About Ashley

Ashley Ryder is a Partner at VamosVentures, an early-stage venture capital fund investing in diverse teams across Healthcare, FinTech, Future of Work, and Sustainability. She’s led some of the fund’s top deals including Fundamental Research Labs, Clarity Pediatrics, and Handspring Health. Ashley began her career at Morgan Stanley in Capital Markets before taking on strategic roles at Y Combinator startup Shoptiques.com, Saks Fifth Avenue, and Estée Lauder where she helped build innovative consumer technologies. Before joining VamosVentures, Ashley worked at funds such as Brand Foundry Ventures, Founders Factory, and Dorm Room Fund where she focused on the Commerce, FinTech, and Healthcare verticals. She’s driven by the conviction that investing in overlooked founders isn’t only socially imperative — it’s financially astute. She’s passionate about building a more inclusive tech ecosystem and, given her work in the space, has won many accolades including NYC Fintech Women’s Inspiring Money Mover FinTech Female (2022), NextGen’s VC Rising Star (2022), Alpha Partner’s VC Rising Star (2022), Negocios Now’s NY Latinos 40 Under 40 (2023), and Forum Ventures’ Top Founder-First Investors (2024). She’s a proud Puerto Rican Turk, immigrant daughter, and native New Yorker. She holds a B.A. from Brown University and an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management.