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Nanovation Partners

VC
San Diego, CA

Nanovation Partners is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in San Diego, CA investing in Other, AI / ML. The firm typically writes $350K–$1.5M checks and has 2 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$350K–$1.5M
Portfolio
2 companies on record
Partners
7 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
Other, AI / ML
HQ
San Diego, CA
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-05-17

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$350K – $1.5M

Portfolio

2+ companies

Team

7 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Invests exclusively in nanotechnology and advanced materials startups targeting transformative innovations in semiconductor processing, AI, and quantum systems.

How Nanovation Partners invests

Nanovation Partners is a vc firm based in San Diego, CA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, AI / ML. It does not invest in Healthtech, E-commerce.

Nanovation Partners typically writes checks of $350K–$1.5M per investment.

Nanovation Partners has backed 2 companies in our records, including NanoLayer 3D, InfiChip.

Partners & Team

DJ

Dan Justin

President And Ceo

TC

Tina Chen

Founding Partner

Nanotechnology
Semiconductors
PR

Pieter R. Cullis

Co-Founder & Board Chair

Lipid nanoparticle delivery
Gene therapy
RNA technologies
JA

Jayesh A. Kulkarni

Co-Founder & CSO (Chief Scientific Officer)

RNA structure and function
LNP formulation science
Preclinical delivery optimization
Z(

Zachariah (Zach) Jonasson

Board Member

Business strategy
Financing & capital investments in biotech
Corporate partnerships
DM

David Main

Board Member

Executive biotech leadership
Clinical development programs
Company scale-up
DW

Dominik Witzigmann

Co-Founder & President (CEO)

Nanomedicine translation
Extra-hepatic LNP delivery
Pharmaceutical development

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
AI / ML

Does Not Invest In

Healthtech
E-commerce

Portfolio Companies (2)

Other

NA

NanoLayer 3D

Nanotechnology
IN

InfiChip

Semiconductors
How to pitch Nanovation Partners
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $350K – $1.5M check.
  • cold outreach ok
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Dan Justin, President And Ceo.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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