Chris Cooper co-founded Pelion Venture Partners and helped lead it to raising a $500M fund, positioning him as a firm builder who has been hands-on in scaling Pelion's platform and strategy over nearly two decades. He has been closely associated with backing repeat, high-performing operators such as Roy Banks, where he and Pelion proactively recruited Banks out of retirement to lead a portfolio company—highlighting a pattern of partnering with seasoned CEOs and thoughtfully matching them with opportunities rather than just funding existing founding teams.