JK

Jennifer Kaehms

Technology Investor

Austin, Texas

Overview

Work Experience

T(

Tennr (YC W23)

  • Angel Investor

    2023 - Current

L

Lambda

  • Angel Investor

    2021

    On-demand & reserved cloud NVIDIA GPUs for AI training & inference Lambda Selected As 2024 NVIDIA Partner Network AI Excellence Partner Of The Year Raised $320 Million Series C

O

Omneky

  • Angel Investor

    2021

FC

Foundation Capital

  • Partner

    2021 - 2023

    Early-stage venture capital firm with $4B+ of cumulative capital commitments and 28 years of history backing technology leaders like Netflix, LendingClub, MobileIron and Chegg. I invest across the enterprise stack. While at the firm I sourced: - Two seed investments: Sift AI and Tennr - A Texas-based LP

F

Forethought

  • Head of Revenue Operations

    2020 - 2020

  • Operations

    2018 - 2020

CV

Canvas Ventures

  • Investment Associate

    2017 - 2018

    Part of the investment team at Canvas Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm named a top “VC Firm to Watch” on the Forbes 2015 Midas List. Since launching in 2013, Canvas has invested in companies in digital health, fintech, e-commerce, and companies in ML/AI. Sourced Luminar. Worked with: Casetext, Healthloop, Crowdflower, Vida Health, Owl Cam

  • General Analyst

    2016 - 2017

    - Analyst (Sep 2016- July 2017) - Research Associate - (March 2016 - August 2016) - Research Assistant supported the investment process by finding and conducting due diligence on companies in hardware, healthcare, and AI

  • Research Assistant

    2016 - 2016

US

UC San Diego

  • Resident Advisor

    2011 - 2014

    Head Resident Advisor ITTP Head Resident Advisor COSMOS Resident Advisor for the Eleanor Roosevelt College, ERC (Global Citizen College)

MU

Monash University

  • Computational Biology Intern

    2011 - 2011

    Worked with an international team to build computational heart models using matlab

NA

NASA Ames Research Center

  • Universities Space Research Association Intern

    2010 - 2010

    Monitored 3 pools of algae growth using pH indicators and comparative qualitative methods Wrote procedures for lab safety and setup utilized team-wide to help reduce bio-fouling risks Built a CO2 distribution system to feed to outdoor algae pools

NA

NASA Ames Research Center

  • INSPIRE Intern

    2009 - 2009

    Interned with a biofuels project to turn non-edible biomass into fuel Ran a HPLC machine to determine the effects of different enzyme assemblies on the digestion of cellulose biomass (corn) Transcribed lectures from Dr. Trent’s Wind Sea Algae Conference that were published bit.ly/AlgaeTrentReport

Education

Investments

Tennr

Series A

Total Funding: $18M

Omneky

Seed

Total Funding: $3M

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