Kevin Dunlap

Kevin Dunlap

Co-Founder and Managing Partner atCalibrate VenturesPasadena

Kevin Dunlap is Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Calibrate Ventures, a seed-stage firm investing in deep tech. He previously led investments at Shea Ventures and began his career as an engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

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Comes in atSeedMostly follows a lead
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Career

  1. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) · engineer
  2. Shea Ventures · Managing Director
  3. Calibrate Ventures · Co-Founder and Managing Partner
    Now

Companies founded

Calibrate Ventures

Investments named in public bios

RingSolarCityChegg

Focus

advanced softwareautomationartificial intelligenceroboticsdeep tech

Education

University at Buffalo, B.S. in Mechanical EngineeringDrucker School of Management at Claremont Graduate University, M.S. in Financial Engineering

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Who is Kevin Dunlap?

Kevin Dunlap is Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Calibrate Ventures, a seed-stage firm investing in deep tech. He previously led investments at Shea Ventures and began his career as an engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

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Calibrate Ventures has not reported a check size. It invests at seed.

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What did Kevin Dunlap do before Calibrate Ventures?

engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL); Managing Director at Shea Ventures.

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