Richard Gaster, MD, PhD

Richard Gaster, MD, PhD

Managing Partner atvenBio PartnersSan Francisco

Richard Gaster is a Managing Partner at venBio with a background as a physician, entrepreneur, and life sciences investor. He has launched and invested in over a dozen venBio portfolio companies and previously worked at Third Rock Ventures.

What Richard can write

Writes checks ofNot reported
Comes in atSeed, Series A, Series BCan lead the round
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Career

  1. Harvard's Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery residency
  2. Third Rock Ventures · Senior Associate
  3. venBio · Managing Partner
    Now
  4. Harvard · residency

Investments named in public bios

Akero TherapeuticsHarmony BiosciencesVentyx BiosciencesPharvaris35PharmaAlumis

Focus

biotech startupslife sciencesphysicianbiotech

Education

University of Pennsylvania, B.S.E. in BioengineeringStanford, M.D./Ph.D. in Bioengineering

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Who is Richard Gaster, MD, PhD?

Richard Gaster is a Managing Partner at venBio with a background as a physician, entrepreneur, and life sciences investor. He has launched and invested in over a dozen venBio portfolio companies and previously worked at Third Rock Ventures.

How much does Richard Gaster, MD, PhD invest?

venBio Partners has not reported a check size. It invests at seed, series a, series b.

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What did Richard Gaster, MD, PhD do before venBio Partners?

Harvard's Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery residency; Senior Associate at Third Rock Ventures; residency at Harvard.

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