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Rory Ryan

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Founder at Pentabind

United States

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Rory: together at Entrepreneur First 2022

About

Rory holds a first-class engineering degree from the University of Leeds and a distinction-level master's from Imperial College Business School. Now on his third company, he has spent over ten years in the aptamer field, co-founding diagnostics firm ZiO Health, where he ran product and operations for six years until a buyout, and founding Valatoa, an M&A valuation SaaS business still trading seven years on.

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Founder at Pentabind

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Pentabind's investors · 3

Entrepreneur FirstBengaluru · $1M – $7M checksHoxton VenturesLondon · $500K – $5M checksTwin Path VenturesLondon · $952.5K checks

Co-founders at Pentabind

PHPhil Haynes
Phil HaynesFounder
MGMiguel Gonzalez Canudas
Miguel Gonzalez CanudasFounder

Experience

  1. PentaBindCEO & Co-foundercurrent2021 — presentLondon
  2. GBxMembercurrent2026 — present
  3. ValatoaFounder2019 — 2026London
  4. Entrepreneur FirstEntrepreneur in EF LD17 Cohort2021 — 2022Greater London, England, United Kingdom
  5. ZiO HealthCo-founder & CPO/COO (bought out)2015 — 2021London (UK), Shenzhen (China) & San Francisco (US)
  6. HAXEntrepreneur in Hax 10 Cohort2017 — 2020Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
  7. Youth Health ParliamentThink Tank Panel Member2016 — 2017London
  8. Bioversity, a Platform for Biotech and Medtech NetworkingFellow2015 — 2016London Area, United Kingdom
  9. Rory W. RyanDesign Engineer2015 — 2016
  10. OneSubseaMechanical Design Engineer2013 — 2015Greater Leeds Area
  11. SteeperMechanical Engineer2012
  12. .Work Observations2009 — 2011
  13. Drallim Industries LimitedMechanical Engineer2010
  14. Kurt J. Lesker CompanyMechanical Engineer2010
  15. Transomnia Ltd.Product Designer2009 — 2010
  16. Clague ArchitectsDrafter2007

Skills & more

Business Strategy12Entrepreneurship12Investing10Engineering16Project Management9Mechanical Engineering17Product Design8Lean ManufacturingMergers & Acquisitions (M&A)7ElectronicsBusiness Turn-arounds7Computational Modeling1
+7 moreElectronics Hardware DesignLeadershipManagementTeamworkPublic SpeakingSolidworksMicrosoft Office

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Who is Rory Ryan?
Rory holds a first-class engineering degree from the University of Leeds and a distinction-level master's from Imperial College Business School. Now on his third company, he has spent over ten years in the aptamer field, co-founding diagnostics firm ZiO Health, where he ran product and operations for six years until a buyout, and founding Valatoa, an M&A valuation SaaS business still trading seven years on.
Where does Rory Ryan work?
Rory Ryan is Founder of Pentabind.
What companies did Rory Ryan found?
Rory Ryan founded Pentabind.
Where did Rory Ryan go to school?
Rory Ryan studied at Imperial Business School (Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Management MSc); University of Leeds (Degree of Master of Engineering and Bachelor of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering); Imperial College London (Entrepreneur Smart-Camp).

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