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About
Daniel Lee is co-founder and President of Aura Health, a consumer wellness company. He has received recognition including Forbes 30 Under 30 and an Apple "Best of" award.
Founder at Aura
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Aura's investors · 13
1517Telluride · $50K – $1M checksAccelPalo Alto · $1.6M – $70M checks · since 2025Allied Venture PartnersCalgary · $100K – $350K checksCowboy VenturesPalo Alto · $500K – $3M checksFarvatn VentureBergenGeneral CatalystSan Francisco · $30M checks · since 2025Prototype CapitalLos AngelesReach CapitalSan Francisco · $100K – $12M checksSpringbankNew York · $500K – $1.5M checksStand Together Ventures LabArlingtonTen ElevenBurlingame · $3M – $15M checks · since 2025Warburg PincusNew York · since 2025WndrCoRedwood City · $100K – $10M checks · since 2021
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Co-founders at Aura
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Steve LeeFounder
Experience
- Aura HealthCo-founder & Presidentcurrent2017 — present
- OpenAIInvestorcurrent2024 — present
- AnthropicInvestorcurrent2024 — present
- SpaceXInvestorcurrent2024 — present
- PerplexityInvestorcurrent2024 — present
- CursorInvestorcurrent2025 — present
- Light Within PodcastCo-Host & Co-Foundercurrent2025 — present
- Wayfarer Mobile TechnologiesCo-Founder2015 — 2016San Francisco
- Alternative BandDrummer2012 — 2013
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- Who is Daniel Lee?
- Daniel Lee is co-founder and President of Aura Health, a consumer wellness company. He has received recognition including Forbes 30 Under 30 and an Apple "Best of" award.
- Where does Daniel Lee work?
- Daniel Lee is Founder of Aura.
- What companies did Daniel Lee found?
- Daniel Lee founded Aura.
- Where did Daniel Lee go to school?
- Daniel Lee studied at UC Santa Barbara (Biopsychology).
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UC Santa Barbara mafia179
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Logan GreenBAFounded LyftNils ReggeBAFounded Developx +2Michael WitzbaFounded Mob Science +2Zheng XuPh.D.Founded SolarCity +1Anita KhamvongsaBachelor of Arts (B.A.)Founded Venbrook +1David J. PhillipsB.A.Founded Fondo +1
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OpenAI mafia103
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Reid HoffmanBoard MemberFounded LinkedIn +2Sam AltmanCo-founder & CEOFounded Tools for Humanity +2Elon MuskCo-founder & former Co-chair / board memberFounded PayPal +5Ilya SutskeverCo-founder & Chief ScientistFounded Safe SuperintelligenceAravind SrinivasResearch ScientistFounded PerplexityDario AmodeiVP of ResearchFounded Anthropic
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Anthropic mafia55
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Mike KriegerChief Product Officer (moved into new 'Labs' division, Jan 2026)Founded InstagramReed HastingsBoard MemberFounded InterPositiveTom BlomfieldMember of Technical StaffFounded Starling Bank +2Sameer DholakiaInvestorFounded SendGrid +1Jeremy JohnsonInvestorFounded 2U +1Houman HaghighiInvestorFounded Techstars
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Perplexity mafia22
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Pieter AbbeelDirectorFounded Gradescope +1Taz PatelHead of Advertising and ShoppingFounded Captiv8Steve JangInvestor & Board MemberFounded Kindred VenturesAndy KonwinskiCo-founderFounded DatabricksNick DavidovInvestor - Series AFounded Cherry LabsVenugopal SathyanarayanaPerplexity AI Business FellowFounded CV Systems
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Cursor mafia9
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Alex BangashInvestorFounded TransposeplatformRyan PerryHead of Technical Enablement (GTM)Founded PyroscopeJoel AlexanderField EngineerFounded PareaJonas NelleHead of EngineeringFounded AutotabRay MorganBuilderFounded VibeKatia BazziEngineeringFounded Vibe
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Same school
Also attended UC Santa Barbara437
Logan GreenCo-founder of LyftJen WangDeal Operations Manager at Felicis VenturesArturo LitvinHead of Global Portfolio Development at Intel CapitalKevin ThauInvestor at Spark CapitalErica DelamareInvestor at DaphniDanielle RomanowskiExecutive Assistant at Sapphire Ventures
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Shared employers
Also worked at Aura Health1
Also worked at OpenAI186
Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockPat GradyPartner at Sequoia CapitalGreg BrockmanCo-founder & President of OpenAIIlya SutskeverCo-founder of OpenAI; co-founder & CEO of Safe SuperintelligenceAravind SrinivasCo-founder & CEO of Perplexity AIDario AmodeiCo-founder & CEO of Anthropic
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Also worked at Anthropic128
Hans TungManaging Partner at Notable CapitalByron DeeterPartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersMike KriegerCo-founder of Instagram; Chief Product Officer at AnthropicReed HastingsCo-founder of NetflixDario AmodeiCo-founder & CEO of AnthropicDaniela AmodeiCo-founder & President of Anthropic
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Also worked at SpaceX234
Roelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board memberSteve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesAsanka JayasuriyaPortfolio Support at 8VCJustin RoseInvestment Team at 8VCGarry HillInvestment at Makers FundHelen LiangFounder & General Partner at FoundersX Ventures
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