# Ryan Sean Adams

> Ryan Sean Adams is the co-founder of Bankless, a cryptocurrency media brand, focused on educating and empowering individuals in decentralized finance.

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**Ryan Sean Adams** is a Co-founder of [Bankless](https://iq.wiki/wiki/bankless), a [cryptocurrency](https://iq.wiki/wiki/cryptocurrency) media brand and community that focuses on educating and empowering individuals to navigate the [decentralized financial](https://iq.wiki/wiki/defi) landscape. [\[1\]](#cite-id-30ap1ut1kgy)[\[2\]](#cite-id-bcdu3f56zmc)  
  
  
# Education  
  
Adams attended Brock University where he studied for a BA, Honors in Business Administration. [\[2\]](#cite-id-30ap1ut1kgy)  
  
# 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. [\[1\]](#cite-id-30ap1ut1kgy)[\[2\]](#cite-id-bcdu3f56zmc)  
  
In November 2017, he founded Mythos Capital, an investment company that holds, keeps, and makes cryptoassets. [\[2\]](#cite-id-bcdu3f56zmc)  
  
## Bankless  
  
Adams founded [Bankless Media](https://iq.wiki/wiki/bankless) alongside [David Hoffman](https://iq.wiki/wiki/david-hoffman) in September 2020. Bankless is a [cryptocurrency](https://iq.wiki/wiki/cryptocurrency) media brand and community that focuses on educating and empowering individuals to navigate the [decentralized financial](https://iq.wiki/wiki/defi) landscape. [\[3\]](#cite-id-478ayf2ulh4)  
  
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. [\[4\]](#cite-id-a6it56g3a7d)  
  
  
## Bankless Ventures  
  
Ryan Adams is also a crypto investor. In April 2023, he started a venture fund called Bankless Ventures with [David Hoffman](https://iq.wiki/wiki/david-hoffman). [\[5\]](#cite-id-vxmadtvu7br)  
  
> "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.  
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> 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[\[5\]](#cite-id-vxmadtvu7br)  
  
In May 2023, Bankless Venture reportedly raised a $35 million venture capital fund to invest in seed-stage [Web3](https://iq.wiki/wiki/web3) companies. The fund is a separate legal entity from the Bankless podcast but shares its brand. One venture capital source told [CoinDesk](https://iq.wiki/wiki/coindesk) the platform and investing arm combo would mean “incredible deal flow” for the nascent VC. [\[6\]](#cite-id-i5iv96x9vm)  
  
The Bankless Ventures team includes the hosts, Ryan Sean Adams & [David Hoffman](https://iq.wiki/wiki/david-hoffman), Ben Lakoff, Kimberly Adams, and Brent Matterson. Advisors of the venture fund include Justin Drake and [Anthony Sassano](https://iq.wiki/wiki/anthony-sassano). [\[5\]](#cite-id-vxmadtvu7br)