Chris Cooper
InvestorGeneral Partner at Pelion Venture Partners
Salt Lake City, Utah
Writes $1M – $20M checks · typically $4M
About
Chris Cooper is a firm-builder who co-founded a firm and, over two decades, scaled its strategy, raised a $500M fund, and proactively recruited repeat seasoned CEOs to lead companies.
Invests in
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareFintechHealthtechSaaS
Experience
- Pelion Venture PartnersGeneral Partnercurrent2007 — presentSalt Lake City, Utah, United States
- DNN Corp.Board Directorcurrent2010 — presentSan Mateo, California
- CloudVelocityBoard Directorcurrent2013 — presentSanta Clara, California
- Rocky Mountain Venture Capital AssociationMember Board of Directorscurrent2008 — presentRocky Mountain Region
- NovellDirector, Developer Services & Global Partner Engineering2002 — 2007
- NovellGeneral Manger, Strategic Alliances1996 — 2002
- NovellRegional Sales Director1991 — 1995
- Novell (WordPerfect, pre-merger)Regional Sales Manager1990 — 1995
Education
- University of UtahBusiness1983 — 1987
Skills & more
SaaS4Enterprise Software3Sales21Corporate Development25Venture Capital58Mergers4Start-ups41Strategic Partnerships25Mergers & Acquisitions9Entrepreneurship33Private Equity8Business Development10
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Colleagues at Pelion Venture Partners
Abdou Ndao
Associate at Pelion Venture Partners
Ally Hunter
Associate at Pelion Venture Partners
Ben Lambert
Partner at Pelion Venture Partners
Blake Modersitski
Managing Partner, Pelion VP at Juvo Ventures
Brian Murphy
Senior Advisor at Pelion Venture Partners
Chad Packard
Partner at Pelion Venture Partners
Daylor Youngblood
Senior Associate at Pelion Venture Partners
Jack Cutler
Associate at Pelion Venture Partners
Network9
Navin ChaddhaScout
Managing Partner at Mayfield
Jeff KearlScout
Partner at Pelion Venture Partners
Lu ZhangScout
Founder and Managing Partner at Fusion
Abdou Ndao
Associate at Pelion Venture Partners
Ben Lambert
Partner at Pelion Venture Partners
Blake Modersitski
Managing Partner, Pelion VP at Juvo Ventures
Chad Packard
Partner at Pelion Venture Partners
Matt
Venture Partner at TFX Capital
Réza Malekzadeh
General Partner at Partech Ventures
Investors connected to Chris in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Chris Cooper work?
- Chris Cooper is General Partner at Pelion Venture Partners.
- What does Chris Cooper invest in?
- Chris Cooper invests in Cybersecurity, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Healthtech, SaaS.
- What check size does Chris Cooper write?
- Chris Cooper typically writes checks of $1M – $20M.
Same school
Also attended University of Utah75
Sid KrommenhoekPartner at AlbumEric AndersonPartner at Scale Venture PartnersKelly KoVice President of Technology Ventures and Innovation at Flare Capital PartnersTravis HeathAdministrative Partner & CFO at Signal Peak VenturesAidan DaoussisPrincipal at Balerion Space VenturesHelen McBrideOperating Partner at BOLD Longevity
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Shared employers
Also worked at DNN Corp.2
Also worked at Rocky Mountain Venture Capital Association10
Les CraigInvestor at Next Frontier CapitalScott PettyGP & Senior Advisor at Signal Peak VenturesJack BorenManaging Partner at EPIC VENTURESAri NewmanCo-Founder, GP at MassiveJohn MayfieldPartner at Album VCRick PatchFounding Partner (Retired) at SpringTime Ventures
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Also worked at Novell25
Nat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGChris StoneInvestor at EPIC VENTURESAnshu AgarwalGeneral Partner at ConvergeSunir KapoorNon-Executive Chairman at Kibo VenturesHoward LevensonAdvisor at SINEWAVE VENTURESBlake ModersitskiManaging Partner, Pelion VP at Juvo Ventures
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