LeeCooper
Senior Director of Venture Investments Health
"Our technologies reflect the values that shape them."
Enabling health
10+ years bringing new health technologies to patients
Connecting dots
Discovering the stories in our science and society
It’s all about people
Inspiring others to make life better
Parenting
Parks, natural wonders, construction sites, snowballs, picture books, Disney musicals…
Lee invests in great entrepreneurs building innovative biotechnology companies. Prior to joining Leaps, Lee was Entrepreneur-in-Residence with RA Capital and founder of Enlight Bio, a genomics company inspired by his own experience with genetic disease. Lee also worked in corporate development for Moderna Therapeutics to help advance novel mRNA vaccines and therapeutics. Lee has written for Wired, Slate, Neo.Life and STAT News. He earned his J.D. and M.B.A. from Columbia University where he was a Stone Scholar and currently lectures on topics in biotechnology. He graduated with honors from Dartmouth College with an A.B. in Religion and Public Policy.