Jason Pontin
Login to view DISC.Jason Pontin is a General Partner at DCVC, focusing on early-stage deep tech and life sciences companies. A University of Oxford graduate, he previously had a 20-year career in journalism, notably as editor-in-chief of MIT Technology Review and Red Herring. People who have worked with him describe him as eloquent, witty, and daring.
As a prolific science and technology writer, his work has appeared in The New York Times, The Economist, and Wired. He is passionate about storytellings role in explaining complex scientific concepts and believes in technologys power to solve significant global problems, a topic he explored in his TED Talk.
Before becoming a venture capitalist, he was the editor of Red Herring, a publication the Wall Street Journal called the "bible of the dot-com boom. "
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