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Jon Edwards

Investor

General Partner at Forbion · Managing Director at Red Tree Venture

Boston

About

Jon Edwards is a General Partner at Forbion who works on sourcing, evaluating, and structuring investments spanning company creation through early clinical development across therapeutic areas. He joined Forbion in 2025 and was previously a founding team member at Red Tree Venture Capital and Medicxi, with earlier roles at ClearView Healthcare Partners and Sepracor. He completed postdoctoral research at MIT and holds a PhD in Biochemistry and Biophysics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Invests in

Biotech

Experience

  1. ForbionGeneral Partnercurrent2026 — presentBoston, Massachusetts, United States
  2. ForbionPartner2025 — 2026Boston, Massachusetts, United States
  3. Altesa BioSciences, Inc.Board Membercurrent2026 — presentBoston, Massachusetts, United States
  4. AIRNABoard Membercurrent2026 — presentBoston, Massachusetts, United States
  5. Spolia Therapeutics, Inc.Board Membercurrent2025 — presentBoston, Massachusetts, United States
  6. RXCELERATE LIMITEDBoard Membercurrent2023 — presentCambridge, England, United Kingdom
  7. CatalYm GmbHChair of the Board of Directors2024 — 2025Munich, Bavaria, Germany
  8. SynOx TherapeuticsBoard Member2024 — 2025Ireland
  9. Bicara TherapeuticsBoard Member2022 — 2024Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
  10. Red Tree Venture CapitalBoard Representative2023San Francisco Bay Area
  11. Red Tree Venture CapitalManaging Director2020 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
  12. Rondo TherapeuticsBoard of Directors2022 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
  13. Biograph55Board of Directors2023San Francisco Bay Area
  14. Sardona TherapeuticsBoard of Directors2021 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
  15. ExcellergyBoard of Directors2021 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
  16. medicxiPartner2018 — 2020London Area, United Kingdom
  17. medicxiPrincipal2017 — 2018
  18. medicxiAssociate2016 — 2017Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
  19. SYDNEXISBoard of Directors2018 — 2020San Diego County, California, United States
  20. Z FACTOR LIMITEDBoard of Directors2017 — 2020Greater Cambridge Area

Education

  1. The University of North Carolina at Chapel HillDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Biochemistry and Biophysics2007 — 2012
  2. University of VermontB.S, Biological Sciences2002 — 2006
  3. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyPost Doc

Skills & more

Life Sciences31Molecular Biology23Biochemistry54Medical Devices9X-ray crystallography9Product Development1Entrepreneurship7Protein Chemistry10Market Research4Marketing Strategy2Commercialization7Research15
+12 moreBiotechnologySAXSDrug DesignDrug TestingTissue CultureStructural BiologyPCRImmunohistochemistryStrategic PlanningELISANanoparticlesLifesciences

From Jon's professional profile.

Investments

Board seats

AiRNAAltesaSpoila

Investor

Bicara TherapeuticsCheckmate PharmaceuticalsExcellergyImpact BiomedicinesPhathom PharmaceuticalsSynthorx

Per the firm's website.

Colleagues at Forbion

Alexander Hoffmann
General Partner at Forbion
Alice Vickers
Advisor at Forbion
Antoine Boulanger Piette
Principal at Forbion
Audrey Cacaly
Principal at Forbion
Carlo Incerti
Operating Partner at Forbion
Dirk Kersten
Managing Partner at Forbion
Dmitrij Hristodorov
General Partner at Forbion
Geert-Jan Mulder
Managing Partner at Forbion

Frequently asked questions

Where does Jon Edwards work?
Jon Edwards is General Partner at Forbion.
What does Jon Edwards invest in?
Jon Edwards invests in Biotech.

Same school

Also attended The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill197

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Also attended University of Vermont54

Dan BorokCo-Founder and Managing Partner at NVP CapitalArun IyerInvestor at Green FlagMelissa Morano AurigemmaChief of Staff at Exceptional CapitalEvan NisselsonInvestor at LDV CapitalBrian DevaneyPartner at Underscore VCAaron MandellVenture Partner at Prime Movers Lab

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Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology1,281

Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesElad GilSolo general partner investing through Gil CapitalAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesHemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGBrad FeldCo-founder of Foundry and Techstars

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Shared employers

Also worked at Biograph551

Samad WahidVice President at Red Tree Venture

Also worked at medicxi23

Francesco De RubertisInvestor at MedicxiGiovanni MariggiInvestor at MedicxiRichard LeeInvestor at MedicxiGiovanni PericoliniInvestor at MedicxiVictoria TaylorInvestor at MedicxiFrancois PrinslooInvestor at Medicxi

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Also worked at Phathom Pharmaceuticals1

Aditya KohliPartner at Frazier Life Sciences

Also worked at MIT442

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