Partner
Ryan Bethencourt
Partner, Babel Ventures (+1 more)
- Firm
- Babel Ventures, Sustainable Food Ventures
- Title
- Partner
- Role
- Partner
- Known as
- Investor
Record updated 21 September 2026
About
Ryan is the CEO of Wild Earth, the leading D2C healthy plant based pet food company in the US. He co-founded Wild Earth in 2017 and raised $20M from Felicis Ventures, Peter Thiel, Founders Fund, At One Ventures, VegInvest, Mars Petcare and closed Mark Cuban on ABC’s Shark Tank. Ryan also co-founded and was the Program Director & Venture Partner at IndieBio where the companies he funded and supported helped to grow the portfolio's market cap to $3.2B. In the last eight years Ryan has invested in over 180 early stage food and biotech startups, while being the first investor in Upside Foods, Geltor, The Not Company and Shiok Meats. At SFV Ryan is the Managing Partner sourcing deal flow and making investment decisions.
Background
- Education
- Ryan has a BSs degree in Biological Sciences (Molecular Genetics) from Warwick University, a joint Masters in Bioscience Enterprise (MBE) from Cambridge University and MIT. He’s also been a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Candidate at the Center for Regenerative Medicine at the University of Edinburgh before pivoting to build startups.Source (opens in a new tab)
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