JW

Justin Wright-Eakes

Managing Partner @ Oval Park Capital | Early Stage DeepTech VC

Raleigh, North Carolina

Education

Work Experience

  • Managing Partner

    2018

    Oval Park invests in and actively partners with visionary founders building early-stage deeptech and hardtech startups, commercializing disruptive and protectable technologies, and solving the world's most complex and costly problems. Oval Park invests in a wide range of technology verticals (advanced materials, artificial intelligence & machine learning, robotics & automation, microfluidics, nanotechnology, and sensors & photonics) focused on solving problems in a wide range of industries (agriculture, climate, construction, energy, healthcare, manufacturing, waste, and water).

  • Board Member

    2024

    Novel chlorine-tolerant reverse osmosis membranes for wastewater reuse and desalination applications.

2022

  • Board Member

    2022

    Talli is the operating system for caretakers, enabling seamless event logging, data sharing, and insights.

  • Board Member

    2022

    Lemurian Labs has developed a novel, unified software stack and streamlined computer architecture specifically designed for AI acceleration.

  • Board Member

    2022

    Archaius is developing two critical dual-use technologies, addressing longstanding navigation and positioning challenges and critical communications resilience issues.

2022

  • Board Member

    2022

    Phinite has developed proprietary waste-to-value systems that convert hog waste into fertilizer, solving costly environmental compliance issues for farmers while providing a sustainable new source of nutrient-rich organic fertilizer.

2021

  • Board Member

    2021

    AI-powered video technology platform that seamlessly converts long-form videos into munchable marketing content ready for distribution.

  • Board Member

    2021

    Medicom's federated healthcare information network (Medicom Connect) enables unparalleled imaging and clinical data interoperability between health systems, radiology groups, and other healthcare industry participants. Its data commercialization platform (Medicom Intellect) enables network participants to deidentify and commercialize valuable datasets to support third-party development of new medical technologies and therapeutics.

  • Board Member

    2021

    Axil Health is a tech-enabled healthcare services company that delivers chronic care management, remote patient monitoring, and other care coordination services through a proven pharmacist-led care model.

  • Board Member

    2021