Ic Jan

Founder & Managing Director

2022 - Current

Taiwan Global Angels (TGA) is a global network of seasoned angel investors primarily based in the US and Taiwan. As a VC-like angel club, our typical investment is $300k to $3m per SPV in pre-A to Series B startups. Our members are domain experts in healthcare, hardware, manufacturing, finance, and investments, and many of our members also belong to other angel groups. TGA invested in 9 startups and 2 venture funds with $17M AUM in the US since 2022 till the end of 2024. Investments: - Botrista (Series B Co-Lead & Series C) - Serinus Labs (Seed) - CapsoVision (Growth) - Vocxi Health (Seed) - Figur8 Tech (Series A-1 & A-2) - E14 Fund III LP - Goodfin Fund LP - Aulea Medical (Series A Lead) - Fiber Global (Series A) - Butlr (Series B & B-2) - Ruby Robotics (Seed)

Senior Advisor to the Dean

2021

As the co-founder and a startup mentor, I co-proposed and joined the workforce of the "Taiwan – Berkeley Health Innovation Accelerator" to support an annual cohort of startups from Taiwan who are seeking to bring their health innovations to the U.S. market. The program has been sponsored by the Nation Development Council in Taiwan since September 2021. https://publichealth.berkeley.edu/people/i-chien-jan/

Visiting Scholar

2021 - 2021

Continuing my visiting scholarship at Cal since 2020, I start to co-work with Berkeley School of Public Health in 2021 for "Taiwan Silicon Valley Health Innovation Accelerator".

Advisor

2022

Mentor

2020 - 2022

provide startup founders with pro bono mentorship, guidance, and one-on-one help in order to facilitate an accelerated and successful launch in biomedical and digital healthcare fields

Podcast Host

2023

"Tech Action" is a podcast in Mandarin by interviewing startup founders, angel investors or professionals in corporate to unveil the insight in tech companies, VC firms or consulting firms with their personal stories. 「科技解密 Tech Action」是一個訪談性的節目，每周邀請創業者、投資人或專業經理人，來為你解開科技業、創投業、顧問業還有許多行業的面紗。

Investor

2024

Ruby Robotics is developing the tools to enable widespread access to point of care biopsy assessment through vertically integrated robotics and AI automation. TGA invested in Ruby Robotics in November 2024.

Investor

2024

Butlr is the world’s first and only 100% anonymous people sensing and occupancy detection platform that helps enterprises all over the world improve their workplace planning and optimize their operations. Using just body heat and advanced AI technologies, Butlr understands presence and traffic without capturing any identities—ever.

Investor

2024

Fiber Global is a climate technology company focused on advancing building materials. Our mission is to reclaim abundant global waste streams to create sustainable, high performing building materials. Fiber Global creates products that are both sustainable by design and higher performing than existing products on the market. Our flagship product, Forged Fiber Board (FFB) reclaims corrugated cardboard to manufacture panels that are used in the furniture and construction industries. To learn more, please visit fiberglobal.com.

Investor & Board Director

2024

Aulea is re-imagining the future of urological treatment with the first and only single-use solution that reduces surgical time and post-operative hospitalization, while also improving the procedure for the doctor. Aulea is the result of eight years of product development, with a suite of patents, FDA 510(k) clearances. Aulea has commercially ready products with production-ready supply chains and existing customers. Aulea stands ready to immediately capture large swaths of the urology market.

Investor

2023

FIGUR8 is the market leader for standardizing musculoskeletal (MSK) health and injury recovery data. Through its innovative bioMotion Assessment Platform (bMAP), FIGUR8 empowers individuals to monitor and optimize their injury recovery, physical performance and overall health, while also enabling providers, patients and payers to access valuable data for advanced insights, better recovery and more personalized care.

Investor

2023

GoodFin is a U.S. venture-backed startup building a next generation wealth technology platform. We are pioneering “wealth intelligence” with GoodFin AI. Picture a financial genius at your fingertips, designed to be transparent, personalized and reliable. GoodFin is a technology company, not a traditional wealth management firm or private bank. We are reimagining a services-based industry that has historically catered to high net worth individuals.