FOUNDING MANAGER
“J” (Jayaranjan) has an extensive background in scientific research and technology validation, and has worked in clinical, clean-tech, biotech, and agri-tech sectors. Leveraging his experience and background in biology and lipid chemistry, he has developed novel technologies for overcoming product development, process development, and engineering challenges.
J has been an active figure in the Bay Area biotech startup scene, and is the founder of Berkeley Biolabs, a biotech incubator where he helped mentor and launch over 30 companies.
He is also the co-founder of The Berkeley Program which equips high school and middle school STEM students to pursue entrepreneurship, and Focus Academy which serves as a ‘Soft Landing’ for international biotech startups in the Bay Area. As an entrepreneur and mentor for several startups, J’s emphasis is often on product/market fit as the main driver of R&D effort and strategy.
