3x founder

Wesley Wierson

Genome Hacker | Founder and CEO | Accelerating CAR-T Cell Therapy Through Intelligent Design

Co-founder

LEAH Labs· Winter 2019Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

in LinkedIn 𝕏 @dna4cy

2026Co-founder· VelociTx Inc.

Founder · since 2018

Company

VelociTx Inc.

Role

Co-Founder and CEO

current

Stage

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no public source

Raised

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no public source

Based

Minneapolis, MN

current

Founder / co-founder — the company's markEmployee / research role

Source: LinkedIn work history

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LEAH Labs

Living therapies for pets first, and their people next

Winter 2019

Experience

Career

LEAH Laboratories
Founder
Founder and CEO · Eagan, Minnesota, United States · 2018 – Present
2018
VelociTx Inc.
Co-founder
Co-Founder and CEO · Minneapolis, MN · 2026 – Present
2026
Lifengine Technologies
Venture Engineer · Rochester, Minnesota · 2018 – Present
2018
UViiVE Inc.
Co-founder
Co-Founder · Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area · 2025 – Present
2025
Lifengine Technologies
Venture Engineer · Rochester, Minnesota · 2018 – Present
2018
Iowa State University
Doctor of Philosophy · Ames, Iowa · 2014 – 2018
2014
DuPont Pioneer
Plant Transformation/Molecular Biology Intern · Johnston, Iowa · 2013 – 2014
2013
Iowa State University
Undergraduate Research Assistant · Iowa State University · 2011 – 2013
2011

Bio

I am a scientist and entrepreneur applying my expertise in gene editing towards solving consumer level problems in society, first focused on building curative cancer therapies for pets, and eventually their owners. Through my time at LEAH Labs, I've also found a passion for biotech business model innovation through regulatory arbitrage - e.g. CAR-T in pets is regulated by USDA, not FDA, thus we can get to market 2-3x faster and for 500x less capital than human CAR-T