About
Advisor and Director at Temasek focused on food and agriculture technology investments. He previously worked in corporate strategy and CVC at Monsanto and as a VC at Cultivation Capital and The Yield Lab, which he helped found.
Experience
- TemasekDirectorcurrent2018 — presentSingapore
- Monsanto CompanyVenture Principal2015 — 2018Saint Louis, MO
- Olin Business SchoolAdjunct Professor of Finance2014 — 2018Greater St. Louis Area
- The Yield LabOperating Partner2014 — 2015Greater St. Louis Area
- Cultivation CapitalPrincipal2013 — 2015Greater St. Louis Area
- Cultivation CapitalAssociate2013Greater St. Louis Area
- FinServe Tech AngelsDiligence Associate2012 — 2013Greater St. Louis Area
- MEMC Electronic MaterialsFinance Intern2012Greater St. Louis Area
- FreiezoBusiness Strategy Intern2011 — 2012St. Peters, MO
- Northrop Grumman CorporationSystems Engineer2006 — 2011Baltimore, Maryland Area
- Rose-Hulman VenturesBusiness Development Intern2005 — 2006Terre Haute, Indiana Area
- Technology Service Corporation (TSC)Software Development Intern2005Bloomington, Indiana Area
- Milliken & CompanyManufacturing Intern2004LaGrange, GA
- NASASoftware Development Intern2003Fairmont, WV
- U.S. Department of EnergyIntern2002Morgantown, WV
Education
- Washington University in St. Louis - Olin Business SchoolMBA, Entrepreneurship2011 — 2013
- The Johns Hopkins UniversityMS, Electrical Engineering2006 — 2009
- Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyBS, Electrical Engineering2002 — 2006
Skills & more
Matlab6Databases3Analysis25Strategy59Strategic Planning20Management7Leadership9Mathematical Modeling4Statistical Modeling5Data Analysis41Data Visualization3Product Development11
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Project ManagementResearch Project ManagementPresentation DevelopmentRequirements ManagementUser Interface DesignSoftware DevelopmentIntellectual PropertyMarket ResearchRadarRF designAntenna DesignSignal ProcessingFrom Ryan's professional profile.
Colleagues at The Yield Lab Asia Pacific
B Pratyusha Chennupati
Atlantic Council Millennium Fellow; External Jury Reviewer, Food Waste Reduction Challenge; Member of the Canadian Agriculture Youth Council at The Yield Lab Asia Pacific
Brian Clevinger
Co-Founder and General Partner at The Yield Lab Europe
Claire Pribula
Managing Director, Co-founder at The Yield Lab Asia Pacific
Darian McBain
Venture Partner at The Yield Lab Asia Pacific
Dr Lee Chee Wee
Principal Scientist and Technology Advisor, Temasek Polytechnic at The Yield Lab Asia Pacific
Lakshman Pachineela Seshadri
Independent Consultant at The Yield Lab Asia Pacific
Larry Taylor
Co-founder at The Yield Lab Asia Pacific
Michelle Chee
Principal at The Yield Lab Asia Pacific
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Ryan Rakestraw work?
- Ryan Rakestraw is Director, Temasek at The Yield Lab Asia Pacific.
Same school
Also attended Washington University in St. Louis - Olin Business School52
Steve BrotmanManaging Partner, Founder at Alpha PartnersElyse RossiDirector of Finance Operations at Red Cell IncubationSean AinsworthBiotech CEO at FemHealth VenturesAaron SamuelsInvestor, Entrepreneur, Artist, StorytellerHeather WidmanPartner at Building VenturesRick HoltonCo-Founder at FINTOP Capital
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Also attended The Johns Hopkins University245
Wes NicholsPartner at March Capital PartnersDemi ObayomiPrincipal at Sapphire VenturesJun JeonInvestor at Khosla VenturesNicole FraenkelInvestor at Khosla VenturesElena VibochManaging Director at General CatalystScott RubinVenture Partner at Lux Capital
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Also attended Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology11
Kenneth Morand, Ph.D.Life Sciences Partner at CincyTechKenneth MorandLife Sciences Partner at CincyTechDan BrunnerAdvisor, Co-Founder and former CTO, Commonwealth Fusion Systems and Partner, Future Tech Partners at Overture ClimateChrissy MeyerPartner at Root Ventures Manager, LlcSrikanth TirumalaVenture Advisor at Inflexor VenturesBret SmallAssociate Partner at Natural Bridges Ventures (NBV)
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Shared employers
Also worked at Olin Business School11
Cliff HolekampCofounder & General Partner at Cultivation CapitalJiya SinghAssociate at OutsidersUri MestechkinLab Lead | Alpha-Bet at Vetted AcceleratorBen GreenAssociate at Manhattan Venture PartnersAndrew KleiboekerAssociate at RiverVest Venture PartnersArt HandmanOperating Partner at Capital Innovators
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Also worked at FinServe Tech Angels1
Also worked at MEMC Electronic Materials3
Also worked at Northrop Grumman Corporation53
Peter SpasovCo-President at Marlin Equity PartnersJeff PetersPartner at Ibex InvestorsDan KultranCo-Founder & CEO, Claros at Red Cell IncubationJJ AghaChief Information Security Officer & SVP, IT at Asymmetric Capital PartnersFelix ShpilmanVenture Partner at Moses CapitalHrach SimonianAdvisor at Driven
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