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Ryan Shea is Co-Founder at Blockstack, based in New York City, NY, USA.
Ryan Shea co-founded Blockstack and has also been involved with Voterbase, Stacks.
Ryan Shea is a technology entrepreneur, software engineer, and angel investor currently based in New York City. He earned a degree in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University in 2012 and subsequently completed the Y Combinator accelerator program during the summer of 2014. Shea is most recognized as the co-founder of Stacks, previously known as Blockstack, a smart contract blockchain network where he co-led efforts to raise more than $55 million and achieve the first SEC-qualified token offering in 2019. In addition to founding other technology startups such as Voterbase and Passage, the 2017 Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree has established an extensive angel investment portfolio featuring prominent unicorn companies like OpenSea, Mercury, and Anchorage. His professional background and ongoing investment focus remain heavily concentrated on decentralized computing, blockchain infrastructure, and advancing the broader web3 ecosystem.