Maren Thomas Bannon

Maren Thomas Bannon

Co-Founder & Managing Partner atJanuary VenturesLondon, United Kingdom

Maren Thomas Bannon is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner at January Ventures. She previously held leadership roles at Genentech, Roche, and Applied Materials.

What Maren can write

Writes checks of$250K to $1M
Comes in atPre-seedMostly follows a lead
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January Ventures writes $250K to $1M checks, larger than 33% of firms in the atlas.

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Career

  1. Genentech · leadership roles
  2. Roche · leadership roles
  3. Applied Materials · leadership roles
  4. January Ventures · Co-Founder and Managing Partner
    Now
  5. Genentech
  6. Roche
  7. Applied Materials

Companies founded

January Venturesa startup providing marketing tools to SMBs

Focus

b2b startupsdigital transformationpre-seedventure capital

Education

Stanford, MBADartmouth, engineering degree

Also at January Ventures

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Questions

Who is Maren Thomas Bannon?

Maren Thomas Bannon is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner at January Ventures. She previously held leadership roles at Genentech, Roche, and Applied Materials.

How much does Maren Thomas Bannon invest?

Maren Thomas Bannon invests through January Ventures, which writes checks of $250K to $1M at pre-seed.

How do I pitch Maren Thomas Bannon?

Email [email protected], the firm's inbox for founders, and name Maren in the subject. A warm intro from a founder January Ventures backed works better.

What did Maren Thomas Bannon do before January Ventures?

leadership roles at Genentech; leadership roles at Roche; leadership roles at Applied Materials; Genentech; Roche; Applied Materials.

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