JP

Jonah Probell

Lexi Ventures: Funding the gene tech revolution

Menlo Park, California

Work Experience

  • Founder & Managing Partner

    2023

    Investing in US, seed and pre-seed, gene tech startups addressing the scariest and most expensive diseases, healthier and safer food and consumer products, sustainable materials and mining, and related tools and software by reading, writing, or designing DNA, RNA, or protein sequences.

2023 - 2024

  • Angel Investor

    2023 - 2024

    A great group for new investors. Old ones, too.

2016 - 2023

  • IP Strategist

    2016 - 2023

    Crafted most of the company's IP portfolio. As 120 diverse inventors and 20 attorneys in 5 countries, we created 400 patent assets. https://patents.google.com/?assignee=SoundHound&sort=new&dups=language

2010 - 2016

  • Patent Portfolio Manager

    2010 - 2016

    Drafted about 45 patent families, including most of a portfolio that was acquired by Qualcomm, tested the product, developed training curricula, and supported field application engineers

2008 - 2010

  • Co-Founder and CEO

    2008 - 2010

    Led a team developing a competitive processor IP, disbanding after finding no investor

2007 - 2008

  • Mobile Multimedia Marketing Manager

    2007 - 2008

    Managed to master the marketing of a machine for mobile multimedia; namely the 388VDO video codec processor

2006 - 2007

  • Director of Multimedia Solutions Architecture

    2006 - 2007

    I was the customer-facing video expert for sales of the ARC Video processing solutions.

2003 - 2006

  • Co-Founder and CTO

    2003 - 2006

    We developed the first programmable processor architecture capable of 1080p HD decode of H.264 (AVC) and other video standards. I did architecture analysis and Verilog design, applied for two patents, wrote papers, gave talks, and evangelized our technology. The company was acquired by Micronas.

1999 - 2003

  • Design Engineer

    1999 - 2003

    Designed a multiply-accumulator for DSP extensions to a hardware-multithreading MIPS32 processor and did FPGA prototyping, verification, and technical writing

1998 - 1999

  • Test Development Engineer

    1998 - 1999

    Developed processes for testing testers