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Jonathan Behr

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Partner at Dementia Discovery Fund
📍 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Jonathan Behr is a Partner at the Dementia Discovery Fund and SV Health Investors, focusing on building and investing in companies developing transformative therapeutics. With a PhD from MIT, he has over 18 years of experience in biotech venture capital, leading numerous investments, building new companies, and serving on multiple corporate boards.

Jonathan is personally committed to advancing research for neurological disorders, demonstrated by his familys active participation in fundraising for the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinsons Research. He actively engages with the biotech community by participating in investor roundtables and innovation forums.

He was the inaugural recipient of the Rice Outstanding Bioengineering Undergraduate Alumnus Award.

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Experience
6 Years
Current Role
Partner
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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Dementia Therapeutics
As a Partner at the Dementia Discovery Fund, his primary professional focus is investing in and creating companies to treat age-related dementias.
Biotech Investing
He has over 18 years of experience raising venture funds, leading investments in more than 15 companies, and achieving multiple successful exits.
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Career

Work history

7-2019
Partner
Dementia Discovery Fund
7-2019
Partner
SV Health Investors
4-2020
Member Board of Directors
Nitrase Therapeutics
5-2023
Member Board of Directors
Violet Therapeutics
5-2023
Independent Director, Parkinson's Research Ventures Ltd.
Parkinson's UK
In the press

Media appearances

Dementia Discovery Fund Adds Biotech Investor Behr as Partner. Featured in Wall Street Journal
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Education
2002 - 2007
PhD
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1998 - 2002
B.S.
Rice University
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