Partner
Jonathan Avesar
Scientific Lead, Lever VC
- Firm
- Lever VC
- Title
- Scientific Lead
- Role
- Employee
Record updated 17 September 2026
About
Dr. Jonathan Avesar joined Lever VC in 2019 and leads all SciTech due diligence. He is an expert in alternative-protein science and technology, specializing in cultivated and fermentation technologies. Previously, he served as the technical co-founder, Inventor, and Scientist for the biomedical company, Nanosynex, where he continues to provide scientific advisement and R&D input. He received his Ph.D. from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology under the advisement of Professor Shulamit Levenberg and co-advisement of associate professor Moran Bercovici. His doctoral research took place in a stem cell and tissue engineering lab with a primary focus on angiogenesis; the same lab that hosted the first cultivated meat research project in Israel. During his research, Jonathan also spent a year in Boston as a visiting scientist at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University.
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