Prospect Venture's Barkas passes away

Prospect Venture Partners said Managing Director Alex Barkas died unexpectedly on Monday. Barkas, 64, joined Prospect in 1997 from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, where he was a partner from 1991-97. He was the founding CEO of two biotechs while at KPCB: Geron Corp. and Connective Therapeutics Inc., which later became Connetics Corp. Prior to joining KPCB, he was a founder of healthcare consulting firm BioBridge Associates, of which he was CEO from 1989-91.

Alex received a Ph.D. in biology from New York University and a B.A. in biology from Brandeis University, where he was chairman of the University Science Advisory Council and served on the Board of Trustees. ...