Ryan Martens



Board Member, Founder, Investor, and Mentor

Ryan is a serial software and social entrepreneur with more than 30 years of creation and collaboration in the Boulder startup community. With deep expertise in SaaS, Agile product development, Enterprise Lean Startup, and collaboration solutions, he is a skilled technical and business leader who is known for his development of shared vision and collaborative leadership skills. After three startup efforts in the software and technology industry including an IPO as the first public B-Corp and founding of Pledge1%, Ryan’s focus is on climate solutions. He is a board member and investor in cleantech and regenerative agriculture corporations and non-profits. In addition, Ryan works yearly with the Techstars Sustainability Accelerator here at The Nature Conservancy.

Ryan and his family are residents of Colorado and CU Alumni.

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