John Grant

Dr. John L, Grant currently is the principal of Lemnos Advisory, LLC, a boutique consultancy which serves clients such as operating companies, transaction advisors, investment banks and venture investors. Dr. Grant is a NACD Certified Director and serves on two startup BODs, three non-profit BODs, is an advisory board member at two startups and works with BioTools Innovator (Los Angeles) as a mentor. Additionally, he provides strategic support to CXO Advisors (Phoenix), an impact-focused incubator. He also invests in early-stage companies and is on the Investment Committee of Purple Arch Ventures (Chicago) and invests through angel groups such as TCA-LA (Los Angeles), Gopher Angels (Minneapolis) and Chemical Angels Network (SoCal). Previously, he was an executive at 3M and led global strategy and external business development in several 3M divisions within 3M’s Healthcare and Industrial Business Groups. In these roles, he led and participated in 25 acquisitions, divestitures and minority corporate venture investments in advanced materials, filtration, medical devices, biotechnology, industrial adhesives, and enterprise software.

His educational background consists of an MBA from the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota and a PhD from Northwestern University.