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Jonah Probell

Go-getter · DISC type d
Founder & Managing Partner at Lexi Ventures
📍 Menlo Park, California, United States

Jonah Probell is the Founder and Managing Partner at Lexi Ventures, an investor in genetics and biotechnology startups. With over 25 years of experience, he has co-founded two startups and contributed to five others, achieving two IPOs. He holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University.

Jonah is an inventor, author, and IP expert, occasionally sharing uncommon perspectives on society, history, innovation, and investing through essays and tweets. He hosts coffee hangouts for biotech founders, investors, and scientists.

He was recognized as a top 25 gene tech investor in 2024.

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Experience
27 Years
Current Role
Founder & Managing Partner
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Menlo Park, California, United States
Personality Overview

How Jonah shows up

Decisive
Vision Oriented
Challenger

They respond well to confident salespeople. They care equally about the product and its potential impact. They don’t always try to control the conversation but neither do they like yielding it fully.

Priorities

Topics Jonah cares about

Gene Technology Investing
As the founder of Lexi Ventures, he invests in genetics, which he views as humanity's most powerful technology, with high value creation potential.
Biotech Startups
He focuses on seed and pre-seed US startups addressing diseases, healthier products, and new material extraction using omics and synbio.
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Career

Work history

11-2023
Founder & Managing Partner
Lexi Ventures
5-2023 - 12-2024
Member Investor
Sand Hill Angels
2-2016 - 5-2023
IP Strategist
SoundHound Inc
4-2010 - 1-2016
Patent Portfolio Manager
Arteris
12-2008 - 3-2010
Co-Founder and CEO
YAP IP
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
BS EE
Cornell University
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Dominance (D)

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