Ryan Larcom

Ryan loves turning bold ideas into reality. As a Director at High Alpha Innovation, Ryan partners with corporate executives at the world’s leading organizations to help them innovate by co-creating advantaged startups. He leads venture building teams through a consultative business design process, which has yielded 19 new startups since 2021.

 

A designer by nature, Ryan is passionate about making the world a better place through thoughtfully designed business models, products, and experiences. Ryan’s portfolio of work has intertwined strategy, product design, and innovation at global, publicly-traded companies such as Honda, Cummins, and Allegion; venture capital; and startups. As one of the first employees of High Alpha, a pioneer of the venture studio model, Ryan co-designed the playbook that the firm has used to launch 40 companies over the last eight years.

 

In addition to serving on several startup boards, Ryan is actively involved in a number of philanthropic and nonprofit endeavors. He co-founded Collective Works, which partners with entrepreneurs and non-profits to launch sustainable for-profit/for-good businesses to scalably address social problems. He serves as an Advisory Board member of Sinapis, a faith-based accelerator for entrepreneurs in emerging countries. 

 

Originally from Connecticut, Ryan is a graduate of Rochester Institute of Technology with master’s and bachelor’s degrees in mechanical engineering and industrial design. Ryan lives in Indianapolis with his wife and two children.