Ryan Sanders

Ryan Sanders General Information

Biography

Mr. Ryan Sanders serves as Managing Director at Mercato Partners. A former founder, Mercato Managing Director His first exposure to the world of private equity was as a young venture backed co-founder of Calixus, a software company that helped newspapers transition into the then-emerging digital world. Calixus was later acquired by the Media News Group, and He went on to earn his M.B.A. from the University of Texas McCombs School of Business before joining Comcast (NAS: CMCSA) as a business operations manager.As a Managing Director, He currently serves on the board of directors of Atomic, Lendio, Lambda, ObservePoint, and served at Stance, and invests in the South, Southeast, and Pacific Northwest. He was recently named to the 2026 class of Kauffman Fellows-the premier venture education program, and the largest network of VCs and innovation leaders in the world. Previously, he served as Principal at Escalate Capital Partners. He also served as Board Member at SaltStack and serves as Board Member at Slance. He serves as an Advisor at Pyn. He received a Bachelor of Science from Brigham Young University and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Texas at Austin. He also serves as an Angel Investor.