Jan Davis

I help companies grow: private company board member, startup and early stage advisor, and angel investor. Doubled the size of three different businesses in different industries in three years or less as an operator.

📍 Cary, North Carolina, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 10 investments📅 15 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2022𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
VC🌍 United States
10
Total investments
5
Early stage
2
Mid stage
0
Late stage
15y
Years active

Portfolio

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Angel Investor
Jan 2022
The NC Tweener Fund, Powered by NC IDEA is focused on building an index of early-stage, high-tech, startups in North Carolina that meet the "Tweener" criteria. Tweeners are: o $1m ARR or o 10 people o HQd in North Carolina o No bigger than $80m ARR
Board Member
Apr 2021
Couplet Care, Inc. was born of a specific need: new mothers need a safe, comfortable way to reach, soothe, and care for their newborn without relying on nursing staff or family help in their hospital or birthing center room. Couplet Care develops solutions for improving patient safety and clinical efficiency while promoting positive mother and infant health outcomes. Our first product is a patented medical infant bassinet, designed to reduce risks to patients, promote clinical productivity, and enhance parent and infant bonding in the birthing facility.
Board Member
May 2018
Epifany is an enterprise business intelligence solution designed to help brands collect the highest caliber of customer data and feedback. Our platform allows our clients to offer everyday customers mobile surveys with a premier, modernized user experience -- simply by integrating the Epifany technology into their existing mobile apps, email or SMS systems. Our surveys are concise, personalized and are completed in under 120 seconds. Partners can access results in real-time on our web-based dashboard and make strategic decisions with critical customer experience information in-hand.
Board Member
Jul 2017
We are a tenant and market due diligence firm providing real-time data-driven solutions that reduce risk and optimize economic outcomes for owners and operators of commercial real estate throughout the investment life cycle. We apply proprietary scoring algorithms, machine learning and artificial intelligence to over 200 big and small data sources to deliver fully automated SaaS services and strategic market assessments.
Angel Investor
Jul 2017
The Carolina Angel Network (CAN) brings together the UNC entrepreneurial community and the UNC alumni network to empower the early-stage new businesses that drive our future. Our mission is to support the UNC startup community with funding and advice from experienced alumni who are members of the network. We invest in companies in which a founder, executive, or board chair is a UNC alumnus, faculty member, staff member, student, or parent. Have questions? Take a look at our FAQs (https://www.carolinaangelnetwork.com/faqs) to learn more about Carolina Angel Network and what we do.
Board Observer
May 2016
Epifany is an enterprise business intelligence solution designed to help brands collect the highest caliber of customer data and feedback. Our platform allows our clients to offer everyday customers mobile surveys with a premier, modernized user experience -- simply by integrating the Epifany technology into their existing mobile apps, email or SMS systems. Our surveys are concise, personalized and are completed in under 120 seconds. Partners can access results in real-time on our web-based dashboard and make strategic decisions with critical customer experience information in-hand.
Board Member
May 2014
SEAL Innovation is a dedicated group of business leaders, marketers, physicians, engineers, and craftsmen making the world a safer, more comfortable, and more fun place to live. SEAL Innovation develops products that effectively prevent tragedy while allowing kids to flourish and develop healthy habits that last a lifetime. Our flagship product, the SEAL SwimSafe Swim Monitor System, is the first wearable device that effectively protects swimmers around water. The system uses patented RF technology to monitor anyone in the area wearing a SEAL SwimSafe Band, alerting lifeguards and parents if a user is submerged for too long. Used by YMCA's, private and municipal pools, cruise lines, and families, SEAL SwimSafe is the best way for family members and guests to swim with confidence.
Advisory Board Member and Investor
Jan 2014
We are a tenant and market due diligence firm providing real-time data-driven solutions that reduce risk and optimize economic outcomes for owners and operators of commercial real estate throughout the investment life cycle. We apply proprietary scoring algorithms, machine learning and artificial intelligence to over 200 big and small data sources to deliver fully automated SaaS services and strategic market assessments.
Experience · 15 entries
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Investments (10)
Founder (3)
Board (6)
2023
Co-Founder and Executive Committee Member
2023
Based out of Research Triangle Park, NC, the RTP Angel Fund is a committed capital fund launched in Summer 2023 with an aim to invest in and work with companies to help them grow and achieve scale. We are a member-managed fund with a diverse investor base of over 50 North Carolinians who may also invest additional funds alongside the Fund on any given investment. Our geographic investment focus is North Carolina, specifically in the Raleigh-Durham area. We are focused on early-stage investment opportunities - generally Pre-seed, Seed and perhaps Series A. The Fund is willing to play a key leadership role in leading investments for early-stage companies, writing term sheets where appropriate. Our typical investment for early-stage companies ranges from $150k to $250k and is aimed to help local entrepreneurs achieve scale and build their business.
2022
Angel Investor
Jan 2022
The NC Tweener Fund, Powered by NC IDEA is focused on building an index of early-stage, high-tech, startups in North Carolina that meet the "Tweener" criteria. Tweeners are: o $1m ARR or o 10 people o HQd in North Carolina o No bigger than $80m ARR
2021
Vice Chair
Sep 2021
Triangle Angel Partners is an angel fund based in the Research Triangle Park area of North Carolina.
Board Member
Apr 2021
Couplet Care, Inc. was born of a specific need: new mothers need a safe, comfortable way to reach, soothe, and care for their newborn without relying on nursing staff or family help in their hospital or birthing center room. Couplet Care develops solutions for improving patient safety and clinical efficiency while promoting positive mother and infant health outcomes. Our first product is a patented medical infant bassinet, designed to reduce risks to patients, promote clinical productivity, and enhance parent and infant bonding in the birthing facility.
2018
Board Member
May 2018
Epifany is an enterprise business intelligence solution designed to help brands collect the highest caliber of customer data and feedback. Our platform allows our clients to offer everyday customers mobile surveys with a premier, modernized user experience -- simply by integrating the Epifany technology into their existing mobile apps, email or SMS systems. Our surveys are concise, personalized and are completed in under 120 seconds. Partners can access results in real-time on our web-based dashboard and make strategic decisions with critical customer experience information in-hand.
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