Luke Cooper
General Partner
Luke Cooper
General Partner
Baltimore, Maryland
Overview
Work Experience
Founding Managing Partner
2022 - Current
A hybrid VC firm with investment and strategic capabilities.
Investor & Advisor
2024
Latimer Ventures portfolio investment
Investor & Advisor
2024
Portfolio company of Latimer Ventures
Investor & Board Observer
2023
So you think your data science team is amazing? If your apps can’t use the things their models learn, it doesn’t matter! AI Squared makes it easy to integrate machine learning into your most important web-based applications.
Investor & Board Director
2023
Investor through Latimer Ventures and deeply engaged board Director
Distinguished Scholar
2022
Appointed by the President to serve as only the 2nd Distinguished Scholar (preceded by Norm Augustine, CEO of Lockheed Martin). Responsibilities include research, data analysis, speaking, and dialogue with institutional leaders, students, and stakeholders to create economic empowerment throughout West Baltimore, leveraging technology and UMB's 4th core value, Equity & Justice!
Board Trustee
2019 - 2022
Leading entrepreneurship efforts necessary to strengthen UMB’s role in improving the health and well-being of neighboring communities in West Baltimore.
Venture Partner
2021
Venture partner advising on portfolio company growth (founder introductions, new international markets/product), long-term value creation, startup workforce engagement, innovation, governance, compensation, and board recruitment/diversity.
Investor
2022
Investor in secondaries in Series C $140m financing (led by a16z growth and Coatue)
Investor
2021
Invested in pre-seed and seed rounds
Transition Committee Member
2022 - 2023
Worked to provide research, connections, and recommendations to further increase flow of capital to diverse managers seeking opportunity within the Maryland Pension System. Proud to support Comptroller Brooke Lierman — the first woman to hold the post and the first woman independently elected to a statewide state government position in Maryland history and and Governor Wes Moore - the first Black Governor in Maryland history.
Education
Juris Doctor (J.D.)
1998 - 2001
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)
2009 - 2011
Certificate
2007 - 2007
Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc
1994 - 1998
Investments
Latest Articles
Startup CEO Seeks Executive Assistant.
Talks about Hiring, Executive Coaching and Millennials
Fixt Adds New Customers
Talks about Startup, Customer Engagement and Enterprise Technology
Founders Beware: 3 Tips for Raising Money from the Right Investors
Talks about Startup, Entrepreneurship and Fundraising