Justin Olshavsky
General Partner at Pioneer Fund
United States
Overview
Work Experience
General Partner, Bio+Health Fund
2021 - Current
Founder and General Partner of Pioneer's Bio+Health focused fund. Investing in early stage biotechnology, life science, medtech, and healthcare companies. Please reach out if you're building in bio+health! https://www.pioneerfund.vc/bio-health-fund Previously: Entrepreneur-in-Residence - 11/2021 - 12/2022 Senior Venture Partner - 01/2021 to 10/2021 Venture Partner - 10/2020 to 12/2020
Advising
2024
Head of Engineering
2023 - 2024
Pressing pause on biological time via cryopreservation Founding engineer, and built the early engineering team Investor & advisor to the company, joined for ~1 year in a full time capacity, with the intention of leaving to start a new company after getting the team in place
Cradle is a cryonics company that develops and proves the feasibility of human organs and whole-body reversible cryopreservation.
Raised $48,000,000.00.
Adjunct Instructor
2024 - 2024
Project Olympus course for early stage spin-out companies
Neuroprotection
2020 - 2023
Transitioning the Voyage technology to Penumbra post-acquisition
Penumbra develops clinically beneficial products that help patients suffering from stroke and other neurovascular diseases.
Raised $2,871,226.00 from The Halo Fund.
Co-founder and CTO
2018 - 2023
Hypothermia to end brain damage from stroke. Y Combinator S19. Voyage was acquired by Penumbra (NYSE:PEN)
Voyage Biomedical is a medical device startup.
Raised $150,000.00 from Y Combinator, SkyDeck Berkeley and Creative Destruction Lab (CDL).
Robotics Engineer
2017 - 2018
Bomb-disposal robots, robotic systems for satellites
Harris Corp - composite aero-structures division is a supplier of advanced composite products primarily for airframe applications.
Biomechanics Research
2016 - 2016
Simulating artificial heart valves in silico
Mechanical Engineering Intern
2014 - 2014
Nuclear energy