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Jonathan Behr

Partner at SV Health Investors

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Overview 

Jonathan Behr is a seasoned professional in the life sciences industry, currently serving as a Partner at Dementia Discovery Fund and SV Health Investors. With a PhD from MIT and extensive experience in board-level roles, he has successfully contributed to the growth and development of various biotech startups, showcasing expertise in venture capital and new venture development. Highlights of Jonathan Behr's career include serving as a Partner at Dementia Discovery Fund and SV Health Investors, where he has played a crucial role in investing in and building life science companies. His board-level positions at various biotech startups demonstrate his expertise in deal sourcing, technology evaluation, and business strategy within the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries.

Work Experience 

  • Board Observer

    2024 - Current

Sudo Biosciences is a biopharma company that designs and develops medicines that target the tyrosine kinase 2 (TYK2) pseudokinase domain.

Raised $183,000,000.00 from Leaps by Bayer, Velosity Capital, Frazier Life Sciences, Dementia Discovery Fund, UPMC Enterprises, Monograph Capital, Surveyor Capital, Sanofi Ventures, TPG and Eventide.

  • Partner

    2019

    The Dementia Discovery Fund (DDF) is a venture capital fund, delivering both high-impact therapeutics for age related dementias and financial returns by investing in, creating, and supporting innovative companies. I am responsible for helping to build the Fund’s investment portfolio by leading investments in new and established companies, working closely with the Fund’s existing portfolio companies in advisor and director roles, and developing and driving DDF’s investment strategy in collaboration with the leadership team. The DDF is managed by SV Health Investors, a healthcare and life sciences venture capital and growth equity firm.

  • Partner

    2019

SV Health Investors is a boston-based venture capital firm focused on investments in biotechnology and healthcare industry.

  • Board Observer

    2024

Montara Therapeutics is a biotechnology company.

Raised $16,000,011.00 from Two Bear Capital, KdT Ventures, Dolby Family Ventures and Dementia Discovery Fund.

  • Member Board of Directors

    2023

Violet Therapeutics is a pre-clinical stage company leveraging first-in-class platforms to identify, map, and mine the cellular connectome.

Raised $10,600,000.00 from Mass General Brigham Ventures, Ono Venture Investment, UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners and Dementia Discovery Fund.

  • Member Board of Directors

    2020

  • Board Observer

    2022

  • Member Board of Directors

    2020 - 2022

QurAlis is a biotechnology company that creates precision medicine solutions to cure ALS and FTD.

Raised $135,500,000.00 from Amgen Ventures, Droia Ventures, MP Healthcare Venture Management, ALS Investment Fund, Polaris Partners, Mission BioCapital, EQT Life Sciences, Mitsui Global Investment, Dolby Family Ventures and Dementia Discovery Fund.

  • Board Observer

    2022

  • Board Observer

    2022

  • Independent Director, Parkinson's Research Ventures Ltd.

    2023

    The Parkinson’s UK Virtual Biotech (VB) programme was established in 2016 as a patient-led programme to discover and develop new treatments for Parkinson’s. It represents a core element of the strategy of the Parkinson’s UK charity (the “Charity”) to accelerate breakthroughs in research. Parkinson's Research Ventures (PRV) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Charity and was established in 2018 as a vehicle through which many of the financing and IP transactions for the VB Programme would be pursued. I am a volunteer independent director on the board of PRV.

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