Samsara BioCapital (Christian Richard)
Street Moves: Christian Richard left Tekla Capital Management LLC and joined Samsara BioCapital as Head of Public Research
Samsara BioCapital (Christian Richard)

Christian Richard joined Samsara in December of 2020 as the Head of Public Research. Prior to Samasara he was with Tekla since March of 2015. Previously, he was a Partner/Head of Research for Merlin Biomed Private Equity/Merlin Nexus for 12 years. Merlin Nexus is a cross-over life sciences fund focused on negotiated transactions in both late-stage private and public companies. Prior to Merlin Nexus, he spent almost five years in the Allergy/Immunology Group at the Schering-Plough Research Institute. He has a BS in Cellular and Molecular Biology from Purchase College and both an MS in Biochemistry and an MBA in Finance from NYU.