Konrad Jarausch

Biography

Konrad is an entrepreneur in residence at the Capricorn Investment Group where he provides analysis for Capricorn Libra investments and works with their portfolio companies on strategy and business development. In 2016 Konrad launched Sunlight Inside (www.sunlightinside.com) to deliver the health and wellness benefits of natural light. Prior to joining Capricorn, Konrad led Passport Capital’s public market (long-short) and venture investments in clean-tech/energy, materials and nanotechnology. While at Passport Konrad developed a deep understanding of markets, supply chains, and business models which informs his approach to generating risk-adjusted investment returns. Konrad has been investing across the technology life-cycle, from experimental early-stage companies to mature commodity markets, while working closely with other investors to share perspectives and build syndicates. Before becoming an investor, Konrad led product development and marketing efforts for Hitachi’s analytical instrumentation division where he worked with semiconductor, materials, solar, battery and nanotechnology researchers and companies. Konrad started his Silicon Valley career in the late 90s working on a development line at Intel Corporation. At Intel he managed the failure analysis group in the yield organization, and led cross-functional teams to drive manufacturing, process, product and materials improvements. Prior to joining Intel, Konrad worked at Sandia National Laboratory where he focused on the characterization and synthesis of nanomaterials. Konrad has a PhD in Materials Science from North Carolina State University where he was trained as a microscopist to study the structure-property relationships of materials. Throughout his career Konrad has sought-out opportunities to integrate skills from different disciplines to solve complex problems and create value.