# Taylor Cavanah

> Taylor Cavanah is the co-founder and former CEO of PetDesk and Partner, Portfolio Strategy at Blueprint Equity. A physics graduate of Rice University and the University of Texas at Dallas, he worked at Sony and Zyvex before building PetDesk. He stepped away from daily operations in late 2024 to focus on fatherhood and joined Blueprint in 2026 to work with founders and their teams.

- **Role:** Partner, Portfolio Strategy at Blueprint Equity
- **Organizations:** Blueprint Equity, PetDesk, Zyvex Instruments, Zyvex Corporation, DCG Systems, Sony America, Locai, Founder Institute
- **Education:** B.A. in Physics, Rice University, M.S. in Physics, The University of Texas at Dallas
- **Known for:** Co-founded PetDesk and led it as CEO through more than a decade of development., Helped develop Zyvex’s semiconductor application and co-founded the Zyvex Instruments spin-off., Led PetDesk when it raised its $12 million Series B in 2019.

## Career timeline

- **2002** — Graduated from Rice University with a B.A. in Physics; worked at Sony America on future-product forecasting between undergraduate and graduate study.
- **2004** — Earned an M.S. in Physics at the University of Texas at Dallas and joined Zyvex in May.
- **2004–2010** — Worked in applications, product management, sales and business leadership at Zyvex; co-founded its Zyvex Instruments spin-off, later acquired by DCG Systems.
- **2011** — Co-founded Locai, an earlier mobile-software business.
- **2012** — Spoke publicly as a founding partner of PlayMG about its planned Android gaming handheld.
- **2013** — Co-founded PetDesk with Ken Tsui and Aaron Bannister.
- **2019** — PetDesk raised a $12 million Series B from PeakSpan Capital.
- **2022** — An April interview described PetDesk as serving 3,500 clinics and more than three million app users.
- **2024** — Says he stepped away from PetDesk day-to-day work at the end of the year to be a full-time dad.
- **2026** — Joined Blueprint Equity as an Operating Partner; current firm title is Partner, Portfolio Strategy.

## Achievements

- Co-founded PetDesk and led it as CEO through more than a decade of development.
- Helped develop Zyvex’s semiconductor application and co-founded the Zyvex Instruments spin-off.
- Led PetDesk when it raised its $12 million Series B in 2019.
- Co-founded the Digital Undergrounds campus nightclub while studying at Rice, after raising $10,000, according to his public biography.

## Latest updates

- **2026-01** — Joined Blueprint Equity as an Operating Partner, following time focused on fatherhood and game design.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tcavanah
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/tcavanah
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/moderndork

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Last updated: 2026-10-20