Amir Nashat

Athenix Corp. develops agricultural herbicide tolerance and insect control chemicals. It provides genes, proteins, processes, traits, and transgenic organisms for multiple sectors including seed, agricultural chemical, specialty chemical, industrial enzymes, and energy. The company was founded by Duck Nicholas Barbara, Carozzi Nadine and Koziel Michael Gene in 2001 and is headquartered in Raleigh, NC.

Hydra Biosciences, Inc. develops pharmaceutical products. It is focused in major therapeutic areas, which include pain, inflammation, renal, anxiety, and pulmonary diseases. The company was founded by Laurie Bartlett Keating, Dean Y. Li, David E. Clapham, and Mark T. Keating in 2001 and is headquartered in Belmont, MA.

GI Dynamics, Inc. engages in the development and commercialization of a medical device system intended for treatment of patients with type 2 diabetes and reduction of obesity. Its pipeline product is EndoBarrier, an endoscopically delivered medical device intended to help restore healthy blood sugar levels and reduce weight. The company was founded by Andy Levine on March 24, 2003 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Avila Therapeutics, Inc. researches and develops covalent drugs. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Summit, NJ.

DNIB Unwind, Inc. develops biopharmaceutical preparations. The company was founded by Omid C. Farokhzad and Robert S. Langer on May 19, 2006 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Promedior, Inc. is a clinical-stage immunotherapy company, which engages in the development of targeted therapeutics to treat fibrotic diseases. Its proprietary therapeutic platform is based upon Pentraxin-2, an endogenous human protein that plays an important role in regulating the response to fibrosis. The company was founded by Gomer H. Richard, Lawrence M. Kauvar, and Darrell Pilling in April 2006 and is headquartered in Lexington, MA.

Kindex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company. It focuses on discovering and developing of novel therapeutics for the treatment of metabolic. The company is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Pervasis Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical stage company developing a broad portfolio of biologically active therapeutics. The company was founded by Robert S. Langer Jr. and Helen Marie Nugent in 2004 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

Living Proof, Inc. manufactures and supplies hair care products. Its products include shampoos, conditioners, styling treatments, overnight products, styling creams and mousses, nourishing creams, styling sprays, thickening mousses, thickening creams, root lifting sprays, mask treatments. The company was founded by Robert S. Langer, Jon Flint, Amir Nashat, Ward Stegernoek, Mitch DeRosa, and Daniel Anderson in September 2004 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

WaveRx, Inc. develops non-invasive treatments for dermatological disorders. The firm focuses on creating fast and non-invasive treatments for dermatological disorders of nail and skin. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

L1 Agrosciences, Inc. provides exceptional and innovative agricultural traits. Its goal is to commercialize and pursue humanitarian applications of a unique portfolio of plant traits for nitrogen utilization efficiency and yield stability under stress. This trait portfolio, combined with an experienced scientific and management team will target yield improvement, reduction of inputs such as nitrogen fertilizer, and the accelerated growth and health of plants. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Adnexus engages in the development of Adnectins biologics and medicines in the United States. The company was founded by Frank D. Lee on September 16, 2002 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

Part of Quintiles Transnational Corp., Quintiles Biosciences, Inc. is a bioanalytical laboratory. The company is based in Ithaca, NY.

Receptos LLC engages in the provision of developing and commercializing of therapeutic candidates for the treatment of immune and inflammatory diseases. It offers Ozanimod for relapsing multiple sclerosis, Ozanimod for inflammatory bowel disease and RPC4046 for eosinophilic esophagitis. The company was founded by Marcus F. Boehm, Robert J. Peach, William H. Rastetter, Hugh Rosen and Raymond C. Stevens on September 26, 2008 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

AgBiome LLC provides early stage research and discovery to the agriculture industry. It develops biological product that controls the predominant soil-borne diseases of greenhouse and major row crops. The firm applies genomics and screening technologies to identify plant-associated microbes that enhance plant health, pest resistance, and yield. The company was founded by Jeff Dangl, John N. Couch, Paul Schulze-Lefert, Scott J. Uknes, John Ryals, Eric R. Ward, and Mike Koziel in 2012 and is headquartered in Research Triangle Park, NC.

New England Venture Capital Association, Inc. is a non-profit organization which operates as a catalyst, and advocate, and a resource for the innovation economy. The company is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Scholar Rock, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company. It focuses on discovering and developing a novel class of biologic therapies that target supracellular activation of growth factors in the disease microenvironment. The company was founded by Timothy Springer and Leonard Zon and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Selecta Biosciences, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the research and development of nanoparticle immunomodulatory drugs for the treatment and prevention of human diseases. Its portfolio includes pipeline, autoimmune, gene therapy, and biologic therapy. The company was founded by Omid C. Farokhzad, Robert S. Langer Jr., and Ulrich von Andrian on December 10, 2007 and is headquartered in Watertown, MA.

Institute For Protein Innovation, Inc. is a non-profit company that focuses on enhancing the potential of recombinant antibodies. The company is based in Boston, MA. The company uses sophisticated yeast display technology to generate synthetic, recombinant antibodies. The company was founded by Andrew Kruse, Timothy A. Springer. Kenneth Fasman has been the CEO of the company since 2022.

Sofregen Medical, Inc. develops innovative silk-based solutions for soft tissue defects. Its products: SERI silk derived surgical scaffold is knitted scaffold made from ultra-pure, sterile, silk-derived bioprotein that facilitates neovascularization and native tissue regeneration over time and Sofregen technology a silk derived material for medical application. The company was founded by Anh Hoang and Howard J. Weisman on May 19, 2014 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

CubicPV, Inc. engages in the manufacture of silicon photovoltaic wafers. It develops Direct Wafer, a technology that forms a standard multi-crystalline wafer directly from molten silicon. The company was founded by Frank van Mierlo and Emanuel M. Sachs in 2007 and is headquartered in Bedford, MA.

TARIS BioMedical LLC operates as a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company. It specializes in urology, continuous local dosing, bladder diseases, oncology, voiding dysfunction. The company was founded by Robert S. Langer Jr., Christine Bunt, and Michael J. Cima in 2008 and is headquartered in Lexington, MA.

Jnana Therapeutics, Inc. provides drug development services. The firm focuses on immunometabolism changing the metabolic pathways in immune cells to affect function; lysosomal function and mucosal defense. The company was founded by Stuart L. Schreiber, Ramnik Xavier, Joanne Kotz and Joel C. Barrish and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Camp4 Therapeutics Corp. operates as a biotechnology company. The firm discovers a treatment option for patients. The company was founded by Paulina Hill and Leonard Zon on May 20, 2016 and is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.

Olivo Laboratories LLC provides solutions to skin-related medical problems through proprietary biomaterials technologies. Its platform technology consists of a tunable polysiloxane-based material that mimics youthful skin and can be engineered to provide a variety of targeted properties, including elasticity, breathability, invisibility, water resistance, protection. The company was founded by Robert S. Langer Jr. and Richard Rox Anderson and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Dewpoint Therapeutics, Inc. develops drugs. The company is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Partners Innovation Fund LLC, an Evergreen Fund, invests in companies located in the US. The fund targets companies operating in the fields of healthcare sector. It provides financing for seed and early stage capital requirements. It also makes follow on investments.

Morphic Therapeutic, Inc. engages in biotechnology drug development activity. The company is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

Primmune Therapeutics, Inc. develops small molecules, orally administered toll-like receptor for cancer immunotherapy and tumors. The firm offers treatment and prevention of viral infections. The company was founded by Paulo Rangel, James Appleman, and Stephen Webber in October, 2017 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Kojin Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a small-molecule therapeutics company. It focuses on translating deep biological insight into the plasticity of human cell states to develop therapeutics for cancer, fibrosis, ischemia and immune modulation. The company was founded by Benjamin Cravatt, Stephanie K. Dougan and Stuart L.Schreiber and is headquartered in the United States.

Freenome Holdings, Inc. engages in the development of multiomics platform for early cancer detection. It develops simple and accurate blood tests for early cancer detection and integrating the actionable insights into health systems to operationalize a machine learning feedback loop between care and science. The company was founded by Charles Roberts, Riley Ennis, and Gabriel Otte and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

Paratus Sciences Corp. is an American company that focuses on unlocking the secrets of bat biology. The company's main goal is to elucidate novel insights and identify new therapeutic targets. The company was founded by Thomas Zwaka, Richard Young, Paul Matsudaira. The CEO is Amir H. Nashat.

Alioth, Inc. operates as a hiring success platform. The private company is based in Spicewood, TX. The company was founded in 2018 by Amir H. Nashat, Kenneth A. DiPietro, Janet Stafford, James Russell Rueff. Janet Stafford has been the CEO since 2018.

Soufflé Therapeutics, Inc. engages in pharmaceutical research and development services. The company is based in Newton, MA. The CEO of the company is Amir H. Nashat.

Matter Neuroscience is an American company that develops mobile applications for neurological reward systems. The private company was founded by Benjamin Goldhirsh and Axel Bouchon, with Axel Bouchon serving as the CEO since incorporation.

Satellite Biosciences, Inc. is a company based in Cambridge, MA that is focused on developing innovative regenerative medicine solutions to tackle some of the most challenging diseases. The company's mission is to create a new category of regenerative medicine called Tissue Therapeutics. The company was founded by Sangeeta N. Bhatia, Christopher S. Chen, and Arnav Chhabra. David Lennon has been the CEO of the company since 2021.