Ryan Li

Ryan Li is an Investor at Deep Ventures based in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he focuses on pre-seed and seed-stage investments in deep technology. Before joining the firm in 2023, he served as an investor at Initialized Capital and earned a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Stanford University. Across his venture capital career, Li has successfully built a portfolio comprising more than 20 companies, including notable early-stage investments in enterprise software platforms like Retool. He recently led a funding round for an artificial intelligence coding assistant startup in the first quarter of 2025 and presented on frontier technology trends at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024. His current investment strategy centers on bridging complex technical innovation with highly scalable business models across the artificial intelligence, machine learning, climate technology, and developer tools sectors.