Kenneth B. Lee, Jr.
oard Chairman & General Partner
Hatteras Venture Partners
Clinipace
Romania
Biography
Ken is a general partner for HVP III at Hatteras Venture Partners and is involved in deal sourcing, investment decisions, and implementing exit strategies. He is also a general partner for HVP II, where he has played an important role in deal sourcing, syndication and management recruitment, and evaluation. Ken is the former co-head of International Life Sciences for Ernst & Young, where he established a career of 29 years advising biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies throughout the world.
Research Interest
He got his start in biotech as part of the first audit team of Genentech in 1976. As co-founder and manager of the firm’s national life sciences practice from his location in the San Francisco Bay Area, he advised numerous high profile life science companies with their initial public offerings, mergers and acquisitions, and strategic financings. Among others, these included: Affymax, Affymetrix, Applied ImmuneSciences, Chiron, Circadian, Genentech, Heartport, Systemix, ALZA, and Collagen.
