Ryan Pawell
Venture Partner at Pioneer Fund
Ryan Pawell
Venture Partner at Pioneer Fund
San Francisco, California
Overview
Work Experience
CEO
2015 - Current
The team at Indee Labs develops and markets instruments for more effective engineered cell therapies in collaboration with various pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies along with the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Disease, the National Cancer Institute, UC San Francisco and the Medical University of South Carolina amongst others. The team is developing a non-viral intracellular delivery system, Hydropore, to rapidly deliver nucleic acids, proteins and gene editing complexes to T cells and other cell types. Looking to join the team? Submit your application at indeelabs.com/careers
Venture Partner
2018
Pioneer Fund is a venture fund that pools capital and expertise from hundreds of Y Combinator alumni to make diversified investments in select companies. I am getting amongst all things deeptech with Pioneer Funds I, II & III along with Bio+Health I.
Angel Investor
2018
Getting in early with deep tech startups and venture funds. Direct investments include Avro Life Sciences, Golden Recursion (a16z Series A & B, Acq. by ComplyAdvantage), Talyn Air (Acq. by Ampaire), Talus Biosciences (NFX Series Seed), Gradia Health, Forcyte Biotechnologies & Seaflight Technologies. Recognised by Business Insider as a Rising Star in VC by other VCs in 2021. As of August 2022, I have been able to achieve an internal rate of return of approximately 68.4% with more markups and carry on the way.
Venture Partner
2020
Axial partners with great founders and inventors. We invest in early-stage life sciences companies often when they are no more than an idea. We are fanatical about helping the rare inventor who is compelled to build their own enduring business. Getting my hands dirty with Axial Fund I helping great founders and inventors.
Mentor
2022
Mentoring formation-stage life science startups like UTR Therapeutics.
Advisor
2022
Getting my hands dirty helping out an amazing team with an awesome platform and some great data make the leap from academia to startup.
Partner Investigator
2018 - 2019
The Australian Research Council Integrated Device for End-User Analysis at Low Levels Research Hub (IDEAL Research Hub) is focused on advancing industry’s ability to develop diagnostic devices with vastly improved detection capabilities that are fast, portable, affordable and adaptable.
reseach engineer intern
2009 - 2010
Inogen develops, manufacturers and provides portable oxygen concentrators for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder. I worked with the engineering team to research, develop and test different components within the portable oxygen concentrators.
teaching assistant
2008 - 2008
Aided in teaching students SolidWorks computer-aided design. Graded drawings and final projects.