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Ryan Kaufman

Co-founder and Managing Partner, Clover Labs

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Ryan Kaufman co-founded Clover Labs with Matt Espinoza. The Toronto studio builds and runs a portfolio of AI growth products, including Echos, RedRover and 1Price. Clover's thesis page, checked September 2026, lists Kaufman and Espinoza as managing partners. Espinoza has said the two earlier started a company called Halation, built on a holding-company model.

Ryan hasn’t spoken on a TechTO, TechVancouver or TechWaterloo stage. This profile is here because Ryan co-founded Clover Labs, which appears in 1 talk in the archive.

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What company did Ryan Kaufman co-found?

Clover Labs. Clover's thesis page, checked September 2026, names Matt Espinoza and Ryan Kaufman as its managing partners, and Espinoza called Ryan "my current co-founder at Clover" on A Product Market Fit Show, in an episode published 2025-11-13.

What does Clover Labs do?

Clover's thesis page, checked September 2026, says it operates a portfolio of four vertical SaaS companies it calls leafs; its homepage lists Echos, RedRover and 1Price. Its careers page, checked the same month, describes a Toronto headquarters.

What did Ryan Kaufman work on before Clover Labs?

On A Product Market Fit Show, published 2025-11-13, Espinoza said he and Ryan started a company called Halation around a holding-company model, and that it reached $2 million a year within ten months without outside capital. That figure is Espinoza's own account.

What is Ryan Kaufman's role at Clover Labs today?

Clover's thesis page, checked September 2026, lists Kaufman as a Managing Partner of Clover alongside Matt Espinoza.

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