Alexei Andreev

Bio

At Harris & Harris Inc, Mr Andreev has served as an Executive Vice President and as a Managing Director since March 2005. From 2002 to March 2005, he was an Associate with Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ), a venture capital firm, where he was exclusively focused on nanotechnology and material science investment opportunities. While at DFJ, he played an integral role in sourcing and funding EoPlex, Intematix, Solicore and D-Wave Systems, for which companies he served as an active Board Director or Observer. Previously, he worked for TLcom Capital Partners, a London-based venture capital fund backed by Morgan Stanley. Prior to that, he was employed by Renaissance Capital Group/Sputnik Funds, a venture capital fund in Moscow, Russia. Before he started his business career, he was a researcher at the Centre of Nanotechnology, ISAN (RAS), in Troitsk, Russia, where he was focused on optical and electrical properties of Quantum Dot heterostructures. Portfolio responsibilities: Adesto, Bridgelux, Cambrios, Contour Energy Systems, Cobalt BioFuels, D-Wave Systems, Kovio, Molecular Imprints, NeoPhotonics, PolyRemedy and Xradia. Graduated from the Department of Theoretical Physics of Moscow Steel & Alloys Institute (PhD), where he was a recipient of the Scholarship for Outstanding Young Scientists of Russian Academy of Sciences, the Scholarship from the International Center of Fundamental Physics and Soros Scientific Foundation. Has an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.