Irwin Jacobs
Angel Investor
La Jolla, United States
Irwin Jacobs is a pre-seed investor in La Jolla focused on Health Care and Biotechnology. Irwin Jacobs is Co-Founder and Chairman at Qualcomm. Founding Chairman of Cornell Tech.
- Total investments:
- 4
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 75%
Last updated:
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Health Care 2 (50%)
- Biotechnology 2 (50%)
- FinTech 1 (25%)
- Medical 1 (25%)
- Payments 1 (25%)
Stage
- Pre-Seed 1 (25%)
- Series B 1 (25%)
- Series C 1 (25%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (25%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Upngo enables contactless payments at over 1,000 restaurants across almost every state in the US. Since launching in 2018, the company has processed millions of contactless payments for restaurant guests. Over 3.5 million payments totaling over $250 million annually are processed by QR code or text payments. | $600K / Pre-Seed / Jun 01, 2023 | ||
| They are a global leader in the science of targeted micropollutant removal and pioneered the first-ever use of cyclodextrin-based polymer adsorbents to safely strip away micropollutants in water treatment. | $4M / Series B / Nov 12, 2019 | ||
| With the mission of developing the revolutionary opposed-cylinder split-cycle internal combustion engine and proving its superior qualities, Tour Engine, Inc. was founded in 2006. Since then, step-by-step, Tour Engine, Inc. has been developing and testing its unique technology.Within less than a year the Chief of Research and Development, HugoTour, and his team, successfully designed and built an operating split-cycle TourEngine™ prototype. Together with a positive feasibility report from one of the leading provider of engineering services to the world's automotive industry, and positive results from two independent thermodynamic studies conducted by consultants out of academia and a leading US national laboratory, and verified by a third independent thermodynamic study by a team at a major OEM, Tour Engine is focusing on developing and testing the next generation of prototypes. Utilizing existing relationships with leading academic institutions and personnel and working on establishing joint development projects with several major OEMs, we will rapidly produce a fully tested prototype that demonstrates the leap in efficiency, reduction in harmful emissions, and potential applications to the current internal combustion market. Our Simple approach, to design the TourEngine™ based on standard cylinder/piston technology, will allow manufacturers a relatively easy transition into production. | $2.3M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jul 03, 2018 | ||
| Biological Dynamics, Inc. is a healthcare company committed to improving global health outcomes by detecting diseases in their earliest stages. The company's proprietary platform simplifies access to native-state biomarkers and nanoparticles, enabling multiomics applications. The company is focused on detecting cancers by applying its platformtechnology along with its machine learning capabilities. For more information, please visit www.biologicaldynamics.com and follow us at @BiodynSD on Twitter.It was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in San Diego, California. | $26.8M / Series C / Nov 05, 2015 |
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What does Irwin Jacobs invest in?
Irwin Jacobs invests primarily in Health Care, Biotechnology and FinTech startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The most recent investment recorded for Irwin Jacobs closed in Jun 2023. Shizune tracks 4 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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