JK

Jennifer Kan

Investing in frontier technology startups solving climate change

San Diego, California

Skills

Entrepreneurship
Venture Capital
Synthetic Biology
Chemistry
Scientific Writing
Protein Chemistry
Project Management
Data Analysis
Financial Accounting
Business Analytics
Biotechnology
Molecular Biology
Start-ups
Data Science
Technology Transfer
Biochemistry
Business Strategy
Business Analysis
Due Diligence
Accounting

Education

Work Experience

  • Managing Partner at Climate Capital Bio

    2022

    Backing biotech and frontier technology founders building climate solutions.

  • Member

    2022

Simpl.Care

2020 - 2022

  • Advisor

    2022 - 2022

  • Co-Founder & President

    2020 - 2021

    - Co-founded a venture-backed health tech startup that helps care and medical facilities hire healthcare professionals - Founding business development lead - Completed YC Build Sprint (Winter 2021) and Stanford Rebuild (2020)

  • Senior Sustainable Investing Fellow

    2022 - 2022

    Built bridges between financial assets and impact opportunities via advisory and asset management services. Designed financial products and built ecosystems for underrepresented entrepreneurs.

2019 - 2021

  • Scientific and Technical Consultant

    2019 - 2021

    Expert consultant to biotech, medtech, and chemical startups, companies, university technology transfer offices, and funding organizations.

2019 - 2020

  • Scientific Consultant

    2019 - 2020

    Enzyme technology consultant and product launch speaker for Lancôme.

2015 - 2019

  • Postdoctoral Scholar

    2015 - 2019

    - Lead protein engineer in the laboratory of Frances H. Arnold (2018 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry) - Published 12 peer-reviewed publications on protein engineering and synthetic biology (inc. 2 first-authored Science and Nature papers). Inventor of 6 patents. - Raised $1.4M in grants and awards from government, foundations, and enterprises for research and technology transfer projects - Worked with startups and Fortune 500 companies to use biology to solve problems and launch products. - Invited speaker at Stanford, UC Berkeley, MIT, Cambridge

  • Helmsley Fellow in Synthetic Biology

    2017 - 2017

  • Research Fellow

    2012 - 2015

    (2012-2014 on intermission)

2012 - 2014

  • JSPS Research Fellow

    2012 - 2014