Ryan Baird

Ryan Baird is the CEO of LYKA, a previous company of HOVER. Ryan has also worked with GWC Inc, where they were a venture partner for the GWC Innovator Fund. Their primary investors were Qualcomm, Cheetah Mobile, Sequoia China, and CVCs & UHNW from China. Ryan has helped to invest in companies such as Xiaopeng Motors, FriendlyData, Tapzo, Goqii, and GrubMarket. Ryan has co-invested with Lightspeed, Matrix, Shunwei, GGV Capital, NFX, StartX, Mark Cuban, YC, NEA, Kalaari, Gree Ventures, General Catalyst, Bloomberg Beta, Neeraj Aurora, IDG, 500, Sequoia, American Express Ventures, Walt Disney, Fidelity Investments, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Venrock, Boost, Alibaba, IDG, Morningside, Shea Ventures, Dorm Room Fund (First Round), Foxconn, AME Cloud Ventures, Fosun, and founders of Tata, Paytm and Wework. Baird has also led the global organization of G-Startup Worldwide and Cross-Boarder Venture Summit.

Ryan Baird has a Bachelor's Degree in Business Marketing from San Jose State University. Ryan also has a certification from LinkedIn in 15 Secrets Successful People Know About Time Management (getAbstract Summary). Additionally, they have a certification from LinkedIn in Designing Emotion: How To Use Design To Move People.

Some individuals on their team include Sophia Nguyen - President, Global Corporate Development, Andrew Kanan - SVP, Sales, and Marie Aguirre - Head of eCommerce.