Ryan Sean Adams is a Co-founder of Bankless, a cryptocurrency media brand and community that focuses on educating and empowering individuals to navigate the decentralized financial landscape. ^[1][2]

Education

Adams attended Brock University where he studied for a BA, Honors in Business Administration. ^[2]

Career

Ryan Adams began his career as a Vice President and Principal of Vivus Software from 2003 to 2009. He was also the Vice President of Sales at Meddius, a startup focused on improving patient care by helping organizations make healthcare information universally accessible. In 2016, he joined Premier Inc. as Vice President for Integrated Platform & Analytics. ^[1][2]

In November 2017, he founded Mythos Capital, an investment company that holds, keeps, and makes cryptoassets. ^[2]

Bankless

Adams founded Bankless Media alongside David Hoffman in September 2020. Bankless is a cryptocurrency media brand and community that focuses on educating and empowering individuals to navigate the decentralized financial landscape. ^[3]

He’s an open finance maximalist who propagates the message of financial sovereignty. His mission is to help onboard the first billion people to crypto through memes, media, and education. ^[4]

Bankless Ventures

Ryan Adams is also a crypto investor. In April 2023, he started a venture fund called Bankless Ventures with David Hoffman. ^[5]

"The relationships we’ve (Hoffman & Adams) built through the podcast have helped us meet more and more pioneers with a shared vision for crypto’s ultimate potential. Through our angel investments, Ryan and I have helped finance small teams that eventually grew to become pillars of the crypto industry.

We’ve been fortunate that the growing network of Bankless has given us access to a substantial amount of dealflow, and it’s become much more than two individuals can handle." - the team said in a blogpost^[5]

In May 2023, Bankless Venture reportedly raised a $35 million venture capital fund to invest in seed-stage Web3 companies. The fund is a separate legal entity from the Bankless podcast but shares its brand. One venture capital source told CoinDesk the platform and investing arm combo would mean “incredible deal flow” for the nascent VC. ^[6]

The Bankless Ventures team includes the hosts, Ryan Sean Adams & David Hoffman, Ben Lakoff, Kimberly Adams, and Brent Matterson. Advisors of the venture fund include Justin Drake and Anthony Sassano. ^[5]