Pioneering innovations and institutional entrepreneurship to tackle challenges in health and sustainability
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Board Member @ National Competitiveness Foundation of Armenia From 2007 to January 2014 (7 years) Chairman and Co-founder @ Codon Devices From 2004 to 2007 (3 years) Board Member and Founding Investor @ agenus From 1996 to 2007 (11 years) Chairman and Co-Founder @ Chemgenics Pharmaceuticals From 1995 to 1997 (2 years) Chairman and Co-Founder @ Axcella...
Board Member @ National Competitiveness Foundation of Armenia From 2007 to January 2014 (7 years) Chairman and Co-founder @ Codon Devices From 2004 to 2007 (3 years) Board Member and Founding Investor @ agenus From 1996 to 2007 (11 years) Chairman and Co-Founder @ Chemgenics Pharmaceuticals From 1995 to 1997 (2 years) Chairman and Co-Founder @ Axcella Health From 2010 to 2018 (8 years) Chairman and Co-Founder @ Ensemble Therapeutics Corporation From 2002 to 2016 (14 years) Board Member @ Midori Renewables, Inc. From 2010 to September 2015 (5 years) Cambridge, MABoard Member @ BIND Therapeutics From 2007 to 2014 (7 years) Board Member @ AeroDesigns, Inc. From 2011 to 2013 (2 years) Board Member and Co-Founder @ LS9, Inc. From 2005 to 2013 (8 years) Board Member and Founder @ Adnexus Therapeutics From 2003 to 2008 (5 years) Board Member and Founding Investor @ Color Kinetics From 1997 to 2008 (11 years) Board Member and Founder @ Selventa From 2002 to 2007 (5 years) Co-Founder and Board Member @ Rubius Therapeutics Cambridge, MACo-Founder @ Indigo Board of Overseers Member @ Boston Symphony Orchestra Member Board Of Directors @ IDeA Foundation Armenia Co-Founder and Board Member @ CiBO Technologies From 2015 to 2017 (2 years) Cambridge, MACo-Founder and Board Member @ Codiak BioSciences From 2015 to 2017 (2 years) Chairman and Co-Founder @ Joule Unlimited Technologies, Inc. From 2007 to 2017 (10 years) Co-Founder and Board Member @ BG Medicine From 2001 to January 2016 (15 years) Board member @ Eleven Biotherapeutics From 2010 to November 2014 (4 years) Board Member and Founder @ Affinnova From 2002 to October 2014 (12 years) Board Member and Co-Founder @ Helicos BioSciences From 2003 to 2011 (8 years) Board Member and Founding Investor @ T2 Biosystems From 2006 to 2009 (3 years) Co-founder @ Epitome Biosystems From 2003 to 2005 (2 years) Board Member and Founding Investor @ Exact Sciences From 1995 to 2001 (6 years) Chief Business Officer @ Applera Corporation From 1998 to 1999 (1 year) Co-Founder @ Celera Genomics From 1998 to 1999 (1 year) Founder and CEO @ Flagship Pioneering Flagship Pioneering conceives, creates, resources, and develops first-in-category life sciences companies to transform human health and sustainability. Since its launch in 2000, the firm has applied a unique hypothesis-driven innovation process to originate and foster more than 100 scientific ventures, resulting in over $25 billion in aggregate value. To date, Flagship has attracted $2.4 billion of aggregate capital commitments, of which over $1.3 billion has been deployed toward the founding and growth of its pioneering companies alongside $8.3 billion of follow-on investments from other institutions. The current Flagship ecosystem includes public companies such as Denali Therapeutics (NASDAQ: DNLI), Evelo Biosciences (NASDAQ: EVLO), Rubius Therapeutics (NASDAQ:RUBY), Seres Therapeutics (NASDAQ: MCRB), and Syros Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: SYRS), as well as private companies such as Kaleido Biosciences, Indigo Agriculture, CiBO Technologies, and Moderna Therapeutics. To learn more about Flagship Pioneering, please visit our website: www.FlagshipPioneering.com. Cambridge, MACo-Founder and Board Member @ Aurora Prize Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity is an annual international humanitarian award, which is initiated to recognize and express gratitude to those courageous individuals or organizations that impact on preserving human life and advancing humanitarian causes. It is awarded on behalf of the survivors of the Armenian Genocide and in gratitude to their saviors. The Aurora Prize ceremonies take place annually in Yerevan, Armenia starting from 24 April 2016. The laureate of the prize receives $100,000 grant as well as the opportunity to nominate organizations that inspired his or her work for a US $1,000,000 award (from Wikipedia). Yerevan, ArmeniaCEO and Founder @ PerSeptive Biosystems PBIO merged with Perkin-Elmer in 1998 From 1989 to 1998 (9 years) Visiting Lecturer @ Harvard Business School Member Board of Trustees @ Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Cambridge, MABoard Member and Co-Founder @ Repertoire Immune Medicines Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesBoard Member @ Sana Biotechnology, Inc. Co-Founder and Chairman @ Omega Therapeutics cambridge, maChairman and Co-Founder @ Generate Biomedicines, Inc. Chairman and Co-Founder @ Cellarity Co-Founder and Chairman @ Ring Therapeutics Co-Founder and Board Member @ Seres Therapeutics From 2011 to March 2020 (9 years) Cambridge, MABoard Membe @ Integral Health From 2018 to 2020 (2 years) Board Member and Co-Founder @ Cobalt Biomedicine, Inc. From 2016 to 2019 (3 years) Board Member and Co-Founder @ Cygnal Therapeutics From 2016 to 2019 (3 years) Co-Founder and Board Member @ Kaleido Biosciences, Inc. From 2015 to 2019 (4 years) Co-Founder and Chairman @ Evelo Biosciences From 2015 to 2019 (4 years) Board Member @ Ohana Biosciences, Inc. From 2016 to 2018 (2 years) Board Member @ AGBU From 2014 to 2018 (4 years) Senior Lecturer @ MIT Sloan School of Management Teaching courses on entrepreneurship, innovation and leadership in startups From 2000 to June 2016 (16 years) Advisory Board Member @ Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology From 2012 to 2014 (2 years) International Advisory Board Member @ Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO From 2007 to 2012 (5 years) Board of Overseers Member @ Boston University From 2007 to 2010 (3 years) Chairman and Co-Founder @ Moderna Therapeutics
National Competitiveness Foundation of Armenia
Board Member
2007 to January 2014
Codon Devices
Chairman and Co-founder
2004 to 2007
agenus
Board Member and Founding Investor
1996 to 2007
Chemgenics Pharmaceuticals
Chairman and Co-Founder
1995 to 1997
Axcella Health
Chairman and Co-Founder
2010 to 2018
Ensemble Therapeutics Corporation
Chairman and Co-Founder
2002 to 2016
Midori Renewables, Inc.
Board Member
2010 to September 2015
Cambridge, MA
BIND Therapeutics
Board Member
2007 to 2014
AeroDesigns, Inc.
Board Member
2011 to 2013
LS9, Inc.
Board Member and Co-Founder
2005 to 2013
Adnexus Therapeutics
Board Member and Founder
2003 to 2008
Color Kinetics
Board Member and Founding Investor
1997 to 2008
Selventa
Board Member and Founder
2002 to 2007
Rubius Therapeutics
Co-Founder and Board Member
Cambridge, MA
Indigo
Co-Founder
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Board of Overseers Member
IDeA Foundation Armenia
Member Board Of Directors
CiBO Technologies
Co-Founder and Board Member
2015 to 2017
Cambridge, MA
Codiak BioSciences
Co-Founder and Board Member
2015 to 2017
Joule Unlimited Technologies, Inc.
Chairman and Co-Founder
2007 to 2017
BG Medicine
Co-Founder and Board Member
2001 to January 2016
Eleven Biotherapeutics
Board member
2010 to November 2014
Affinnova
Board Member and Founder
2002 to October 2014
Helicos BioSciences
Board Member and Co-Founder
2003 to 2011
T2 Biosystems
Board Member and Founding Investor
2006 to 2009
Epitome Biosystems
Co-founder
2003 to 2005
Exact Sciences
Board Member and Founding Investor
1995 to 2001
Applera Corporation
Chief Business Officer
1998 to 1999
Celera Genomics
Co-Founder
1998 to 1999
Flagship Pioneering
Founder and CEO
Cambridge, MA
Aurora Prize
Co-Founder and Board Member
Yerevan, Armenia
PerSeptive Biosystems
CEO and Founder
1989 to 1998
Harvard Business School
Visiting Lecturer
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Member Board of Trustees
Cambridge, MA
Repertoire Immune Medicines
Board Member and Co-Founder
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Sana Biotechnology, Inc.
Board Member
Omega Therapeutics
Co-Founder and Chairman
cambridge, ma
Generate Biomedicines, Inc.
Chairman and Co-Founder
Cellarity
Chairman and Co-Founder
Ring Therapeutics
Co-Founder and Chairman
Seres Therapeutics
Co-Founder and Board Member
2011 to March 2020
Cambridge, MA
Integral Health
Board Membe
2018 to 2020
Cobalt Biomedicine, Inc.
Board Member and Co-Founder
2016 to 2019
Cygnal Therapeutics
Board Member and Co-Founder
2016 to 2019
Kaleido Biosciences, Inc.
Co-Founder and Board Member
2015 to 2019
Evelo Biosciences
Co-Founder and Chairman
2015 to 2019
Ohana Biosciences, Inc.
Board Member
2016 to 2018
AGBU
Board Member
2014 to 2018
MIT Sloan School of Management
Senior Lecturer
2000 to June 2016
Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology
Advisory Board Member
2012 to 2014
Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO
International Advisory Board Member
2007 to 2012
Boston University
Board of Overseers Member
2007 to 2010
Moderna Therapeutics
Chairman and Co-Founder
What company does Noubar Afeyan work for?
Noubar Afeyan works for National Competitiveness Foundation of Armenia
What is Noubar Afeyan's role at National Competitiveness Foundation of Armenia?
Noubar Afeyan is Board Member
What industry does Noubar Afeyan work in?
Noubar Afeyan works in the Venture Capital & Private Equity industry.
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Noubar Afeyan's colleagues are Rob Rosiello, Joanne Protano, Ed Kania, Erica Ph.D., Jordi Mata-Fink, David Epstein, Steve M., Sabrina Yang, Samir Kaul, and Aaron Day-Williams
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