Gunnar Weikert, MD, PhD
Chairman, Inventages Venture Capital Investments

Mr. Weikert is Chairman of Inventages Venture Capital Investments that he founded in 1999. Inventages is specialized in Life Science investments and presently manages funds with assets of more approx $1.5 billion. Dr. Weikert started his career as medical doctor in the field of metabolic diseases (diabetes, lipid management) and prevention and subsequently worked for more than 10 years in a broad spectrum of functions in the pharmaceutical industry. Prior to founding Inventages, he held the position of Senior Vice President and Global Head for Life Science Deals at Bayer AG and oversaw major collaborations representing some of the biggest deals between big pharma and biotechnology in the late 90s. Dr. Weikert received his MD from the University of Dusseldorf and his PhD in the field of metabolism from the Diabetes Research Center, Germany. He also has an MBA education.