SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Longitude Capital Partners IV, LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) 2740 SAND HILL ROAD, 2ND FLOOR (Street) MENLO PARK CA 94025 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Vera Therapeutics, Inc. [ VERA ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 05/18/2021
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person X Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Class A Common Stock	05/18/2021		C		2,187,504	A	(1)	2,187,504	I	See footnote(2)
Class A Common Stock	05/18/2021		P		909,090	A	$11	3,096,594	I	See footnote(2)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Series C Preferred Stock	(1)	05/18/2021		C			2,187,504	(1)	(1)	Class A Common Stock	2,187,504	$0.00	0	I	See footnote(2)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Longitude Capital Partners IV, LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) 2740 SAND HILL ROAD, 2ND FLOOR (Street) MENLO PARK CA 94025 (City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Longitude Venture Partners IV, L.P. (Last) (First) (Middle) 2740 SAND HILL ROAD, 2ND FLOOR (Street) MENLO PARK CA 94025 (City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Tammenoms Bakker Juliet (Last) (First) (Middle) 2740 SAND HILL ROAD, 2ND FLOOR (Street) MENLO PARK CA 94025 (City) (State) (Zip)

Explanation of Responses:

1. The Series C Preferred Stock automatically converted into Class A Common Stock on a 11.5869:1 basis (on an adjusted basis, after giving effect to the reverse stock split of the Class A Common Stock effected by the Issuer on May 7, 2021) and had no expiration date.

2. These shares are held by Longitude Venture Partners IV, L.P ("LVP IV"). Longitude Capital Partners IV, LLC ("LCP IV") is the general partner of LVP IV and may be deemed to have voting and dispositive power over the shares held by LVP IV. Patrick G. Enright and Juliet Tammenoms Bakker are managing members of LCP IV and may be deemed to share voting and dispositive power with respect to the shares held by LVP IV. Each of LCP IV, Mr. Enright and Ms. Tammenoms Bakker disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares and this report shall not be deemed an admission that any of them is the beneficial owner of such securities for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose, except to the extent of their respective pecuniary interests therein. Mr. Enright, a managing member of LCP IV, currently serves on the Issuer's Board of Directors and files separate reports under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to report transactions in securities of the Issuer.

Remarks:

	/s/ Patrick G. Enright, Managing Member of Longitude Capital Partners IV, LLC	05/18/2021
	/s/ Patrick G. Enright, Managing Member of Longitude Capital Partners IV, LLC, General Partner of Longitude Venture Partners IV, L.P.	05/18/2021
	/s/ Juliet Tammenoms Bakker	05/18/2021
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