Jotthe Kannappan
Senior Associate at Intuitive
Stanford, California
Overview
Work Experience
Board Observer
2024 - Current
SURGE Therapeutics seeks to dramatically improve cancer patient survival by disrupting cancer immunotherapy is deployed.
Raised $58,000,000.00 from Camford Capital, Piedmont Capital, Green D Ventures, Intuitive Ventures, Alumni Ventures, Cancer Research Institute, Castor Ventures, Pitango VC, Khosla Ventures and DHVC.
Senior Associate
2023
Investment professional for a healthcare fund investing in early stage companies focused on accelerating the future of minimally invasive care through diagnostics, therapeutics, digital, and platforms.
Associate, Intuitive Ventures
2020 - 2023
Summer 2020: Summer Associate, Intuitive Ventures Sept'20 - May'21: MBA Associate, Intuitive Ventures
Board Observer
2022
Associate Systems Engineer
2017 - 2019
Contributing to designing and debugging biological and electromechanical systems for a new kind of diagnostic.
Product Marketing Associate
2016 - 2017
Working on the product team at Click Diagnostics to improve usability, develop go to market strategy, and establish pipeline for a new kind of diagnostic.
Visby Medical is a diagnostics company that develops PCR-based diagnostic tests for the detection of infectious diseases.
Raised $376,911,564.00 from CARB-X and Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA).
Mayfield Fellow
2015 - 2015
Highly selective 9 month work-study program focusing on entrepreneurial leadership in Silicon Valley.
Product Management Intern
2015 - 2015
Conducted phase 0 design work for a novel medical mobile application (Need finding, clinical observation, patient interviews, paper prototypes, project planning, and contracting with design and development partners in a commercial setting) Learned about medical device clinical trial processes, FDA approval, Mobile Medical Device Application regulation, and marketing of medical technologies.
Oculeve is a start-up MedTech company with a first-in-class connected health technology to address an unmet clinical need in ophthalmology.
Raised $32,305,473.00 from Kleiner Perkins and New Enterprise Associates.
Residential Computer Consultant
2014 - 2015
Work as a community leader, student advisor, and technical assistant in a freshman dormitory
Research Assistant- Quake Laboratory
2013 - 2015
Worked on a research project involving texture sensing in Caenorhabditis elegans. Developed skills with microfluidic chip fabrication, care of C. elegans and microbiological manipulation. Also worked on a novel DNA synthesis mechanism based on the air-water interface of droplets with abnormal composition.
Research Assistant
2014 - 2014
Worked as a member of a lab and International Genetically Engineering Machine team that produced the molecular foundation for the next generation biological UAV. Specifically worked on bacterial production of cellulose acetate and isolation of material waterproofing proteins from Polistes dominula. Also contributed to the development of the iGEM team website. More information have be found at http://2014.igem.org/Team:StanfordBrownSpelman
Product Fulfillment and Manufacturing Intern
2012 - 2012
Worked in the inventory and production offices during early start-up phases. Helped create a smaller testing kit that proved for easier shipping and handling and patient use. Worked other administrative roles and helped where hands were necessary.
Education
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)
2019 - 2021
Bachelor of Science (BS)
2012 - 2016
High School
2008 - 2012