Jerel Davis

Jerel Davis, Ph.D., is a Managing Director based in Vancouver, Canada. Since joining Versant in 2011, he has been involved in launching and investing in a number of Versant’s portfolio companies including BlueRock (sale), Crispr (2016 IPO), Inception 4 (sale), Inception 5 (sale), Quanticel (sale), Akero (2019 IPO), Northern (sale), Turnstone, Repare (2020 IPO), Chinook, Ventus, Integral, and VenatoRx. He has focused on company creation, syndicated deals, and creative corporate transactions with multiple pharmaceutical partners including Celgene, Roche and Bayer. He was also instrumental in establishing Versant’s presence in Canada. Jerel was promoted to Managing Director at Versant in April 2016.