Ryan Silvester

Ryan Silvester is currently a Vice President at Bourne Partners, an investment banking firm where he focuses on strategic financial transactions. He joined the organization in September 2024 following a tenure as an Investor and Senior Associate at Ballast Point Ventures. During his time at the firm, his investment scope primarily encompassed the software, healthcare, and tech-enabled services sectors, evaluating capital deployment opportunities for emerging companies. Prior to this transition into venture capital and growth equity investing, he developed his foundational financial expertise through analytical and advisory roles at Crosstree and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey. Silvester holds an undergraduate degree in an industrial discipline and has built a career bridging corporate finance and institutional investing. His current professional focus centers on executing complex investment banking initiatives and advising middle-market healthcare and technology enterprises across the market.