Elizabeth Roper Ph.D.

Managing Partner

Liz has more than 25 years of experience in the life science and healthcare industry, either as a venture investor, director or an operating executive. She focuses on shaping and building early-stage life science opportunities into successful companies and investments.

Liz is a Managing Partner of Epidarex Capital, a venture capital firm which finds, invests in, and builds early-stage breakthrough life sciences companies in emerging hubs.

In her role at Epidarex she is responsible for all aspects of the firm from sourcing and leading investments, managing the portfolio to developing the strategy for the firm’s future growth.

Prior to joining Epidarex, Liz was Head of Business Development and part of the management team at Chroma Therapeutics Ltd where she established several major company-building alliances. Liz is a former executive with the life science venture capital team at the Investments Division of The Wellcome Trust. She is also a former member of the life Science team at Atlas Ventures, London.

Liz has held numerous directorships throughout her career including Nodthera, Exeed, Mironid, AdoRx Therapeutics, Enterprise Therapeutics, Dunad, EM Imaging, Macomics, and Kynos, where in the majority of cases she was the founding investor.

Liz holds a B.Sc. (Hons) in Biochemistry (1st class) from the University College Cork, and a Ph.D. from the Imperial Cancer Research Fund.