Ryan Howard

Founder of GetBuddy and Practice Fusion | Venture Advisor @ AI Fund | The Founder Advisor™ | World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer | Business Times 40 Under 40

📍 United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 2 investments📅 4 years investing🗓 Last invested Dec 2023
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Advisor to the Founders / Investor
Dec 2023
Mishe’s enterprise-grade, consumer-centric access platform helps patients, providers and payers collaborate as a unified team. Led by a team of direct access zealots, Mishe’s “integrated adjudication” infrastructure tethers healthcare’s supply chain to simplify transactions and eliminate waste.
Advisor to the Founder / Investor
Aug 2022
LookDeep is revolutionizing telemedicine by using advanced computer vision and AI technology to help hospitals continuously monitor all patients. Our pioneering zero cost hardware model and modern, SOC2 certified software dramatically drive down the cost of inpatient video –enabling hospital wide deployments supported by a virtual command center. AI-powered video monitoring helps tackle critical issues such as patient safety, room conditions, movement and mobility, and patient location and recovery. Through this continuous monitoring we help doctors and nurses increase the clinical attention on their patients. With LookDeep, hospitals can be present at every moment for every patient.
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2024
Founder and CEO
Jun 2024
Buddy revolutionizes pet adoption by aggregating nearly every available dog and cat in the U.S. and leveraging AI-powered matching to ensure adopters find the perfect companion tailored to their lifestyle, habits, and preferences, creating seamless and successful matches. Beyond adoption, Buddy provides lifelong support through an AI Trainer and Veterinarian, offering personalized guidance for training, behavioral challenges, and health concerns. By addressing these needs proactively, Buddy strengthens the bond between owners and their pets and also fills critical gaps in the fragmented pet care industry.
early stagePet Services
2023
Advisor to the Founders / Investor
Dec 2023
Mishe’s enterprise-grade, consumer-centric access platform helps patients, providers and payers collaborate as a unified team. Led by a team of direct access zealots, Mishe’s “integrated adjudication” infrastructure tethers healthcare’s supply chain to simplify transactions and eliminate waste.
Venture Advisor
Jun 2023
AI Fund is a venture studio. We collaborate with entrepreneurs, venture funds, and corporate partners to create great companies that move humanity forward. Founded by Andrew Ng, AI Fund is backed by over $370 million. As a venture studio, we work alongside entrepreneurs, venture funds, and corporate partners to build new companies rapidly and increase their odds of success. The studio is supported by top-tier VCs and partners including Sequoia Capital, NEA, Nikkei, and AES.
2022
Advisor to the Founder / Investor
Aug 2022
LookDeep is revolutionizing telemedicine by using advanced computer vision and AI technology to help hospitals continuously monitor all patients. Our pioneering zero cost hardware model and modern, SOC2 certified software dramatically drive down the cost of inpatient video –enabling hospital wide deployments supported by a virtual command center. AI-powered video monitoring helps tackle critical issues such as patient safety, room conditions, movement and mobility, and patient location and recovery. Through this continuous monitoring we help doctors and nurses increase the clinical attention on their patients. With LookDeep, hospitals can be present at every moment for every patient.
2021
LP and Venture Partner
Dec 2021
K50 Ventures is a purpose-driven, early-stage venture capital firm. We are the first institutional check and long-term partner to founders who believe technology has the potential to unlock access and affordability for the world’s working class across health, finance, and work. Since 2016, we’ve invested in over 150 companies that have generated top-decile venture returns for our investors and material impact for millions of people and small businesses. Our team has the investing experience (300+ Startups, 30+ Funds), operational expertise (Amazon, Uber, Rappi, Brex, Ro), and network to add a significant advantage to founders operating in health, finance, and work. We provide material support early for founders while leveraging our 10+ venture partners, 100+ LPs, 350+ founders to source, diligence, and add value as companies scale. If you are building something or curious about joining our team, email us at hello@k50ventures.com or pitch us here: https://k50ventures.com/pitch/.
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