Petri Vainio, M.D., Ph.D., has over 20 years of experience as a venture capital investor. Dr. Vainio spent more than 10 years as a General Partner of Sierra Ventures, one of Silicon Valley's leading venture capital firms with over $1 billion under management. While at Sierra, Dr. Vainio was a General Partner in five successive funds and led their healthcare investment practice. Dr. Vainio has been a lead investor in numerous successful healthcare companies in all sectors of healthcare, including pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical devices and healthcare services. He has served as a director on the boards of over 20 private and public healthcare companies. He has helped these companies raise over $1 billion in venture capital financing and to reach a combined market value of over $10 billion.
Dr. Vainio joined Essex
Woodlands as Managing Director in 2004. He currently sits on the Board of
Directors of
Chroma Therapeutics, Ltd.,
EUSA
Pharma, Inc.,
Healthcare Brands International, Ltd., Molecular Partners AG and
Prism Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
He holds an M.D. and a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University of Helsinki and a M.B.A. from Stanford University.
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