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About Investor

James Chan is Chief Financial Officer at First Spark Ventures, a deeptech-oriented venture firm based in the San Francisco Bay Area. In his investing role he focuses on early-stage companies in sectors such as medical devices, pharmaceuticals, developer tools, biotech, education, AI, e-commerce, health IT and digital health, with investments typically ranging from $100K to $5.0M. His background includes extensive finance and operations experience, and at First Spark he combines CFO responsibilities with portfolio support on fundraising, financial strategy and governance for deeptech startups.