About Your Host
Jon Chee is the CEO and Co-founder of Excedr, with 15 years of experience in the life sciences industry. He launched the company while studying Molecular Toxicology at UC Berkeley, where he spent his academic years working in the university’s wet labs.
Peach
Podcast Co-Host
Meet the other voice in the room
Peach, the podcast’s co-host.
Peach joins Jon as The Biotech Startups Podcast’s resident canine co-host. She brings the show’s warm, curious personality to the studio and keeps every conversation grounded in good company.
You’ll also spot Peach across the podcast site, where she helps point listeners toward new episodes, useful resources, and the newsletter.
From Microscope to Microphone
After spending years at UC Berkeley in the wet lab, Jon came to easily recognize how his lab's research slowed down or completely stalled if there wasn't access to laboratory equipment, well-maintained or not.
With this bottleneck in mind, he began brainstorming with friend and soon-to-be co-founder about some possible solutions for researchers. The lack of access to mission-critical instrumentation he experienced early eventually led to Excedr's founding, the lab equipment leasing company Jon has been running for more than a decade.
Jon's goal has always been creating a different way for scientists to get the equipment they need without breaking the bank, and a continuing mission of his is to support the innovative and life-changing work that the scientific community conducts.
He aims to accomplish the same things with The Biotech Startups Podcast.