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John Melas-kyriazi
Founder of Standard Metrics
San Francisco, California
Overview
John Melas-Kyriazi is the Co-Founder & CEO of Standard Metrics in San Francisco, California, with a background in materials science and physics. He has successfully invested in and advised various start-ups, including Full Harvest and Wildtype, showcasing his expertise in venture capital and business development.
With a Ph.D. (dropout) and extensive experience in entrepreneurship, John has made significant contributions to the renewable energy sector through his work in solar cells and photovoltaics. His roles in corporate development and strategic partnerships highlight his ability to drive product development and business growth.
Work Experience
Co-Founder & CEO
2020 - Current
Standard Metrics automates portfolio reporting for VC teams and their portfolio companies. Learn more at standardmetrics.io
Standard Metrics is a financial platform for startups and investors.
Raised $29,500,000.00 from First Trust Capital Partners, Spark Capital, Nitesh Banta, Slack Fund, Socii Capital, Fin Capital, 8VC, January Capital, Alpha Edison and Gaingels.
Angel Investor
2019
Angel investments: - Numeric (numeric.io) - Onebrief (onebrief.com) - Hone (honehealth.com) - Seso (sesolabor.com) - Clipboard Health (clipboardhealth.com) - Ello (ello.com) - Vartana (vartana.com) - Nuvocargo (nuvocargo.com) - MainStreet (mainstreet.com) - Auxilius (auxili.us) - Mundi (mundi.io) - Multiply (withmultiply.com) - Distill (distill.fyi) - Provenance (provenance.co) - Pilot (getpilot.ai) - Puck (careerpuck.com) - Eco (eco.com) - withco (with.co) - Archie (witharchie.com) - Clora (clora.com) - Heyday (heyday.xyz) - Climax Foods (climaxfoods.com) - Mezcal Rosaluna (mezcalrosaluna.com) - Prima (prima.co) - gtxn (gtxn.co) - Realm (realmalliance.com) - Poised (poised.com) — acquired by Deepgram - Legalpad (legalpad.io) — acquired by Deel Later-stage investments alongside VC friends: - Flexport (flexport.com) - Shield AI (shield.ai) - Oxide (oxide.computer) - True Anomaly (trueanomaly.space) - Route (route.com) - nTop (ntop.com) - AtoB (atob.us)
Advisor
2020
8VC is a technology and life sciences investment firm that builds and invests in the world’s most ambitious companies.
8VC transform the technology infrastructure behind many industries.
Angel Track
2023
Member of First Round Capital's Fall 2023 Angel Track cohort.
First Round Angel Track is a community of operators and founders looking to develop their skills and identities as early-stage investors.
Investor
2014 - 2020
Investments I led: - Clipboard Health (Series A) - Wildtype (seed, board member) - Full Harvest (Series A, board member) - Clora (seed, board member) Investments I sourced: - Andela (Series A, board observer) - Capella Space (Series A, board observer) - Allstripes (Series A) — acquired by PicnicHealth - Freight Farms (Series A, board observer) - Sidewire (seed, board observer) Other: - SoundHouse (seed, co-founded/incubated) — acquired by HarbourView (https://www.billboard.com/pro/harbourview-acquires-soundhouse-biggest-acquisition-to-date/)
Spark Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in the consumer, commerce, FinTech, software, frontier, and media sectors.
CFO & Head of Business Development
2012 - 2014
StartX is a community of entrepreneurs affiliated with Stanford University.
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
Education
Investments
Latest Articles
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Spark’s investment in Full Harvest
Talks about We Invest, New Portfolio Company and Venture Capital
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Our partnership with Wild Type
Talks about Food, Venture Capital and Technology
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SXSW: third time’s the charm
Talks about SXSW, Startup and Spark Capital