Denny DeLeo

Impellent Ventures, Consultant

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Career Highlights

• Co-founded Innovation Semiconductor in 2019 to pursue a breakthrough, patented micro-LED display architecture

• Former President and CEO of Eastman Technology

• Co-founded two venture capital firms—Trillium Group and Impellent Ventures

• Began career as an IP lawyer with Eastman-Kodak, followed by multiple other management roles

Failures

• Remaining too long in corporate life

• Not available to help my wife manage the family when our boys were young

Current Focus

• Winding down a prior venture fund

• Transitioning from the Venture Jobs Foundation, a charity I founded to invest in businesses creating jobs in underserved neighborhoods

• Launch and early growth of Innovation Semiconductor’s groundbreaking microLED technologies

• Supporting Impellent Ventures

Personal Interests

Personal Investing, Performance cars

Talk to me about

• Cash management of early-stage businesses not in VC hub regions

• Creating future leaders by fostering initiative and independence in younger partners/employees

I want to talk to you about

• How to wind down activity intensity and devote more time to family

• Any interesting technology