About
Gerrit Klaerner is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Tricida. Gerrit joined Relypsa in October 2007 after negotiating the Relypsa spin out transaction from Amgen as an advisor to the lead investor 5AM Ventures. He co-founded Ilypsa in 2003 while at Symyx Technologies. Between 2003 and 2007, Gerrit held varying positions at Ilypsa and was in charge of the series A and B financings on the company side and licensing deals with Astellas and Cubist. As Ilypsa’s Chief Business Officer, Gerrit co-led the M&A negotiations and diligence efforts. Prior to Ilypsa, he joined Symyx in 1998 as a Staff Scientist, and was later promoted to Director of Business Development. Gerrit received his Ph.D. in polymer chemistry from the Max-Planck-Institute for Polymer Research in Mainz, Germany. He conducted postdoctoral research at Stanford University and the IBM Almaden Research Center.
Position in the VCSift Database
- • 9 investors hold the Founder, Chief Executive Officer & President role in VCSift. Gerrit Klaerner is one of them.
- • 75 investors are based in Los Gatos, California, United States.
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