Gunnar Weikert

Dr. Weikert is the Chairman, CEO and Founder of Inventages Venture Capital. Prior to the founding of Inventages, he had more than 10 years experience in a broad spectrum of executive functions in the pharmaceutical industry culminating as senior vice president and global head for life sciences transactions at Bayer AG. While at Bayer, he oversaw venture investments in technology companies and collaborations representing some of the largest transactions involving large pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies in the late 1990s. Dr. Weikert received his M.D. from the University of Düsseldorf and his Ph.D. in the field of metabolism from the Diabetes Research Center in Germany. He also holds an MBA.