Jeep Kline
Founding Partner at MrPink VC
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Work Experience
Managing Partner and Founder
2024 - Current
"Deep Tech Meets Deep Impact" https://raisewell.vc
Professional Faculty, Sustainable and Impact Finance Group
2021
Faculty for “Venture Funds as Curriculum”. Teaching two courses on venture capital investment. 1) Haas Impact Fund: early-stage venture investment 2) Climate Solutions Fund: growth-stage venture investment Haas School of Business pioneers this curriculum concept with hands-on investment experiences, enabling MBAs to invest globally. Students learn how venture capital and impact investing can incentivize social change through careers such as Venture Capital Investors, Venture Philanthropy, Corporate VC, and Entrepreneurship. Investment examples: Hertha (US), Splight (US), 60Hertz (US), Mazi (Kenya), Arado (Brazil), Fluix AI (US)
Board of Advisors
2023
Final Aim leveraged blockchain and smart contracts to address design and manufacturing challenges on a global scale, founded by two serial entrepreneurs from Japan.
Friend of The Fund
2024
Founding Partner
2020 - 2024
Latin America focused venture fund. Argentina, Colombia, Peru, Uruguay, Chile. Investment examples: - Talently (EdTech) - Nutri Co (food tech) - Manzana verde (e-commerce) - Tranqui Finanzas (FinTech) - Nulinga (SaaS) More at https://mrpink.vc
Board of Advisors
2023
Deploy and implement GenAI for enterprise businesses. Serving customers across various industries including healthcare, insurance, and manufacturing. Founded by serial entrepreneur CEO Shajan Koshy.
Advisor and Ambassador to Asia
2019
Skydeck is one of the top global accelerator programs in the world. Utilizing UC Berkeley’s unique assets: students, faculties, alumni, and industry network to help selected startups grow and scale. - Selected to join Global Ambassador Program to officially represent this top startup accelerator globally - Nominated as the Lead Ambassador and create strategic partnerships with top institutions, universities, and government officials in Asia Pacific
Advisor to CEOs
2018
Proud and enjoy supporting all the CEOs, founders, and entrepreneurs. I give advice. They do all the hard work! - GamerSafer: Rodrigo & Maria Tamellini - Ahead Medicine: Andrea Wang - Seashore Networks: Ankit Dixit - Coreshell Technologies: Jonathan Tan & Roger Basu - SMBX: Ben Lozano, Gabrielle, and Jackie See more at https://skydeck.berkeley.edu
SkyDeck Berkeley is a research university accelerator that serves as an apex startup launchpad for affiliated entrepreneurs.
Board of Directors
2023 - 2024
President
2021 - 2023
A groundbreaking life sciences company that provides laboratories and clinicians with AI-based tools essential for translating millions of complex cell data into actionable decisions. Accelerating time to treatment for critical diseases.
Board Member
2022 - 2024
An integrated telehealth platform that enables hospitals to provide better healthcare access, increase internal operating efficiency, and deliver cares across Southeast Asia
Board of Directors
2021 - 2023
The Circulate Initiative (TCI) is founded by Circulate Capital, $200M+ venture fund. TCI is committed to solving the ocean plastic pollution challenge by supporting the incubation of circular, inclusive and investible waste management and recycling systems in South and Southeast Asia.
Advisor
2019 - 2022
Joined Mark Goldstein, Chairman and Founder of UCSF Health Hub, to help connect ideas and companies with the people, expertise, and capital to scale breakthrough healthcare solutions