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Paul Johnson 🇬🇧🇺🇸

General Partner at Flex Capital

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Paul Johnson is a British investor and entrepreneur based in California who serves as General Partner at Flex Capital[1][3]. Johnson founded a company during high school and relocated from England to San Francisco approximately a decade ago to establish a business in Silicon Valley[2]. Johnson founded Lemonaid Health, described as the first national direct-to-consumer telehealth app in the United States, which was acquired by 23andMe for $400 million in 2021[2][10]. Following the acquisition, Johnson held the position of GM and COO for 23andMe's Consumer division from November 2021 to November 2023[10]. Johnson holds a BSc Honours degree in Computer Science and Business Management from the University of Worcester[11] and has served on multiple corporate boards, including MedAvail Technologies Inc., Closed Loop Medicine, and Embr Labs[7][8][9].

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Hi! I’m Paul 👋. I am a British investor and entrepreneur living in California. I founded my first company while I was at high school and 10 years ago moved from England to San Francisco to realize a childhood dream of setting up a business in silicon valley. That’s when I launched Lemonaid Health, the first national direct-to-consumer telehealth app in the US, which was acquired by 23andMe for $400 million in 2021. I’m now an investor at Flex Capital where we invest in the best founders building generational businesses at seed stage. Outside of work, I enjoy playing in professional level…

Career history

  1. General PartnerFeb 2025 to presentFlex Capital
  2. Advisor, CEO coach, mentor, board director & consultantJan 2018 to presentPaul Johnson
  3. Board | Board Director, Exec coach, AdvisorAug 2023 to Jan 2026Eko Health
  4. Operating PartnerJan 2021 to Jan 2026ARTIS Ventures
  5. Board | Independent Board DirectorMay 2024 to Dec 2025Closed Loop Medicine
  6. Board | Independent Board DirectorOct 2024 to Mar 2025Embr Labs
  7. Board | Independent Board Director (Nasdaq: MDVL)Jan 2022 to Feb 2024MedAvail Technologies Inc./MedAvail Technologies US Inc.
  8. GM, Consumer | COO, Consumer (ex CEO Lemonaid)Nov 2021 to Nov 202323andMe

Education

  1. BSc Hons, Computer Science and Business ManagementJul 2006University of Worcester
  2. A levels, Maths2000 - 2002Pershore High School
  3. GCSEs at The British School in the Netherlands1990 - 2000

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