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Janelle Goulard

Partner at Pangaea Ventures

Scottsdale, Arizona

Overview 

Janelle Goulard is a Partner and Director of Health Investment at Pangaea Ventures, specializing in hard tech and impact investing. With a background in management consulting and healthcare consulting, she has successfully invested in companies like Biodel AG and Modulim at Series A and Series B stages, showcasing her expertise in business transformation and strategic investment decisions.

Work Experience 

  • Partner

    2020 - Current

    We believe in the power of hard tech to create a brighter future. Our investments focus on groundbreaking innovations in hard science, advanced materials, chemistry and biology that benefit planetary health.

  • Director of Health Investment

    2016 - 2020

Pangaea Ventures invests in companies solving fundamental problems in the world with hard technology; Impact Investor

  • Board Observer

    2024

    Spatial biology plat­form that enables an unprece­dent­ed under­stand­ing of host-micro­bio­me inter­ac­tion and pro­vides an effi­cient approach to drug discovery for live biological products.

  • Chair of the Board of Directors

    2023

    Proprietary cyanobacteria inputs dedicated to improving farm incomes, soil health, and sequestering carbon from the atmosphere.

Ag Tech/Regenerative Agriculture

Raised $2,445,262.00 from Pangaea Ventures.

  • Board Director

    2020

    Microbiome DNA testing with personalized probiotics to cure gut disbiosis.

  • Investor

    2017

    Microfluidic 3D bioprinting to power the development of cell-based therapeutics.

  • Board Director

    2019 - 2023

    Subsurface optical imaging powered by spatial frequency domain imaging (SFDI) to measure tissue oxygenation and perfusion at the point-of-care in seconds.

Light based technology sees beyond the visual, bringing exciting new insights to research, aesthetics and medicine.

Raised $11,600,000.00 from Fresenius Medical Care, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, Pangaea Ventures, Grey Sky Venture Partners and Fouse KK.

  • Consulting Manager

    2013 - 2016

    Serving a broad range of clients both in the private and public sector, to deliver on strategic initiatives, evaluate and execute on new growth opportunities.

  • Associate

    2015 - 2016

    RecapHealth Ventures is an investment fund focused on producing meaningful financial and social return in the areas of health and wellness. RecapHealth incubated a digital Health Solution for Home and Community Care.

  • Private Equity Associate

    2014 - 2014

    A Vancouver-based boutique private equity firm focused on mid-market businesses with revenues between $10 and $50 million.

  • Senior Consultant, Clinical Transformation Solutions

    2011 - 2013

    As part of a start-up within GE Healthcare, Clinical Transformation Solutions developed new technology solutions for the healthcare market. The start-up became a joint venture with Microsoft - Caradigm, a population health management platform called Amalga.

  • Consultant, Performance Solutions

    2008 - 2011

    Performance Solutions delivered strategic and operational project using Lean/Six Sigma and change management. Through rapid improvement events and strategic planning sessions, Performance Solutions delivered financial and organizational benefits to clients within UK health system (NHS).

GE Healthcare provides a wide range of medical technologies and services to healthcare providers and researchers.

Raised $5,524,660,836.00 from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

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