Blake Janover

Capital markets. Frontier technology. National security.



Now

DeFi Development Corp Nasdaq: DFDV · Director

Founded the predecessor company (Janover Inc., Nasdaq: JNVR). Took it public. Co-architected the transition transaction that pivoted the company into a digital asset treasury strategy. One of the top-performing Nasdaq-listed stocks of 2025.

Deep Fission Director

Advanced nuclear micro-reactor company selected for the U.S. Department of Energy Reactor Pilot Program. Technology for defense installations, remote power, and industrial decarbonization.

J2 Labs Founder & CEO

Evergreen holding company acquiring AI-resilient, cash-flowing businesses. Current focus: defense and aerospace specialty manufacturing.

Janover Capital Founder

Commercial real estate capital markets. Billions originated across multifamily, industrial, office, and mixed-use.


Two IPOs

Founded in 2018. Bootstrapped and crowdfunded to a Nasdaq IPO — no institutional venture capital. Later co-architected the transition transaction that pivoted the company into a digital asset treasury strategy, resulting in one of the top-performing Nasdaq-listed stocks of 2025. Currently serves as Director.

Soulpower Acquisition Corp NYSE · Completed

Founding board director. $250 million IPO underwritten by Cantor Fitzgerald. Navigated the vehicle from listing to an approximately $8.5 billion business combination agreement. Board term completed April 2026.


National Security & Policy

NATSEC Fellow National War College Alumni Assn.

Artificial intelligence at the intersection of private-sector innovation and national security. U.S.-Israel strategic interests — informed by generations of family history in the region and deep engagement with Israel's technology and entrepreneurship ecosystem.

DOE Reactor Pilot Program Via Deep Fission Board

Governance role in a company selected by the Department of Energy to develop next-generation reactor technology for U.S. defense and energy infrastructure.

Focus areas: AI governance, defense industrial base, nuclear energy policy, capital formation for critical technologies, U.S.-Israel strategic partnership.


Affiliations

Harvard Business School · OPM 60 YPO · Board NATSEC Fellow Zell Program · Reichman FAU · EIR
Young Presidents' Organization Board · Palm Beach
Zell Entrepreneurship Program Lecturer & Mentor

Reichman University, Herzliya, Israel.

Florida Atlantic University Entrepreneur-in-Residence

How I Think

I've spent my career building from zero. No venture capital, no safety net, no institutional permission. Bootstrap, crowdfund, figure it out, take it public. That's not a philosophy — it's what I've actually done.

The things I work on now — defense, nuclear energy, capital allocation, Israel tech and entrepreneurship, public company governance, & AI governance to name a few. A lot of what I work on and think about share a common thread: they're hard problems, often where the gap between policy talk and actual execution is enormous. Operators who've built companies, taken them public, and sat in the boardroom during real capital formation decisions bring something different to those conversations. That perspective remains underrepresented in the rooms where these decisions get made. Strategic thinking starts with cognitive diversity and intellectual honesty — these things can't exist in echo chambers.

Delray Beach, Florida. Father of two. Loves America and Israel.


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