Jimmy Kan

Jimmy Kan is a Partner at Anzu Partners with expertise in investing in semiconductor technologies, next generation materials, and life sciences. He holds B.S./M.S. degrees in Materials Physics and a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of California, San Diego.

During his academic pursuits, he specialized in harnessing magnetic, electrical, and optical properties of nanostructured materials for hardware applications.

Jimmy leverages his background to support portfolio companies in business development, strategy, and technical product development & marketing.

His previous roles include being a Board Member at prominent companies like AM Batteries, Arduino, EnCharge AI, South 8 Technologies, Aspinity, Inc., Liquid Instruments, and Niron Magnetics, Inc.

Before joining Anzu Partners, he served as a Senior Hardware Engineer and Researcher at Qualcomm and held positions in Process Research and Development at Genentech and as a Research Assistant at UC San Diego.