JN

Jordan Noone

General Partner at Embedded Ventures // Executive Chairman at Zoo

Los Angeles, California

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Work Experience

  • Co-Founder & General Partner

    2020

    Deep tech.

2021

  • Executive Chairman

    2022

  • Co-Founder

    2021

    Zoo develops advanced hardware design tools and infrastructure.

  • Chief Executive Officer

    2021 - 2022

  • President’s Leadership Council

    2023

    The President’s Leadership Council consists of exemplary alumni, parents and friends of USC whose dedication and service help the university expand its influence. Members advise the president on issues of primary importance to the future of the university and serve as USC ambassadors.

  • U.S. Speaker's Program

    2019 - 2021

    https://www.worldlearning.org/program/u-s-speaker-program/ I support U.S. foreign policy goals by interacting with key foreign audiences worldwide, promoting an understanding among foreign audience of U.S. policies and institutions, and the political, economic, social, and cultural context from which they arise. I engage in conversations that enable foreign audiences to learn more about U.S. society, culture and institutions, thereby supporting development and growth of political, economic, and social institutions abroad, and countering negative stereotypes. This establishes sustained relationships and linkages between U.S. speakers and foreign audiences and institutions in order to share knowledge and skills with their peers and broader communities.

2016 - 2020

  • Chief Technology Officer

    2016 - 2020

  • Co-Founder

    2016 - 2020

2016 - 2016

  • Relativity Space

    2016 - 2016

    Accepted into YC W16 batch as Relativity Space. Y Combinator pioneered the startup accelerator model, and has less than 0.1% acceptance rate as the undisputed top program in the world. YC seeded Airbnb, Reddit, Dropbox, Stripe, Cruise Automation, and dozens of other companies (including Relativity) when they were just a few founders and an idea. Their company portfolio value now exceeds $100B.

2014 - 2015

  • Propulsion Development Engineer

    2014 - 2015

    Dragon 2 Pad Abort Flight: Responsible for qualification and integration of propulsion system components. Dragon 2 Design: Responsible for design, manufacturing, testing, and integration of propulsion system components.

  • In-Space Propulsion Intern

    2014 - 2014

    Responsible for qualification of Cargo Dragon propulsion systems components for flight on the upgraded Falcon 9 V1.1. The qualified system was flown on SpaceX’s CRS-4 Mission on September 23rd, 2014.

  • Chief Engineer and Chief Operations Officer

    2010 - 2014

    Led USC’s Rocket Propulsion Laboratory (RPL), including during their first two attempts at becoming the first student group in the world to launch a rocket into space, over 100 km in altitude. My responsibilities including coordinating work between engineering leads, obtaining FAA launch licensing, composite filament winder development, and in-house simulation development. While leading RPL, I became the first student in the world to obtain a FAA launch license to fly a rocket to space. Additionally, we flew five unique vehicles; completed static fires of over a dozen solid rocket motors; and performed our first static fires of biprop engines, both a Hydrogen/Oxygen engine, and a Methane/Oxygen engine.

2013 - 2013

  • Propulsion Intern

    2013 - 2013

    Designed and manufactured a 5 degree-of-freedom structural test stand for fluid bellows, including a fluid system for testing at pressure and cryogenic temperatures. This test stand was designed to handle components for BE-3, BE-4, and New Shepard.

2011 - 2012

  • Sensors & Materials Intern

    2011 - 2012

    Design and testing of highly anisotropic materials for structural reconfiguration applications.