# Kirsten Leute

> Kirsten Leute is a startup investor at OUP (Osage University Partners) (Bala Cynwyd). See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [OUP (Osage University Partners)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/osage-university-partners)
- Location: Bala Cynwyd, United States
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kirstenleute/

Kirsten Leute is a startup investor at OUP (Osage University Partners) in Bala Cynwyd. Kirsten worked at Stanford University’s Office of Technology Licensing for almost nineteen years, her last position as an Associate Director of the office. At OTL, she handled a diverse caseload of biotechnology and high technology inventions and also has experience with software, trademark and copyright licensing. She worked dozens of startupsduring her tenure. Kirsten started at Stanford’s OTL in 1996, but spent the 2004 calendar year as a technology manager at the Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (German Cancer Research Center) in Heidelberg, Germany.Kirsten is currently Vice President for Membership Development, Western Hemisphere, for the Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) and was Vice President for Communications of AUTM in 2007-2008. Previously she was an editor of the AUTM Journal and the AUTM Newsletter. In 2012, she was Co-Chair of membership for Women in Bio, San Francisco Bay Area, and she is a past board member of WiLBA (Women in Licensing Bay Area).An active speaker, Kirsten has presented to audiences at BIO, LES, WIPO, ProTon, AUTM, and other meetings around the world. She published articles on technology transfer in the Journal of Commercial Biotechnology, Community Genetics, and Medical Innovation and Business and co-wrote a chapter on bringing university technology to the private sector in The Creative Enterprise.Kirsten’s education includes a Bachelor’s degree in biology from Wellesley College and a Masters in Business Administration from Santa Clara University concentrating in international business and management of technology and innovation. Kirsten is a registered U.S. Patent Agent (No. 55,375).

## About OUP (Osage University Partners)

VC Fund · Bala Cynwyd, United States

Osage University Partners is a venture capital firm focused on investing in startups that are commercializing university technologies. Osage partners with research universities to invest in their innovative startups shareing its investment profit with partner institutions. The firm invests in software, hardware, and life science companies at allstages of company development. To date, it has partnered with over 80 universities, including 36 of the top 50 U.S. institutions by research expenditures, and has invested in over 50 of their spinouts.

5 contacts available at OUP (Osage University Partners).

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Anna Turetsky | General Partner of PxB Fund | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anna-turetsky |
| Beth Grafstrom | Vice President of Finance | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/beth-grafstrom |
| Kirsten Leute | Partner, University Relations | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kirsten-leute |
| Louis Berneman | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/louis-berneman |
| Marc Singer | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marc-singer |

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