Hi, I’m Ryan Croft.

I am a startup founder, board director, angel investor, and advisor based in Washington, DC.

I am a cofounder and CEO of Pacto, a Mexico-City based software platform which helps merchants in Latin America accept digital payments and increase profitability.

Currently, I serve as an Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University.

Previously, I served as Board Director and cofounder at TransitScreen, was a trustee at DC-based Federal City Council, and served on the Board of Directors for ACT (Association for Commuter Transportation), Projectagram, and Give and Surf, a non-profit based in Bocas del Toro, Panama.

I am a frequent speaker at conferences and universities around the topics of transportation technology, real estate tech, urban mobility, travel, and entrepreneurship, including Finnovista Mexico City, Code for America, Google X, Stanford University, Carnegie Mellon University, Harvard University, US Department of State, NACTO, SPUR San Francisco, Consumer Electronics Show (CES), South by Southwest Interactive (SXSW), Oracle Open World, European Business Summit (Brussels), TUM (Technical University of Munich), Inter-American Development Bank (Montevideo, Uruguay), and the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES 2017) in Hyderabad, India.

Previously, I joined Washington, DC mayoral trade delegations to Toronto, San Francisco, Beijing, Hong Kong, and Shenzhen. In April 2020, I was appointed to DC Mayor Muriel Bowser’s “ReOpen DC” Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure to help the city’s strategic response to the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Personal angel portfolio includes: Pacaso, Vinco, PWRFWD, Projectagram, Felix Foods, Ola Invierte, CHPTR, Viva Translate, Joint Homes, and Pacto.

Bilingual Spanish-English. 

Also about me:

I survived Dengue hemorrhagic fever.

Former baseball scout in the Dominican Republic. 

Once owned an adventure travel company.  

Speaks fluent Spanish.  

Has visited 50+ countries on five continents. 

Advanced PADI Certified Scuba Diver.