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Ryan Bethencourt is a scientist, entrepreneur, and biohacker best known for his work as program director and venture partner at Indie.Bio, a biology accelerator and early stage seed fund. Bethencourt was head of life sciences at the XPRIZE foundation, a co-founder and CEO of Berkeley Biolabs, a biotech accelerator, and Halpin Neurosciences, an ALS therapeutics-focused biotech company. Bethencourt co-founded Counter Culture Labs, a citizen science nonprofit, and Sudo Room, a hacker space based in downtown Oakland, California.
Contents
- Ryan bethencourt playing with the substance of us
- Ryan bethencourt asks craig venter about next big moonshots in biotech
- Early life
- Education
- Companies InvestedCo Founded
- Global Forum 2015
- Pioneers Asia 2016
- References
Ryan bethencourt asks craig venter about next big moonshots in biotech
Early life
Ryan has worked over the last decade in the biopharmaceutical industry to partner on and develop novel drugs from first IND submission to FDA approval with many major biopharmas including Pfizer, AZ, J&J, Sanofi, Takeda, Amgen, Genentech, and other companies in the U.S., E.U., and Japan. He’s also served as COO at Genescient Pharmaceuticals, a longevity focused biotech startup and CEO of Halpin Neurosciences, an ALS focused startup. Ryan’s work has been featured in Wired, TechCrunch, Forbes, the San Francisco Business Times, and other publications. He regularly speaks on biotech innovation and writes for Biocoder, an O’Reilly Media publication. He's also an author of Forbes, Techonomy and Huffington Post.
Since Ryan Bethencourt co-founded IndieBio in 2014, he and his team have funded 68 biotech startups, including companies building the post-animal bioeconomy: Clara Foods, Memphis Meats, Gelzen, New Wave, and Pembient. He's also an advisor of The Good Food Institute.
Education
Ryan has a BSc degree in Biological Sciences (Molecular Genetics) from Warwick University in the United Kingdom. He also has a Masters in Bioscience Enterprise (MBE) from Cambridge University (2002 – 2003). This masters course was the first of its kind in the UK (launched in 2002) and it was a fusion of the MBA/Biotech courses and launched in partnership with Harvard and MIT. He's also been a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Candidate at the Center for Regenerative Medicine at the University of Edinburgh in 2003 working on stem cell differentiation. .
Companies Invested/Co-Founded
• NERD Skincare
• Gelzen
• V-Sense Medical
• Memphis Meats
• Vali Nanomedical
• INDEE
• Truust
• Koniku
• Girihlet
• MYi
• Circularis
• New Wave Foods
• Amino BioLabs
• Gene and Cell Technologies
Advised: • Berkeley ultrasound
Co Founded:
• Sudo Room
• Counter Culture Labs
• Berkeley Biolabs
• LAbLaunch
• IndieBIo
Global Forum 2015
Ryan joins the Global Forum 2015 as one of the speakers. The Global Forum on Research and Innovation for Health 2015 aims to identify solutions to the world’s unmet health needs through research and innovation. The said forum was held on August 24–27, 2015 at Philippines International Convention Center(PICC), Metro Manila, Philippines. Ryan speaks about the topic of "Increasing public expenditure on research and innovation in emerging economies" and "Increasing investments for innovative andpractical solutions to priority healthcare".
Pioneers Asia 2016
Ryan is a part of Pioneers Asia 2016 on Mar 23, 2016 at Tokyo, Japan . Pioneers facilitates profound business relationships between tech innovators. The event is for tech entrepreneurs, investors, top executives, thought-leaders, and international media from Europe to Asia, Middle East, and beyond. Ryan speaks about BIOTECH FOR THE WORLD OF THE FUTURE. He also moderated the life sciences and agriculture topic on the said event.