Leigh Brody
InvestorInvestor at AlbionVC · Member and Angel Investor at Alma Angels
London
Writes $5M – $10M checks · typically $7M
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About
Leigh Brody is an Investment Manager at AlbionVC focused on transformative technologies and therapeutics in life sciences, having joined the firm in 2021. Before that she founded a spin-out based on her own technology and helped build several early-stage life science companies, including Desktop Genetics and Quell Therapeutics. She holds a PhD from Imperial College London and a BSc in Biochemistry from Simmons University.
Contact· self-published, not guessed
Invests in
BiotechDigital Health
Experience
- AlbionVCInvestment Managercurrent2021 — presentGreater London, England, United Kingdom
- Great Ormond Street Hospital CharityBoard Trustee and Member of the Grants and Impact Committeecurrent2026 — present
- Scripta TherapeuticsBoard Observer & Investorcurrent2025 — present
- Various StartupsAngel Investorcurrent2023 — present
- Alma AngelsMember and Angel Investorcurrent2022 — presentGreater London, England, United Kingdom
- Bloomsbury Genetic TherapiesBoard Director & Investor2022 — 2026Greater London, England, United Kingdom
- Quell TherapeuticsExecutive Director of Platform Strategy2019 — 2020London Area, United Kingdom
- Desktop GeneticsChief Scientific Officer2015 — 2019
- GlobalAcorn (Advanced Therapeutics)Founder2012 — 2014London Area, United Kingdom
- Index VenturesLife Science Investor2013 — 2014London, United Kingdom
- The Broad Institute of Harvard and MITResearch Scientist2005 — 2008Cambridge, Massachusetts
Skills & more
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Western BlottingScienceFluorescence MicroscopyScientific WritingIn VivoPCRClinical ResearchLifesciencesFrom Leigh's professional profile.
Investments
Investor
CS GeneticsFlokScripta Tx
Per the firm's website.
Colleagues at AlbionVC
Network2
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Leigh Brody?
- Leigh Brody is an Investment Manager at AlbionVC focused on transformative technologies and therapeutics in life sciences, having joined the firm in 2021. Before that she founded a spin-out based on her own technology and helped build several early-stage life science companies, including Desktop Genetics and Quell Therapeutics. She holds a PhD from Imperial College London and a BSc in Biochemistry from Simmons University.
- Where does Leigh Brody work?
- Leigh Brody is Investor at AlbionVC.
- What does Leigh Brody invest in?
- Leigh Brody invests in Biotech, Digital Health.
- What check size does Leigh Brody write?
- Leigh Brody typically writes checks of $5M – $10M.
- What companies has Leigh Brody invested in?
- Investments tracked here include CS Genetics, Flok, Scripta Tx.
- Where did Leigh Brody go to school?
- Leigh Brody studied at Imperial College London (PhD); Simmons University (Bachelor of Science (BSc), Biochemistry).
Same school
Also attended Imperial College London824
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Also attended Simmons University17
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Shared employers
Also worked at Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity1
Also worked at Scripta Therapeutics5
Also worked at Quell Therapeutics9
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