Javier Evelyn, Alerje founder

Hey, I'm Javier Evelyn โœŒ๐Ÿพ

An award-winning founder building what matters.

I build at the intersection of AI, medical devices, and digital health. I raised close to $3.7M, earned 14 international patents, and led my company to a strategic medical device exit.

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Who I Am

  • โ—†Proud girl dad
  • โ—†Founder & CEO (medical device exit achieved) at Alerje
  • โ—†Raised ~$3.7M to build a medical device and AI-enabled allergy care platform
  • โ—†Principal Investigator on NSF, DOD, and Air Force federal awards
  • โ—†14 international patents (medical devices, digital health, AI)
  • โ—†Google for Entrepreneurs CODE2040 EIR, Google Black Founders Fund, Crain's 40 Under 40, Aspen Ideas Health Fellow
  • โ—†Board & advisory: MedTech Color and U-M Accelerate Blue Fund, deployed well over $3M to founders
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office - Romans 12:2-4 KJV

Ways to Build Together

Business Strategy

I help founders figure out their go-to-market, get in front of the right investors, and build strategy that actually works. I've been through it myself - happy to share the road map I wish I'd had.

AI Builds

I build AI tools, modern websites, and apps for teams that need to move fast. If you have an idea that needs a technical partner for a sprint, I'm your person.

Grant Writing & Pitch Support

I've written the grants that won and I've sat on both sides of pitch competitions. I know what reviewers look for and how to tell a story that actually funds your work.

Board & Advisory

I serve on boards because I genuinely like helping founders avoid the mistakes I made. Digital health, medical devices, and mission-driven startups are my sweet spot.

Not sure which fits?

Tell me what you're working on and I'll point you where I can help most.

Let's Explore โ†’

Case Studies

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Founder & CEO ยท Full Journey

Alerje: From a Personal Problem to a Platform That Changed Allergy Care

Founded in 2016, led Alerje from a patented auto-injector through multiple pivots into an AI-enabled allergy care platform. Raised close to $3.7M, earned 14 patents, secured 4 federal grants, and achieved a strategic medical device exit. The company remains active, advancing its digital health and AI platforms.

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02
Early Team Member ยท Ecosystem Builder

MedTech Color: Building the MedTech Founder Pipeline

An early team member at a nonprofit that designed and executed pitch competitions deploying over $1M in non-dilutive capital to early stage founders. Partnered with Johnson & Johnson, Stryker, Medtronic, ResMed, and the NIH to build durable pathways for underrepresented medtech founders.

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Skills & Expertise

Product Leadership & Operations

  • Venture-backed medical device company building
  • Team building, fundraising, and strategy
  • Operating from prototype to exit

AI & Software Engineering

  • Agentic workflows
  • Full-stack web development (mobile, responsive, small biz sites)
  • AI-powered software design

Business Development

  • Business development, marketing, and M&A
  • Sales, partnerships, and commercial strategy
  • Fundraising: raised ~$3.7M across equity and non-dilutive capital
  • Pitch competition participation and judging

Grant Writing & Federal Funding

  • Principal Investigator on 4 federal grant awards
  • SBIR/STTR (National Science Foundation (NSF), National Institutes of Health (NIH))
  • Department of Defense (DOD) contracts, U.S. Air Force funding

Digital Health & Medical Devices

  • Medical device strategy, multiple pivots, exit achieved
  • 14 international patents
  • FDA / regulatory-aware product development
  • IP development and portfolio management

Board & Advisory Work

  • U-M Accelerate Blue Fund: invested $2M+ in early stage startups
  • MedTech Color: medical device founder pipeline, $1M+ non-dilutive capital
  • First Independence Bank (Millennial Advisory Board), MATTER Health, AdvaMed Accel, FAACT, Rock Health, food allergy counselor directory

Media

Interests

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AI & Agentic Development

Practical, agent-driven systems that put real capability in builders' hands. Fascinated by the emerging power of local AI models running on consumer hardware. Shipping useful automation, fast.

Innovation & Venture

Turning real problems into useful products and shipping them fast. Early-stage venture, how capital is deployed, and how founders get backed across industries.

Health Tech

A lifelong food allergy sufferer and medical device founder. Still building and investing in better health technology.

Vegan & Plant-Based Living

Vegan eating, plant-based food, cooking, and gardening. Food allergy life made me intentional about what goes on the plate.

Fitness in My 40s

Still dunking a basketball in my forties. Currently a flag football free agent for the right team ;). I workout three to five days a week. It's core to everything I do.

Art & Building With My Hands

Cultural art with deep history, the start of an art collection, and a new love for making things with my hands in my 40s.

Let's Build Something

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