Flagship Pioneering

Overview

Date Founded

1982

Headquarters

1 MEMORIAL DRIVE, 7TH FLOOR, CAMBRIDGE, MA, 02142

Type of Company

Private

Employees (Worldwide)

11 - 50

Industries

Private Equity & Venture Capital
Hospitals & Patient Services
Investment Services & Portfolio Management
Biotechnology

Company Description

Flagship Pioneering seeks investment opportunities in companies located globally. The firm focuses on companies operating in the fields of therapeutics, life science tools & diagnostics, and bioenergy or cleantech. It provides financing for seed, early, and later-stage capital requirements. It acts as a lead investor. It also makes co-investments.

Website

http://flagshippioneering.com/

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In The News

RelSci

February 21, 2021

Flagship Pioneering disclosed in a filing on December 31, 2020 that it reduced its stake in Moderna, Inc.

Business Wire

January 12, 2021

Tessera Therapeutics Attracts Over $230M in Series B Financing to Advance 'Gene Writing' - A New Category in Genetic Medicine; SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation, Altitude Life Science Ventures, Qatar Investment Authority, and Other

PR Newswire

October 28, 2020

Flagship Pioneering Unveils Senda Biosciences to pioneer Intersystems Biology and create novel treatments for human disease

PR Newswire

October 21, 2020

Flagship Pioneering Strengthens Leadership with Appointment of Christine Heenan as Senior Partner and Chief Communications Officer

FierceBiotech

October 16, 2020

Chutes & Ladders—Biogen veteran Ong joins Flagship Pioneering as CEO-partner

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Executives & Employees

Noubar Afeyan

Founder

Fabrice Chouraqui

Chief Executive Officer & Partner

Doug Cole

Managing Partner

Stephen Berenson

Managing Partner

Jim Gilbert

Senior Partner

Torben Straight Nissen

Senior Partner

Michael Rosenblatt

Senior Partner

Bernard P. Cooney III

Senior Partner, Capital Formation

Christine Heenan

Senior Partner & Chief Communications Officer

Ji Zhang

Senior Partner & Senior Vice President, Enterprise R&D & Operations

Board of Directors

Daniel Mattes

Founder & Chairman at JAJAH, Inc.

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Recent Transactions

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Johnson & Johnson purchases TARIS BioMedical LLC from Polaris Partners, Flagship Pioneering, Third Rock Ventures LLC, Shanghai Yonghua Investment Management Ltd.

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Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Otsuka Holdings Co., Ltd. purchase Visterra, Inc. from Polaris Partners, Flagship Pioneering, Lux Capital Group LLC, Cycad Group LLC, Merck Research Ventures, Vertex Ventures HC

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Synopsys, Inc. purchases Black Duck Software, Inc. from Focus Management, Inc., General Catalyst LLC, Flagship Pioneering, next47 Services GmbH, Gold Hill Capital Management LLC, Volition Capital LLC

Advisors & Consultants

Legal Advisor

Sarah Rothermel

Former Partner at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

Clients

Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management Board

The Pension Reserves Investment Management Board employs external investment managers and gives them discretion, consistent with specified objectives and guidelines, to manage the Pension Reserves Investment Trust's assets. At reasonable intervals of not more than 3 to 5 years, the Board undertakes a comprehensive review of their asset allocation plan and its underlying assumptions, including Massachusetts' current and projected pension assets and liabilities, long-term capital markets rate of return assumptions and the Board's risk tolerances. The review identifies a reasonable time horizon and investment strategy for matching assets and liabilities, a fund level total return target and an optimal allocation among available asset classes and sub-asset classes. The Board examines the asset allocation plan annually, and considers adjustments to the plan as may be appropriate.

General Electric Pension Trust

General Electric Pension Trust is a corporate fund investor in the United States. GE Pension Trust operates as a subsidiary of GE Asset Management Incorporated.

Non-Profit Donations & Grants

$10K +

2009

The Jackson Laboratory

$1 - $2,499

2004

Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research

$2,500 - $4,999

2003

Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research

Investments

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Rubius Therapeutics, Inc.

Rubius Therapeutics, Inc. engages in the development of red-cell therapeutic medicines for cancer, autoimmune diseases, hemophilia, and infectious and metabolic diseases. The company was founded by Avak Kahvejian, Jordi Mata-Fink, and Noubar Afeyan on April 26, 2013 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

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Indigo Ag, Inc.

Indigo Agriculture, Inc. provides microbial solutions. The firm offers platform for microbiome product discovery and has generated a robust pipeline of candidates for seed, soil, and foliar applications in globally important crops, including corn, soy, wheat, cotton, and vegetables The company was founded by Noubar Afeyan, David A. Berry, and Geoffrey von Maltzahn in 2014 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

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Sana Biotechnology, Inc.

Sana Biotechnology, Inc. engages in the research and development of engineered cells as medicine. It focuses in identifying and developing potential product candidates, executing preclinical studies, and acquiring technology. The company was founded by Steven D. Harr, Noubar B. Afeyan, Robert Taylor Nelsen, and Hans Edgar Bishop on July 13, 2018 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Investors

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Ed Kania

Co-Founder at Flagship Pioneering

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