Ken Bate

AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the advancement of therapeutics for oncology, and other areas of unmet medical need. Its product candidates include Tivozanib, Ficlatuzmab, AV-203, AV-380 and AV-353. The company was founded by Ronald A. DePinho, Lynda Chin, and Kenneth E. Weg on October 19, 2001 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

MPM Bioimpact Inc (MPM Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 1996 by Ansbert K. Gadicke and Luke B. Evnin. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Archemix Corp. engages in the research and development of aptamer-based therapeutic products. It focuses in the areas of cardiovascular disease hematology, and oncology. The company was founded in May 2001 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

JSB-Partners LP offers specialized investment banking and advisory services to biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. Its services include product partnerships, mergers and acquisitions, private placements and public underwritings. The company was founded by Wolfgang Rudolph Ralph Stoiber in 1999 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

TransMedics, Inc. manufactures and develops medical devices. It offers a portable warm blood perfusion system designed to maintain organs in a functioning state outside the human body during transport from organ donor to recipient. The firm’s products are used in heart, lung, liver, and kidney transplants. The company was founded by Waleed H. Hassanein in August 1998 and is headquartered in Andover, MA.

Cubist Pharmaceuticals LLC operates as a biopharmaceutical company. It focuses on the research, development and commercialization of pharmaceutical products. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Lexington, MA.

Biogen MA, Inc. is a biotechnology company principally engaged in discovering and developing drugs for human healthcare through genetic engineering. The company’s research and development activities used to focus on novel products for multiple sclerosis, inflammatory, respiratory, kidney and cardiovascular diseases, developmental biology and gene therapy. The company was founded by Daniel D. Adams in 1976 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Epizyme, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. The firm engages in the discovery, development, and commercialization of novel epigenetic medicines for cancer and other diseases. Its product pipeline is lead by, tazemetostat which targets Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, molecularly defined solid tumors, non-small-cell lung carcinoma, molecularly targeted tumors, and ovarian cancer. The firm also develops pinometostat for genetically defined acute leukemia, and EZM8266 for sickle cell disease. The company was founded by Robert Horvitz and Zhang Yi on November 1, 2007 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.