payment terms through the financing of freight or by financing the goods themselves. Specializing in financing Purchase Orders for small businesses in emerging markets, Fishtail solves the $2tn working capital gap in trade finance.
Board Member
Sep 2021
Volley designs parking technology and infrastructure that adapts alongside the built environment allowing structures to be fully automated and reclaimed and refurbished in the future.
mid stageReal Estate
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