As a Founding Partner of Stride Investments and a longtime enthusiast of health and performance optimization, Kyle brings a unique mix of institutional finance experience and consumer brand passion to the table. He currently leads the Strategic Finance team at VideoAmp, a high-growth adtech platform transforming measurement and optimization in media. In this role, he partners cross-functionally to build the company's forecast, evaluate strategic initiatives, and drive data-backed insights that support executive decision-making - skills he leverages to guide founders at Stride.

Before joining VideoAmp, Kyle held Vice President roles at Waypoint Investors, a middle-market private equity firm, and TN Capital Advisors, a boutique M&A advisory firm. There, he led end-to-end diligence processes, built operating and valuation models, and advised on more than $1.2 billion in transactions across the packaging, consumer products, and modular housing sectors. On the investing side, he sourced and underwrote growth equity deals, including a Series C investment in Velox, an Israeli manufacturer of proprietary digital printing technologies.

Kyle began his career at Deutsche Bank in the Real Estate, Gaming, Lodging & Leisure group (REGLL), where he advised on over $5 billion of transaction value. Notably, he worked on VICI Properties' $3.2 billion acquisition of Caesars Entertainment’s real estate assets.

Kyle co-founded Stride to be the kind of investor he wished more founders had: hands-on, analytically rigorous, and deeply committed to accelerating growth in the health & wellness, food & beverage, beauty & personal care, and fitness sectors. He works shoulder-to-shoulder with founders on everything from pricing strategy to channel expansion, applying a sharp financial lens to the creative chaos of building.

He graduated Cum Laude from the University of Pennsylvania, where he studied Economics, earned Dean’s List honors, and played four years of Varsity Lacrosse.

Outside of work, you’ll find Kyle practicing yoga, diving into long-form business and history podcasts (loyal listener of Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History), or chasing a low handicap on the golf courses of Connecticut and Florida.

Tyler Dunn is a Founding Partner of Stride Investments where he focuses on our investment strategies globally. Tyler has extensive knowledge in numerous sectors such as: health & wellness, nutrition & supplements, consumer technology, gaming, lodging, hospitality, and leisure.

While studying Political Economics at the University of Pennsylvania, Tyler was a captain for the Varsity Men's Lacrosse program where his team obtained the first perfect Ivy League season since 1986, earning him a spot as a 2019 USILA All-American. After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania in 2019, Tyler was drafted 8th overall to the California Redwoods Lacrosse Club in the first ever Premier Lacrosse League (PLL) college draft. Throughout Tyler’s time as both a Division I and professional athlete, he gained an unparalleled level of work experience through strategic partnerships and ongoing relationships with consumer-facing companies that have a heightened focus on improving one’s physical and mental health, in addition to companies who focus on sports performance.

Tyler has spent his corporate career in the investment banking industry for 5 years. Most recently, he has been working as an Associate at PJT Partners (“PJT”) in the Real Estate, Gaming, Lodging & Leisure group (“REGLL”). During his time at PJT, Tyler has advised on numerous M&A and Capital Markets transactions with various check sizes amounting to over $25 billion. Select notable transactions include: (i) advised Hard Rock Digital on its strategic partnership with Playtech Plc (LON: PTEC) for $85 million and (ii) advised Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (NYSE: WH) on its hostile takeover bid from Choice Hotels International Inc (NYSE: CHH).

Before his time at PJT, Tyler began his corporate career at the Royal Bank of Canada (“RBC”) where he worked in the Mergers & Acquisitions group within the firm's investment banking division, in addition to the firm’s corporate banking group where he focused on Consumer & Retail coverage. During his time at RBC, Tyler worked on numerous transactions involving: leveraged buyouts, debt refinancings, new debt issuances and dividend recapitalizations. More notably, Tyler worked to advise Domtar Paper Company on its sale of their personal care business to American Industrial Partners for $920 million.

In his free time, Tyler enjoys creating abstract art, where he has successfully sold his art in New York City art galleries. Tyler also enjoys practicing yoga and meditation on a regular basis, as well as playing golf across the east coast of the US.