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Karthik ArdhanareeswaranunlockedJulia: together at The D. E. Shaw Group (2020)
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About
Julia Yan joined Prelude Ventures as a Senior Associate in 2026. She previously spent nearly four years as CEO and co-founder of Baleena, a climate tech and fashion startup that built hardware to help brands track and manage material deterioration in their supply chains, and earlier worked as a summer associate at Strategy& and in business development and customer research at an early-stage healthtech startup, beginning her career in the insulating materials lab at Doble Engineering. She holds a B.S.E. in Materials Science & Engineering with a minor in Engineering Entrepreneurship from the University of Pennsylvania.
Experience
- Prelude VenturesSenior Associatecurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- BaleenaCo-Founder & CEO2022 — 2025Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- 776 FoundationClimate Fellow2023 — 2025
- University of PennsylvaniaTeaching Assistant2021 — 2022
- Strategy&Summer Associate2021New York City Metropolitan Area
- Petal Jewelry Inc.Business Development and Customer Research Analyst2020
- Doble Engineering CompanyInsulating Materials Laboratory Intern2020
- The D. E. Shaw GroupD. E. Shaw Discovery Fellow2020New York City Metropolitan Area
- University of PennsylvaniaENGR 105 Teaching Assistant2019
- North Carolina State UniversityStudent Researcher2017 — 2018Dr. Dickey and Dr. Velev, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Skills & more
MatLab13Microfluidics11Scientific Computing10
Languages Chinese · English · Spanish
From Julia's professional profile.
Colleagues at Prelude Ventures
Anneli Matheson
Executive Assistant at Prelude Ventures
Cisco J. del Valle
Executive Officer at Prelude Ventures
Davis Warnock
General Partner at Prelude Ventures
Edward Yang
Senior Associate at Prelude Ventures
Eileen McMahon
Coordinator of Operations and Executive Support at Prelude Ventures
Gabriel Kra
Managing Director at Prelude Ventures
Gavin Saitowitz
Executive Officer at Prelude Ventures
Greg Warnock
General Partner at Prelude Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Julia Yan?
- Julia Yan joined Prelude Ventures as a Senior Associate in 2026. She previously spent nearly four years as CEO and co-founder of Baleena, a climate tech and fashion startup that built hardware to help brands track and manage material deterioration in their supply chains, and earlier worked as a summer associate at Strategy& and in business development and customer research at an early-stage healthtech startup, beginning her career in the insulating materials lab at Doble Engineering. She holds a B.S.E. in Materials Science & Engineering with a minor in Engineering Entrepreneurship from the University of Pennsylvania.
- Where does Julia Yan work?
- Julia Yan is Senior Associate at Prelude Ventures.
- Where did Julia Yan go to school?
- Julia Yan studied at University of Pennsylvania (Bachelor of Science in Engineering (BSE), Materials Science and Engineering; Minor in Engineering Entrepreneurship).
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