Ryan Smith

Major OFA donor; founder of Variance Ventures

Ryan Smith lives and works in Salt Lake City, Utah. Ryan has worked in the Venture Capital/Angel Investing space for the past 15 years. Ryan is the founder of Variance Ventures and a partner in startup incubator Boomstartup and mainly invests in the software/hardware space and in health diagnostics. Ryan became involved in progressive political issues via the Obama campaign and has continues to work with groups such as Democracy For America, Organizing For Action and Mew Media Ventures to name a few. Ryan is proud to support the Patriotic Millionaires movement as he sees most issues through the economic lens.

Relationships Interlocks Giving Data

Donations

Organizing for Action Nonprofit organization established to support President Obama in achieving enactment of his national agenda

• Donation · 201,260 USD

Federal Election Campaign Contributions

Generation Forward PAC

• 3 contributions · 105,000 USD (Jun 3 '15→Nov 16 '15)

Senate Majority PAC Democratic SuperPAC that supports Senate candidates

• 1 contribution · 50,000 USD (Aug 29 '14)

Alex Sink

• 3 contributions · 3,600 USD (Feb 13 '14→Feb 26 '14)

Ted Strickland US Representative from Ohio

• 1 contribution · 2,000 USD (Mar 16 '16)

Alison Lundergan Grimes former Kentucky Secretary of State

• 2 contributions · 1,000 USD (Oct 20 '13)

Memberships

Patriotic Millionaires U.S. millionaires against wealth inequality, pushes for the wealthy to pay higher tax rates

• Member