JM

John Melas-kyriazi

Co-Founder & CEO at Standard Metrics

San Francisco, California

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $5,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $1,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $25,000.00

Lists including John

Work Experience

  • Co-Founder & CEO

    2020

    We power portfolio reporting for top VC firms like Bessemer, General Catalyst, and Accel, along with 9,000+ portfolio companies. More at https://standardmetrics.io

  • Angel Investor

    2019

    I'm an active angel investor and co-invest with VC friends (johnmk.com/investments). Proud to have backed companies like Shield AI, Onebrief, Flexport, Clipboard Health, True Anomaly, Oxide Computer, Numeric, Seso, and Hone Health.

2020 - 2024

  • Advisor

    2020 - 2024

    8VC is a technology and life sciences investment firm that builds and invests in the world’s most ambitious companies.

2023 - 2023

  • Angel Track

    2023 - 2023

    Member of First Round Capital's Fall 2023 Angel Track  cohort.

2014 - 2020

  • Investor

    2014 - 2020

    Investments included: - Clipboard Health (sourced and led Spark's Series A investment) - SoundHouse (co-founded/incubated the company) - acquired by HarbourView - Wildtype (sourced and led their seed round, served as a board member) - Andela (sourced their Series A, served as a board observer) - Capella Space (sourced their Series A, served as board observer) - acquired by IonQ - Full Harvest (sourced and led their Series A, served as a board member) - Clora (sourced and led their seed round, served as a board member - Allstripes (sourced their Series A) - acquired by PicnicHealth - Freight Farms (sourced their Series A, served as a board observer)

2012 - 2014

  • CFO & Head of Business Development

    2012 - 2014

    StartX is a community of entrepreneurs affiliated with Stanford University.

2009 - 2012

  • Applied Physics Researcher

    2009 - 2012

    My research at Stanford focused on the materials science and device physics of solar cells and photo-electrochemical devices. Publications: http://bit.ly/3SxdYto