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Jim Demetriades

Founder of Kairos Investor

Beverly Hills, California

Overview 

Jim Demetriades is the CEO and Founder of Kairos VC, a venture capital firm based in Beverly Hills, California. With a strong background in entrepreneurship and strategic partnerships, he has successfully invested in companies like Provivi and Transient Plasma Systems, contributing to their growth and success in the impact, education, and media/content sectors. Jim Demetriades has a proven track record of leadership and board-level expertise, playing key roles in companies like Foldax Inc., Amorphology, Inc., and Provivi, Inc. His strategic investments in startups at various stages, from seed to Series A, highlight his ability to identify and nurture promising ventures in diverse sectors.

Work Experience 

  • CEO and Founder

    2015 - Current

    At Kairos Ventures we invest in, support and nourish the world’s leading scientific discoveries and commercialize them into viable businesses.

Kairos Ventures invests in ideas, patents, and businesses from universities and scientists.

  • Board Member

    2015

Foldax is engages in synthetic heart valve development to deliver non-thrombogenic aortic and mitral valves at dramatically lower cost.

Raised $43,375,000.00 from Sayan Bioventures, MemorialCare Innovation Fund, Kairos Ventures, Angel Physicians Fund, Caltech and BioStar Capital.

  • Executive Chairman

    2017

Amorphology uses metal alloy technologies and production techniques to create specialty gears for non-commercial robotics applications.

  • Executive Chairman

    2015

Provivi develops biopesticides for agriculture, commercial, household, and public health pest management.

Raised $191,652,180.00 from Aliment Capital.

  • Executive Chairman

    2017

TPS engineers pulsed power systems as an enabling technology for commercial, industrial, and research applications.

Raised $8,500,000.00 from Kairos Ventures.

  • Board Member

    2017

Enables safe, effective and customizable transmission of power over-the-air using proprietary mmWave and Smart RF Lensing technology

Raised $15,000,000.00 from US Department of Energy.

  • Board Member

    2017

  • Board Member

    2018

  • Chairman/ CEO

    2019

  • Advisory Council Member to the Board of Directors

    2019

Alliance aims to nurture and accelerate the growth of Southern California’s technology and life sciences innovation ecosystem.

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