About
Chief Scientific Officer and founding team member with over 25 years in biomedical sciences and 7 years in European venture capital; former professor and head of department at the University of Sao Paulo Medical School.
Experience
- Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São PauloAssociate Professor at the Department of Radiology & Oncologycurrent2025 — present
- JEITOChief Scientific Officercurrent2023 — presentParis, Île-de-France, France
- JEITOChief Scientific Officer (CSO) & Operational Investor at Jeito Capitalcurrent2023 — presentParis, Île-de-France, France
- JEITOOperational Investor at Jeito Capitalcurrent2020 — presentParis, Île-de-France, France
- InterAx Biotech AGMember of the Strategic & Scientific Advisory Board2017 — 2020Villegen, Switzerland
- Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto / USPAssociate Professor 3 (Privatdozent)2003 — 2020Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
- Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto / USPHead Of Department2014 — 2016Ribeirão Preto Area, Brazil
- Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto / USPHead of the PhD Program in Biochemistry2006 — 2010Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil
- Sofinnova PartnersScientific & Venture Consultant2011 — 2018Paris, Île-de-France, France
- Collège de FranceMaître de Conference Associé2010 — 2011Paris, France
- University of CopenhagenPhD1995 — 1996
Skills & more
University Lecturing1Healthcare Innovation1Board member3Investment2Venture Capital3Biochemistry16Biotechnology12Molecular Biology8Research6Signal Transduction4Protein Expression3Cell Biology3
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Molecular PharmacologyGPCRsDrug DevelopmentConsultingDrug DiscoveryCell SignalingTeam LeadershipSupervisingLanguages English · French · Portuguese · Spanish
From Claudio's professional profile.
Colleagues at Jeito Capital
Alain Rougon
Chief Financial Officer (external provider, Prodensia) at Jeito Capital
Anastasiya Sybirna
Principal at Jeito Capital
Annette Clancy
Pharma M&A Strategy at Jeito Capital
Arnaud Rousseau
Asset Manager at Ginkgo Advisor Sarl
Benjamin Caillier
Finance Director, Jeito Capital at Jeito Capital
Boris Kere
Compliance Officer at Jeito Capital
Charlotte Formont
Senior Legal Counsel at Jeito Capital
Chloé Morlaàs
Investor Relations Director at Jeito Capital
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Claudio Costa-Neto?
- Chief Scientific Officer and founding team member with over 25 years in biomedical sciences and 7 years in European venture capital; former professor and head of department at the University of Sao Paulo Medical School.
- Where does Claudio Costa-Neto work?
- Claudio Costa-Neto is Chief Scientific Officer at Jeito Capital.
- Where did Claudio Costa-Neto go to school?
- Claudio Costa-Neto studied at USP - Universidade de São Paulo (Livre-Docência (Privatdozent), Structural Biochemistry); Unifesp - Universidade Federal de São Paulo (PhD, Molecular Biology); Københavns Universitet - University of Copenhagen (PhD, Molecular Pharmacology).
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Also attended UFSCar - Alumni16
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Shared employers
Also worked at Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo1
Also worked at InterAx Biotech AG1
Also worked at Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto / USP1
Also worked at Sofinnova Partners80
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