Ryan Bethencourt
Private Equity Investor at ICON PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
Profile
Mr. Ryan Bethencourt is a Managing Partner at Sustainable Food Ventures LLC, an Advisor at UCSF Health Hub, an Advisor at Venn Biosciences Corp., a Partner at Babel Ventures LLC, a Sr. Director at Parexel, a Director at ICON plc, an Advisor at Joyful Ventures Management Co. LLC, a Chief Executive Officer at Wild Earth, Inc. and a Program Director at IndieBio.
He is on the Board of Directors at Provectus Algae Pty Ltd., Tiamat Sciences Corp., Jellatech, Inc., Berkeley Biolabs, Inc. and Sudo Room.
Mr. Bethencourt was previously employed as a Co-Founder by SOSV Ltd., a Sr. Director, Prize Development (Life Sciences) by Xprize Foundation, and a COO and Advisor by Genescient Corp.
He also served on the board at Counter Culture Labs, Inc. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Warwick, a graduate degree from the University of Cambridge and a doctorate degree from the University of Edinburgh Law School.
Ryan Bethencourt active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
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| ICON PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY | Private Equity Investor | 2012-07-31 |
IndieBio
 IndieBio Investment ManagersFinance Indie Bio is a Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of SOSV Ltd. founded in 2014 by Arvind Gupta. Indie Bio is headquartered in San Francisco. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
Provectus Algae Pty Ltd.
 Provectus Algae Pty Ltd. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Provectus Algae Pty Ltd. operates as a biotech company specialising in the optimisation of Algae to produce high-value compounds for a broad range of industries and applications. It offers natural and biosynthetic production services in antibiotics, vaccines, enzymes, cosmetics, hormones, terpenes, cannabinoids products.. The company was founded by Nusqe Spanton in 2018 and is headquartered in Noosaville, Australia. | Director/Board Member | 2020-10-31 |
Joyful Ventures Management Co. LLC
 Joyful Ventures Management Co. LLC Investment ManagersFinance Joyful Ventures Management Co. LLC (Joyful Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2023. The firm is headquartered in West Hollywood, California. | Consultant / Advisor | - |
| Parexel | Private Equity Investor | 2013-12-31 |
Venn Biosciences Corp.
 Venn Biosciences Corp. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Venn Biosciences Corp. engages in developing an artificial intelligence-driven mass spectrometry discovery and validation platform. Its products include VENN Vista, a glycoproteomic analysis; OpenPIP software, a neural network for automated mass spectrometry peak integration; and cancer liquid biopsy. The company was founded by Lieza Denan, Aldo Carrascoso, Carlito B. Lebrilla, and Carolyn R. Bertozzi in June 2017 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA. | Consultant / Advisor | 2017-11-30 |
| UCSF Health Hub | Consultant / Advisor | 2018-05-31 |
Tiamat Sciences Corp.
 Tiamat Sciences Corp. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Tiamat Sciences Corp. is a biotech company based in Durham, NC. Tiamat Sciences is focused on reinventing recombinant proteins to fuel the next generation of biotech companies across various fields such as cellular agriculture, regenerative medicine, and vaccine production. The company provides animal-free recombinant proteins at a fraction of their cost with a reduced carbon footprint, using a new recombinant proteins production platform that utilizes transient expression, vertical farming, and computational design. The company's animal-free proteins derived from plants are affordable, scalable, and flexible, and they aim to remove animals from science and shape a more sustainable future. The company was founded in 2019 by Clément Carlier and France-Emmanuelle Adil, with France-Emmanuelle Adil serving as the CEO since then. | Director/Board Member | 2020-07-31 |
| Berkeley Biolabs, Inc. | Founder | - |
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Training of Ryan Bethencourt
| University of Warwick | Undergraduate Degree |
| University of Cambridge | Graduate Degree |
| University of Edinburgh Law School | Doctorate Degree |
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| Listed companies | 1 |
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| ICON PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY | Commercial Services |
| Private companies | 17 |
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IndieBio
IndieBio Investment ManagersFinance Indie Bio is a Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of SOSV Ltd. founded in 2014 by Arvind Gupta. Indie Bio is headquartered in San Francisco. | Finance |
| Berkeley Biolabs, Inc. | |
| Sudo Room | |
Counter Culture Labs, Inc.
 Counter Culture Labs, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology The American company was founded by Ryan Bethencourt. | Health Technology |
Wild Earth, Inc.
 Wild Earth, Inc. Food: Specialty/CandyConsumer Non-Durables Wild Earth, Inc. manufactures and develops pet food. It offers Koji-based protein products for dogs and cats. The company was founded by Kristin Wuhrman, Abril Estrada, Ron Shigeta, and Ryan Bethencourt and is headquartered in Berkeley, CA. | Consumer Non-Durables |
Babel Ventures LLC
 Babel Ventures LLC Investment ManagersFinance Babel Ventures LLC (Babel Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 by Barbara Minuzzi and Daniela Arruda. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | Finance |
Sustainable Food Ventures LLC
 Sustainable Food Ventures LLC Investment ManagersFinance Sustainable Food Ventures LLC (Sustainable Food Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2020 by Mariliis Holm. The firm is headquartered in Durham, North Carolina. | Finance |
Jellatech, Inc.
 Jellatech, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Jellatech, Inc. is a company based in Raleigh, NC that develops innovative technologies to produce high quality, pure, animal-free collagen and gelatin. Jellatech's mission is to eliminate animals from the food system and create better ingredient products, starting with collagen and gelatin. Jellatech, Inc. was founded in 2020 by a group of innovators, dreamers, entrepreneurs and scientists, including Stephanie Michelsen and Kylie Hesp. Stephanie Michelsen has been the CEO since incorporation. | Health Technology |
Provectus Algae Pty Ltd.
Provectus Algae Pty Ltd. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Provectus Algae Pty Ltd. operates as a biotech company specialising in the optimisation of Algae to produce high-value compounds for a broad range of industries and applications. It offers natural and biosynthetic production services in antibiotics, vaccines, enzymes, cosmetics, hormones, terpenes, cannabinoids products.. The company was founded by Nusqe Spanton in 2018 and is headquartered in Noosaville, Australia. | Health Technology |
Tiamat Sciences Corp.
Tiamat Sciences Corp. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Tiamat Sciences Corp. is a biotech company based in Durham, NC. Tiamat Sciences is focused on reinventing recombinant proteins to fuel the next generation of biotech companies across various fields such as cellular agriculture, regenerative medicine, and vaccine production. The company provides animal-free recombinant proteins at a fraction of their cost with a reduced carbon footprint, using a new recombinant proteins production platform that utilizes transient expression, vertical farming, and computational design. The company's animal-free proteins derived from plants are affordable, scalable, and flexible, and they aim to remove animals from science and shape a more sustainable future. The company was founded in 2019 by Clément Carlier and France-Emmanuelle Adil, with France-Emmanuelle Adil serving as the CEO since then. | Health Technology |
| UCSF Health Hub | |
Venn Biosciences Corp.
Venn Biosciences Corp. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Venn Biosciences Corp. engages in developing an artificial intelligence-driven mass spectrometry discovery and validation platform. Its products include VENN Vista, a glycoproteomic analysis; OpenPIP software, a neural network for automated mass spectrometry peak integration; and cancer liquid biopsy. The company was founded by Lieza Denan, Aldo Carrascoso, Carlito B. Lebrilla, and Carolyn R. Bertozzi in June 2017 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA. | Health Technology |
SOSV Ltd.
 SOSV Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Sosv Ltd (Sosv) is a multi-stage venture capital and accelerator firm founded by Sean O’Sullivan in 1994. The firm is headquartered in Ireland with an additional offices in Luxembourg, USA, Hong Kong and China. | Finance |
| Parexel | Finance |
Joyful Ventures Management Co. LLC
Joyful Ventures Management Co. LLC Investment ManagersFinance Joyful Ventures Management Co. LLC (Joyful Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2023. The firm is headquartered in West Hollywood, California. | Finance |
| Xprize Foundation | |
Genescient Corp.
 Genescient Corp. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Genescient Corp. operates as an American biotechnology company. | Health Technology |
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