Lev Leytes

Lev J. Leytes is an accomplished entrepreneur, investor, and board member, currently Chairman of Generation Capital, LLC, an investment and advisory firm focused on value creation through entrepreneurship. With over 25 years of executive and board leadership in both public and private life science companies, Lev has bult successful teams, which executed strategic financings, including seed rounds, venture capital rounds, IPO, and mergers. He is now serving as Chairman of the Board at Acurex Biosciences, which he co-founded. Lev also co-founded and led as CEO LJL BioSystems, Inc. (LJLB), a biotech startup that became an industry gold standard, earned a spot at #41 on the INC. 500 list, went public on Nasdaq, and merged with another public company. Lev is a published author in peer-reviewed journals, holds multiple patents, and speaks at investment and entrepreneurial forums. He has served on the Advisory Faculty of the Institute for Private Investors and was recognized as one of Silicon Valley’s top entrepreneurs in China’s Entrepreneur magazine. He was also selected as a Fellow at Stanford University’s Distinguished Careers Institute.