Zane Starkewolfe, PhD

Zane Starkewolfe is an experienced life sciences executive with a background spanning strategy, finance, investing, corporate development, and company building across the biopharmaceutical industry. He currently serves as Director of Corporate Development at WuXi Biologics Ventures, where he leads U.S. investments. Previously, at the University of California, Davis, he helped launch biopharma startup companies, raise investment capital, and structure a range of corporate partnering and licensing transactions. Earlier in his career, he was an investment banker at EVOLUTION Life Science Partners, where he led M&A transactions, negotiated licensing agreements, and supported public and private equity financings. In addition, he has founded, co-founded, and led therapeutic and diagnostic companies from formation through strategic and financing milestones. Zane earned his Ph.D. in Chemistry, with a Designated Emphasis in Biotechnology and Clinical Translational Research, from the University of California, Davis, where he was a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Scholar.