Partner
Jan van Dokkum
Senior Advisor, Imperative Ventures
- Firm
- Imperative Ventures
- Title
- Senior Advisor
- Role
- Advisor
Record updated 21 September 2026
About
Jan van Dokkum is a Senior Advisor to Imperative Ventures and co-founded the firm. Jan is a company-builder and has worked closely with dozens of management teams during critical junctures of scale-up and commercialization. He has over 35 years of experience as an operator, investor, and board director. Through his wide range of roles, Jan has developed deep relationships with corporates across the energy and industrial sectors. Prior to Imperative, Jan served as an operating partner with Kleiner Perkins for ten years, actively managing numerous investments as a director, investor, and interim CEO. Jan previously was President of UTC Power (United Technologies) where he was tasked with building an energy business that served the building and transportation sectors with sustainable technologies like fuel cells, micro-turbines, combined heat and power solutions, and organic rankine cycle systems.
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