Jorge Conde
Jorge Conde is a biotechnology entrepreneur and venture capitalist who co-founded the genome interpretation company Knome with George Church and is a general partner on the Bio + Health team at Andreessen HorowitzAndreessen HorowitzAndreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz. It invests from the seed stage through the growth stage and provides operational support to its portfolio companies.Open the full entry (a16z).
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November 2007Knome Launches Whole-Genome Sequencing Service
Conde earlier worked as an investment banker at Morgan StanleyMorgan StanleyMorgan Stanley is an American global financial services firm that grew from an investment banking partnership into a publicly traded financial group spanning investment banking, securities trading, wealth management, and investment management.Open the full entry and in marketing and operations at MedImmune, and later co-founded the genome interpretation company Knome with geneticist George Church.[1]
In November 2007, MIT Technology Review reported that Knome had announced a commercial whole-genome sequencing service and identified Conde as the company’s CEO.[2]
June 2014Joining Syros Pharmaceuticals
On June 10, 2014, Syros Pharmaceuticals announced that Conde had joined its executive team as chief financial officer and chief product officer, leading platform strategy for its gene regulation technology and overall finances; his most recent role at Knome had been chief financial officer. He later also served as Syros’s chief strategy officer.[1][3]
2015Knome Is Acquired
According to a16z, Knome was acquired by Tute Genomics in 2015.[4]
June 2017Named an a16z General Partner
As of October 2026: Bio and Health Investing at a16z
As of October 2026, the a16z website describes him as a general partner on the Bio + Health team, investing across therapeutics, diagnostics, tools, and software, and lists his board seats at Asimov, Cartography, Dyno, Earli, Komodo Health, and Octant Bio; he also served on the boards of EQRx, IDRx, and Tmunity through their acquisitions.[4]
Related Organizations, Websites, and Public Accounts
Andreessen Horowitz: Official website: https://a16z.com/ (opens in a new window)[4]
X: Public account: https://x.com/JorgeCondeBio (opens in a new window)[4]
Sources
- Syros Pharmaceuticals Appoints Genomics Entrepreneur Jorge Conde to Dual Role as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Product Officer (opens in a new window)
- Get Your Genome Sequenced for $350,000 (opens in a new window)
- Andreessen Horowitz Is Digging Deeper Into Biotech (opens in a new window)
- Jorge Conde (opens in a new window)
- Andreessen Horowitz gets a new general partner in Jorge Conde (opens in a new window)