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Mr. Duke Leahey is Founding Partner at Nidus Investment Partners LP.
He founded Nidus Investment Partners in 2010.
Starting his career working with avionic technologies in industry, Mr. Leahey was recruited to Washington University in St. Louis in 1979 to create their technology transfer program resulting in more than 300 technology licenses earning millions of dollars in research and license income.
In 1997, he moved back to industry joining Monsanto as Director, Technology Alliances Team, leading a team of scientists that optioned/licensed more than 50 new technologies and executed several hundred technology access agreements in Ag-Biotech, Nutrition and Animal Agriculture.
In 2001, he was named President of GD Searle LLC, a corporate entity set-up for the management and disposition of non-strategic intellectual property.
In 2005 he once again moved into the entrepreneurial world, setting up Life Science Alliances, LLC to work with emerging high-growth start-up companies.
He was a former board member of Competitive Technologies, Inc., president of the Association of University Technology Managers, co-chair of LES University-Industry Committee and senior lecturer on strategic partnerships for Arthur Anderson Consulting.
Mr. Leahey holds a B.S.
Industrial Management from Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts and a Masters of Arts in Business Administration and Procurement Management, Webster University, St. Louis, Missouri.
Former positions of Duke Leahey
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Nidus Investment Partners LP
Nidus Investment Partners LP Investment ManagersFinance Nidus Investment Partners LP (Nidus Investment Partners) a venture capital firm founded in 2010 by Vicki A. Gonzalez, Duke Leahey and Mich B. Hein. The firm is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. | Founder | 30/12/2015 |
Nexmatix LLC
Nexmatix LLC Industrial MachineryProducer Manufacturing Nexmatix LLC develops pneumatic solenoid valve technology. Its valves collects data for analytics on pneumatic systems and leak detection. The firm serves automotive, food processing, semiconductors and chemical industries. The company was founded in September 2011 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
The Association of University Technology Managers, Inc.
The Association of University Technology Managers, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services The Association of University Technology Managers engages in gathering and reporting detailed information about technology transfer. The firm also provides research reports, databases, learning center, and global technology portal and technology transfer practice manual. The company was founded by Larry Gilbert in 1974 and is headquartered in Oakbrook, IL. | President | - |
G.D. Searle LLC | President | - |
Monsanto Life Sciences Co. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
Training of Duke Leahey
Northeastern University | Undergraduate Degree |
Webster University | Graduate Degree |
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The Association of University Technology Managers, Inc.
The Association of University Technology Managers, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services The Association of University Technology Managers engages in gathering and reporting detailed information about technology transfer. The firm also provides research reports, databases, learning center, and global technology portal and technology transfer practice manual. The company was founded by Larry Gilbert in 1974 and is headquartered in Oakbrook, IL. | Commercial Services |
Monsanto Life Sciences Co. | |
G.D. Searle LLC | |
Nidus Investment Partners LP
Nidus Investment Partners LP Investment ManagersFinance Nidus Investment Partners LP (Nidus Investment Partners) a venture capital firm founded in 2010 by Vicki A. Gonzalez, Duke Leahey and Mich B. Hein. The firm is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. | Finance |
Nexmatix LLC
Nexmatix LLC Industrial MachineryProducer Manufacturing Nexmatix LLC develops pneumatic solenoid valve technology. Its valves collects data for analytics on pneumatic systems and leak detection. The firm serves automotive, food processing, semiconductors and chemical industries. The company was founded in September 2011 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO. | Producer Manufacturing |
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