Jana Mike, Angel Investor

Jana is a physician-scientist and investor driven by a passion for catalyzing meaningful advancements in overlooked areas of medicine through partnerships with innovative medtech companies. An MD-PhD with expertise in drug and device development, neuroscience, pediatrics and intensive care. Jana has also focused on medical device and digital health startups as an angel investment analyst with the Bay Area’s Life Science Angels group. She also assisted the UCSF Office of Technology Management with technology commercialization, IP diligence, and market analysis, and served as a mentor for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s AI for Web3 for Impact. Jana’s scientific research on neonatal brain hypoxic-ischemic injury has garnered recognition and awards. Notably, her contributions to a neurotherapeutic pipeline, supported by funding from the Gates Foundation, have been instrumental in advancing pre-clinical trial safety and efficacy evaluations of neurotherapeutics.