Ryz Labs

RYZ Labs, founded in 2021 by serial entrepreneurs Jordan Metzner and Sam Nadler, operates as both a venture studio and a human capital agency. The studio builds startups from scratch, applying Amazon's ‘Working Backwards’ approach and MIT's ‘Disciplined Entrepreneurship’ framework, with small internal teams validating concepts through a multi-step process. The companion agency supplies technical talent from Latin America to portfolio companies and external clients, drawing on the region's expanding pool of engineers.

Before launching publicly, the company spent a year in stealth mode, during which it built two ventures: HipTrain, a wellness coaching marketplace that has delivered more than 15,000 sessions, and Offsiteio, which is on track for $1m or more in revenue. The operation spans the United States and Latin America and is organised around remote and distributed engineering teams, a model the firm regards as normalised after the pandemic.

Metzner and Nadler previously built California Burrito Co. across Latin America and founded Washio, the ‘Uber for Laundry’, and spent five years at Amazon and Lyf respectively before starting RYZ Labs. The stated approach combines Latin American expertise with the rigour of large technology companies, with an emphasis on scaling quickly and spending less.