Benjamin Yerxa - CEO @ Opus Genetics - Crunchbase Person Profile

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Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles

Number of Founded Organizations

Primary Job Title CEO
Primary Organization
Opus Genetics

Location Durham, North Carolina, United States
Regions Research Triangle, East Coast, Southern US
Gender Male

Investor Type
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Benjamin Yerxa is the current CEO of Opus Genetics. He previously worked at Atsena Therapeutics as a Board Member. Benjamin Yerxa attended the University of California, San Diego.

Partner Investments

Number of Partner Investments

Announced Date	Organization Name	Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	Nacuity Pharmaceuticals	Foundation Fighting Blindness	Yes	Series B - Nacuity Pharmaceuticals	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Opus Genetics	Retinal Degeneration Fund	Yes	Seed Round - Opus Genetics	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Vedere Bio ll	Retinal Degeneration Fund	—	Series A - Vedere Bio ll	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Atsena Therapeutics	Retinal Degeneration Fund	—	Series A - Atsena Therapeutics	obfuscated obfuscation

Jobs

Number of Current Jobs

Number of Past Jobs

Benjamin Yerxa

has

current jobs including

CEO

Opus Genetics

CEO

Foundation Fighting Blindness

, and

CEO

Retinal Degeneration Fund

. Additionally,

Benjamin Yerxa

has had

past jobs including

Co-Founder & President

Envisia Therapeutics

Opus Genetics CEOJun 2022
Foundation Fighting Blindness CEOOct 2017
Retinal Degeneration Fund CEO

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Envisia Therapeutics	Co-Founder & President	2015	2017
Liquidia Technologies	Chief Scientific Officer	Aug 2012	Feb 2015
Clearside Biomedical	Team Member	Sep 2011	Aug 2012
Inspire Pharmaceuticals	Executive Vice President and Chief, Research & Development	Aug 2008	Aug 2010
Opus Genetics	Co-Founder & President	—	—

Board and Advisor Roles

Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles

Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles

Benjamin Yerxa

holds

board and advisor roles including

Board Member

Nacuity Pharmaceuticals

Board Member

SparingVision

, and

Board Member

North Carolina Biotechnology Center

Nacuity Pharmaceuticals Board MemberOct 2019
SparingVision Board MemberDec 2017
North Carolina Biotechnology Center Board Member2008

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Atsena Therapeutics	Board Member	May 2020	Jul 2021

Related Hubs

Hub Name	CB Rank (Hub)
Research Triangle Companies that Exited	22,088
United States Wellness Acquired Companies	32,529
Health Care Acquired Companies With Less Than $500M in Revenue	2,800
Southern US Companies With Fewer Than 50 Employees (Top 10K)	410
Health Diagnostics Acquired Companies With Less Than $500M in Revenue	34,522
Research Triangle Wellness Companies	65,721
United States Acquired Companies With Less Than $50M in Revenue (Top 10K)	564
North Carolina Companies With Fewer Than 100 Employees (Top 10K)	6,184
North Carolina Companies (Top 10K)	3,668
Southern US Female Founded Acquired Companies	45,807

Education

Benjamin Yerxa

studied at

University of California San Diego

University of California San Diego BAChemistry19841988