Johan Jessen joined byFounders as a new investor in February 2026. The announcement was made in a post titled 'Making sci-fi real - Johan Jessen joins byFounders.'
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- Stanford · Research
- Google X · Invented and launched moonshots
- Level 5 · Helped scale
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Who is Johan Jessen?
Johan Jessen joined byFounders as a new investor in February 2026. The announcement was made in a post titled 'Making sci-fi real - Johan Jessen joins byFounders.'
How much does Johan Jessen invest?
Johan Jessen invests through byFounders, which writes checks of $500K to $10M at pre-seed, seed.
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What did Johan Jessen do before byFounders?
Research at Stanford; Invented and launched moonshots at Google X; Helped scale at Level 5.
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