# Danielle C. Tarraf

> Danielle C. Tarraf is a convertible note investor at JCI Ventures backing Sensor and Medical. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [JCI Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jci-ventures)
- Location: Boston, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Apr 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/danielle-c-tarraf
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/daniellectarraf
- Website: https://x.com/daniellectarraf

Danielle C. Tarraf is a convertible note investor at JCI Ventures in Boston focused on Sensor and Medical. Danielle is a venture investor, strategist, and technologist. She is Senior Director, JCI Ventures. She is also a Venture Partner at NGVP. Danielle invests in the digital and deep tech founders building a smart and sustainable future. Her investment focus on AI/ML, IoT, cybersecurity, energy resilience, and carbon market technologies.Danielle was formerly with the RAND Corporation where she advised senior decision-makers on AI posture, digital transformation, and technology strategy in the context of global competition. Her work at RAND has been covered by The Economist, Forbes, Wired, and various federal and defense media outlets.A control theorist by training, Danielle started her career on the Electrical and Computer Engineering faculty at Johns Hopkins University where she founded and led a research lab at the intersection of control and computer science. Danielle is the recipient of NSF CAREER, AFOSR Young Investigator, JHU Excellence in Teaching, and RAND Silver Medal awards. Danielle received her BE from AUB (Mechanical Engineering), her SM (Mechanical Engineering) from MIT, and her PhD from MIT (Control Theory). She was a postdoctoral fellow at MIT and Caltech.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sensor | 1 | 100% |
| Medical | 1 | 100% |
| Hospital | 1 | 100% |
| Health Care | 1 | 100% |
| Internet of Things | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Artisight | Artisight is an IoT sensor network for healthcare with a mission to improve organizational operations and financial performance. The HIPAA-compliant platform from Artisight uses AI to evaluate data and produce new and previously inaccessible data sets. In accordance with the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, Artisight provides computervision technologies for the healthcare industry that protect the privacy of patients and healthcare professionals. | $15M | Convertible Note | Apr 30, 2022 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## About JCI Ventures

VC Fund · San Mateo, United States

JCI Ventures (formerly Tyco Ventures) is the corporate venture arm of Johnson Controls International PLC, the resulting entity of the merger between Legacy Johnson Controls and Tyco International. JCI is the $30B global leader in building, physical security, and energy solutions. We provide access to a global network of resources and customerinstalled base and partner with and invests in startups in AI and Machine Learning, Blockchain, Unmanned Machines, IoT, Security, and Smart Buildings technologies and solutions relevant to our core markets. JCI Ventures is based in the San Francisco Bay Area.

1 contacts available at JCI Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Danielle C. Tarraf | Senior Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/danielle-c-tarraf |

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## FAQ

### What does Danielle C. Tarraf invest in?

Danielle C. Tarraf invests primarily in Sensor, Medical and Hospital startups, most often at Convertible Note stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Danielle C. Tarraf last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Danielle C. Tarraf closed in Apr 2022. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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