
Gerardo Toledo
CEO & Co-Founder,
SOLAREA BIO
A microbial ecologist turned entrepreneur, for the last 24 years Gerardo has been leading high output teams during the early stages of Diversa Corp. (now BASF), Synthetic Genomics with J. Craig Venter, Indigo Ag, and now Solarea Bio. As a co-founder and Solarea's CEO, he has been at the front of the company from its inception, guiding the team through successful discovery, preclinical, and clinical phases. Now the company is entering a commercial stage with BondiaTM, a medical food to aid in the dietary management of bone loss associated with menopause, weight and age. He likes the outdoors, enjoys mountain biking, and has completed 3 ironman races as well as the Boston marathon.