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Jimmy Kan

Partner at Anzu Partners | Hardware & Advanced Materials Investor

San Diego, California

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $3,000,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $15,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $8,000,000.00

Education

Work Experience

  • Partner

    2017

    Anzu Partners is a venture capital and private equity firm that invests in breakthrough industrial technologies. We team with entrepreneurs to develop and commercialize technological innovations by providing capital and deep expertise in business development, market positioning, global connectivity, and operations. https://www.anzupartners.com/

  • Board Member

    2022

2022

  • Board Member

    2022

  • Board Member

    2022

  • Board Member

    2021

  • Board Member

    2020

  • Board Member

    2018

  • Board Member

    2017

2013 - 2017

  • Senior Hardware Engineer and Researcher

    2013 - 2017

    Development of energy efficient, embedded non-volatile memory (eNVM) technologies, especially STT-MRAM for low-power MCU, IoT devices, and sensors: • Memory bitcells at leading-edge logic nodes: Definition of bitcell specifications, architectures, process integration, and layout with leading semiconductor foundries • Device metrology: Implementation of high-throughput techniques for perpendicular magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) characterization including ferromagnetic resonance, magnetometry, and magneto-transport methods • Reliability engineering: Development of accelerated stress tests and models for MRAM TDDB • Materials development: Design of film stacks for optimal integration into CMOS BEOL, optimizing PVD & Etch processes for advanced devices • Emerging technologies pathfinding: Evaluation of magnetic oscillators, industrial & biosensors, cryptographic applications, and AI hardware

2006 - 2013

  • Ph.D. - Materials Physics

    2009 - 2013

    Ph.D. Advisor: Eric Fullerton Center for Memory and Recording Research (CMRR) Engineering of Metallic Multilayers and Spin Transfer Torque Devices: Design, nanofabrication, and characterization of ultrathin metallic and oxide multilayers designed for the study of several magnetic, electronic, and optical phenomena.

  • Research Assistant

    2006 - 2009

    Nanomaterials synthesis (nanowires and nanorods) by electroplating and CVD, and device fabrication for biomedical applications.