Jeff Karan

Co-Founder Archimedes Venture Studio, WaveEdge Capital, CEO Advisor

San Francisco Bay Area

About

I’m a serial entrepreneur and trusted advisor to CEOs and Boards, with a proven track record of driving results across a broad spectrum of industries — including healthcare, blockchain, middle market companies, and technology. Currently, I’m a Co-Founder of Archimedes Venture Studio, where we partner with leading scientists and innovators from the Harvard, MIT, and Stanford communities to launch startups built around disruptive technologies. In parallel, I am Co-Founder and Managing Partner at WaveEdge Capital, an independent investment bank headquartered in Silicon Valley. Wearing this hat, I help CEOs as they build their businesses, think through alternative business strategies, raise capital, support corporate partnerships, and ultimately get sold. My background includes more than 25 years of investment banking and corporate advisory experience, including over a decade at Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs in New York. I later founded Woodside Capital Partners, a Silicon Valley-based tech investment bank that was the predecessor to WaveEdge Capital. Outside of work, I’m deeply interested in macroeconomics, global markets, philosophy, and social issues including climate change. I’m an avid skier, cyclist, and trader, and enjoy pickleball and poker. Most importantly, I'm a proud husband and father to amazing adult twin daughters. (FINRA Series 24, 7, 79, 63, 99)

Experience

  • Co-Founder and Partner, Archimedes Venture Studio at Archimedes Venture Studio
    Sep 2024 - Present · 1 yr 10 mos

  • Co-Founder & Managing Partner at WaveEdge Capital
    Aug 2014 - Present · 11 yrs 11 mos

    Silicon Valley based investment bank focused on Healthcare, Technology, and other industry sectors.

  • Co-Founder and Advisor at Ethos.io
    Jul 2022 - Aug 2025 · 3 yrs 2 mos

    Ethos.io is an easy-to-use, onchain, mobile trading platform on par with MetaMask and Phantom. It is available for download on both iPhone and Android devices.

  • Founder and Senior Partner at Woodside Capital Partners
    2000 - 2014 · 14 yrs

  • Co-Founder & CEO at OneDemocracy.com
    Jun 1998 - Jun 2000 · 2 yrs 1 mo

    Founded a non-partisan, grassroots organizing website and suite of tools for individuals to drive change in their communities.