Nilesh Kumar

Translate Bio, Inc. engages in the research and development of therapeutic drugs. It focuses on developing medicines to treat diseases caused by protein or gene dysfunction. Its lead product candidate, MRT5005 is designed for the treatment of cystic fibrosis. The company was founded by Arthur M. Krieg and Jeannie T. Lee in 2011 and is headquartered in Lexington, MA.

TocopheRx, Inc. developed novel therapies for treatment of infertility. The company was founded by Stephen Palmer, Selva Nataraja, and Henry Yu on December 2, 2013 and was headquartered in Gorton, MA.

Canbex Therapeutics Ltd. engages in the development of novel peripherally-acting cannabinoid agonists and mimetics for the treatment of multiple sclerosis spasticity and pain. Its lead drug candidate, VSN 16, has been established as a potent, stable and orally-available agonist of GPR-55 with a clear anti-spasticity effect in a validated preclinical model. The company was founded by David Baker, Gavin Giovannoni, Cristina Visintin, Gareth Pryce and David Lawrence Selwood in 2005 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Raze Therapeutics, Inc. engages in the discovery and development of oncology therapeutics. It offers a pipeline of one-carbon (1C) metabolism therapeutics across solid and hematologic cancers, including genetically-defined cancers. The company was founded by Vamsi Mootha, Joshua Rabinowitz, David Sabatini, and Adam Friedman on August 8, 2014 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Tarveda Therapeutics, Inc. discovers and develops cancer therapeutics and drugs. Its proprietary technology, assets and expertise are built around an integrative research and development process that brings together new-molecule drug discovery engine and patented nanoparticle engineering platform. The company was founded by Omid C. Farokhzad, Stephen J. Lippard and Robert S. Langer Jr., in 2011 and is headquartered in Watertown, MA.

Inspirna, Inc. operates as a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company which develops molecule and antibody cancer therapeutics. It provides drugs for melanoma, colorectal and triple-negative breast cancers. The firm identifies novel cancer targets using a microRNA based target discovery platform that enable the identification and validation of novel post-transcriptionally regulated targets. The company was founded by Masoud Tavazoie, Sohail Tavazoie, Shahram Seyedin-Noor and Saeed Tavazoie in 2010 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Anokion SA provides technology for retraining white blood cells to induce therapeutic immune tolerance. The firm?s approach to antigen-specific immune tolerance can be translated to virtually any protein in numerous clinical indications. The company was founded by Jerffery Hubbell, Melody Swartz, Stephan Kontos, Oscar Buset, Kristen M. Lorentz and David A. Lowin and is headquartered in Ecublens, Switzerland.

Cirius Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company. It offers metabolic treatment for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. The company was founded by Jerry R. Colca and Brian Finck and was founded in March 2017, and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

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

Novo Ventures (US), Inc. is a venture capital firm located in San Francisco. The firm is a subsidiary of Novo A/S and their ultimate parent is Novo Nordisk Fonden.

Checkmate Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a clinical-stage biotechnology company, which engages in developing and commercializing proprietary technology to harness the power of the immune system to combat cancer. The firm's product candidate, vidutolimod is a differentiated TLR9 agonist delivered as a biologic virus-like particle designed to trigger the body's innate immune system to attack tumors in combination with other therapies. The company was founded by Arthur M. Krieg and Chuck Yo in July 2015 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Padlock Therapeutics, Inc. develops medicines targeting protein-arginine deiminases. It develops drugs that block the protein-arginine deiminase (PAD) enzymes. The firm leverages the breakthrough science on the role of protein citrullination in disease to develop drugs targeting protein-arginine deiminase (PAD) enzymes. The company was founded by Paul Thompson, Kerri Mowen, Todd A. Huffman and Michael Gilman in January 2014 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

F-Star Therapeutics Ltd. is a biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the development of immune-oncology drugs for antibody therapies. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.

Wellington Management Co. LLP (Private Equity) (Wellington Management) is a private equity firm, a subsidiary of Wellington Management Co. LLP founded in 1933. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.