Investment | Strategic Advisory

Collective intelligence.
Global perspective.

Kyn is a private investment and strategic advisory platform. We bring together deep domain expertise and extensive networks across technology, financial services, and healthcare to accelerate the next generation of category-defining companies.

Investment history

Past investments

Select investments made across prior funds and personal capacity.

Writing

Perspectives

Occasional pieces on investment, technology, and markets. More on Substack ↗

Jan 2026

Why AI Will Never Truly Understand

If understanding requires consciousness, and consciousness requires embodied emotional experience, what does that mean for how we deploy AI in consequential decisions?

8 min read · Substack→

Sep 2025

Identifying Hardship-Forged Drive at Scale

Venture capital is good at finding founders who fit the algorithm. The most resilient entrepreneurs — those forged through adversity — are nearly invisible to traditional sourcing methods.

6 min read · Substack→

Speaking

Conferences & Events

Select past and upcoming appearances.

Jun 2026

HLTH Europe

15–18 June · RAI Amsterdam Convention Centre

Amsterdam ↗

Mar 2026

Insurtech Insights Europe

18–19 March · InterContinental London – The O2

London ↗

Sep 2025

IPEM Global

24–26 September · Palais des Congrès

Paris ↗

About

Community

Kyn leverages a global community of founders, investors and industry veterans. Together we bring deep domain expertise and differentiated networks, providing market access and insights to our partners.

Ryan Collins

Founder & Managing Partner

20+ years of global experience as an investor, operator and board member, working with companies from seed to IPO.

LinkedIn ↗Substack ↗

Venture Capital

Managing Partner at MassMutual Ventures — built EMEA and APAC operations, 40+ investments across three funds.

Public markets

A decade at Goldman Sachs, RBS and a multi-strategy hedge fund specialising in convertible bonds, derivatives and special situations.

Operating

International expansion at Essentia Analytics; innovation at Manulife (LOFT).

Education

BSc Computer Science · MSc Psychology · Cognitive & Behavioural Neuroscience

Let's talk.

We're always interested in meeting exceptional founders and industry partners.

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