Partner

Jan’s experience includes serving as founder and executive of two startups, 10+ years of high‑tech industry engineering, marketing and sales, as well as more than 15 years as a seed and early-stage VC He spent seven years at Aurora Funds, a $235M seed- and early‑stage venture capital firm based in Research Triangle Park, NC. Here, he was involved in negotiating, structuring, and monitoring 11 investments, and three IPOs and acquisitions in the healthcare and technology fields. He serves on the board of the FedEx Institute of Technology and is active on several other boards, including DEVCON, Glanris, Preteckt, SOMAVAC, SweetBio, and Swinetech. Jan received his MBA from Duke University, holds a master’s degree in Human-Computer Systems (AI & UX), and a bachelor’s in Computer Science.