Leonardo Teixeira
FounderFounder at Endpoint Health
Los Altos, California, United States
FoundedEndpoint Health · YC
About
Leonardo Teixeira is co-founder, board member, and Chief Operating Officer of Endpoint Health, a Palo Alto-based startup applying precision medicine to critical care for hospitalized patients. He previously co-founded GeneWEAVE, a diagnostics company focused on drug-resistant infections that raised $25M in venture financing and was acquired by Roche in 2015, where he later led a team developing diagnostics for critical care and received the Henry Erlich Scientific Excellence Runner-Up Award. Earlier in his career, he won and managed technical contracts with several large organizations in Brazil.
Founder at Endpoint HealthYC W19
Intro paths
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Experience
- Stealth CoCo-Foundercurrent2025 — present
- Endpoint VenturesAngel Investingcurrent2018 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Endpoint Health, Inc.Co-Founder & COO2018 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
- IndieBioAdjunct Partner2018 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
- RocheResearch Director2016 — 2018Los Gatos, CA
- ITPGeneral Manager2012 — 2016Brazil
- GeneWeave BiosciencesCo-founder and Scientific Advisor2009 — 2015
- GeneWeave BiosciencesCo-founder and CSO2007 — 2009
- Universidade Salvador-UNIFACS (Laureate International Universities)Dean of the Graduate School2011 — 2012
- Faculdade de Tecnologia e Ciências (FTC)Dean of the Graduate School & Chair of the Bioenergy Department2010 — 2011
- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research (Ithaca-NY)Researcher2008 — 2009
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R&DLife SciencesScienceValidationLanguages English · Portuguese
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Leonardo Teixeira?
- Leonardo Teixeira is co-founder, board member, and Chief Operating Officer of Endpoint Health, a Palo Alto-based startup applying precision medicine to critical care for hospitalized patients. He previously co-founded GeneWEAVE, a diagnostics company focused on drug-resistant infections that raised $25M in venture financing and was acquired by Roche in 2015, where he later led a team developing diagnostics for critical care and received the Henry Erlich Scientific Excellence Runner-Up Award. Earlier in his career, he won and managed technical contracts with several large organizations in Brazil.
- Where does Leonardo Teixeira work?
- Leonardo Teixeira is Founder of Endpoint Health.
- What companies did Leonardo Teixeira found?
- Leonardo Teixeira founded Endpoint Health.
- Where did Leonardo Teixeira go to school?
- Leonardo Teixeira studied at Cornell University (PhD, Microbiology. Minors: Chemistry & Biochemistry); Universidade Federal de Viçosa (MS); Universidade Federal de Viçosa (Bachelors).
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