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Thomas Melzer is Managing Director at RiverVest.
Thomas Melzer is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of RiverVest Venture Partners, a life sciences venture capital firm based in Saint Louis, Missouri. Before establishing the firm in 2000, he served as a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley, overseeing corporate finance, real estate finance, and strategic planning while restructuring the United States Government Securities Department. He earned a Master of Business Administration and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University. Melzer maintains active board positions across several institutions, including Nine PBS, the Gateway Arch Park Foundation, the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, and the National Council for the Olin School of Business at Washington University in Saint Louis. His current professional focus centers on firm management, investor relations, and community engagement, supporting RiverVest's broader strategy of funding life sciences companies addressing unmet patient needs.
