Schooner Capital

Schooner Capital is a Boston-based single family office founded in 1971 by Vincent "Vin" Ryan as a vehicle to invest his personal capital, with no outside investors — only Ryan and members of his family as shareholders. The wealth traces to Iron Mountain, the global records-management company that Ryan purchased and grew from a single storage site and where he served as a director from 1971 to 2017. A third-party estimate puts assets around $500M. The firm invests across private companies and public securities. It invests in venture and growth-equity companies, favoring the healthcare and technology sectors in the United States, backing seed, early, later, and growth-stage businesses. Ryan also founded the Schooner Foundation, a private grantmaking foundation established in 1996.