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Jacob Balma

Jacob Balma

Founder & CEO, director at Maxwell Labs.

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Updated Nov 11, 2026·Latest SEC filing Feb 27, 2026·Suggest an edit

About Jacob Balma

Jacob Balma is a founder & CEO, director at Maxwell Labs.

Jacob Balma first appears on SEC filings in 2022.

Experience

This experience comes from Jacob Balma's profile and from SEC filings. For roles taken from filings, the years are when the filings name Jacob Balma in the role, so the role may have started earlier or lasted longer.

Maxwell Labs Inc. Current
Founder & CEO, director
Chief Executive Officer (2021 – Present)
2021 – Present · Little Canada, MN
Develops laser-based chip cooling systems for data centers and high-performance computing.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
HPC AI Engineering Researcher
2020 – 2021
Cray Inc.
Performance Engineer
2014 – 2020
University of Minnesota Duluth
Research Assistant
2012 – 2014
Fermilab
Research Assistant
2010 – 2011

Key Colleagues at Startups

The people Jacob Balma works with at each company, as listed on that company's latest Form D.

Maxwell Labs Inc. · Form D, Feb 27, 2026
Alejandro Rodriguez
Alejandro Rodriguez
CTO & Co-Founder
NS
Nick Swenson
Chairman & CEO, Air T, Inc
MK
Michael Karpe
Executive officer
GB
Gary Burandt
Director
NT
Norman Troullier
Board Member
PC
Peter Chidyllo
Managing Director, Arosa Capital Management

Sources

  1. SECMaxwell Labs Inc. Form D, filed Feb 27, 2026