Dave Grayzel

Cadent Therapeutics, Inc. develops novel small molecule therapeutics to treat schizophrenia and other cognitive disorders. It focuses on modulating synaptic plasticity, the mechanism through which the brain builds and evolves the synaptic networks that carry out cognitive functions such as learning and memory. The company was founded by Kollol Pal, Frank S. Menniti, and Bertrand Leo Chenard in 2010 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Ataxion, Inc. develops novel therapies for rare, debilitating, and underserved neurologic diseases. It focuses on orphan genetic disorders termed hereditary ataxias. It was founded by Josh Resnick and David Grayzel in April 2013 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Quartet Medicine, Inc. is a biotechnology company that develops treatments for chronic pain and inflammation by restoring tetrahydrobiopterin homeostasis inneuronal and inflammatory cells. Its drug discovery efforts are fully structurally enabled and are focused on demonstrating changes in BH4-related biomarkers that correlate with drug pharmacokinetics and efficacy in preclinical animal models. The company was founded by Kevin Pojasek, Kai Johnsson, and Clifford Woolf in 2013 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Surface Oncology, Inc. operates as a clinical-stage immuno-oncology company, which engages in the provision of biological pathways critical to the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment for the development of next-generation cancer therapies. The firm’s pipeline includes wholly-owned lead programs targeting CD39 (SRF617) and IL-27 (SRF388), as well as a preclinical program focused on depleting tumor regulatory T cells via targeting CCR8 (SRF114). Its pipeline also includes licensed product programs, such as a collaboration with Novartis targeting CD73 (NZV930, Phase 1) and a collaboration with GlaxoSmithKline targeting PVRIG (SRF813, preclinical). The company was founded by David S. Grayzel in 2014 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Part of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Tri-Institutional Therapeutics Discovery Institute, Inc. is an American New York-based company that encourages the Tri-Institutional community to advance their biological discoveries to preclinical studies. The private company provides technical support for academic projects and offers a menu of services to translate research discoveries from bench to bedside. Tri-Institutional Therapeutics Discovery Institute achieves its mission by leveraging the infrastructure, staff, and intellectual capital of its academic and industry partners, as well as the generous support of philanthropists. The company was founded by David A. Scheinberg.

Atlas Venture Life Science Advisors LLC (Atlas Venture) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014. The firm is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Delinia, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company that develops novel therapeutics for the treatment of autoimmune diseases. Its main program is a molecule that potentiates and expands Regulatory T Cells, powerful immune cells that are critical to maintaining self-tolerance and immune system homeostasis. Tregs are critically important immune regulatory cells in the path physiology of cancer and autoimmune disease. Delinia was founded by Michael Rosenblum and Jeffrey Greve in 2015 and is headquartered in Summit, NJ.

One Brave Idea, Inc. operates a science innovation center. The private company is based in New York.

Q32 Bio develops immunomodulatory therapies with protein based molecules using a platform. The company was founded by Shelia Violette and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Affinia Therapeutics, Inc. is a preclinical stage company, which engages in the research and development of gene therapy. It offers Affinia Rationally-designed Therapies (ART) platform, which develops novel therapies, focusing on the key components of a gene therapy: capsids, which are the outer shells of a virus used to package the genetic code to treat a disease; promoters, which control how the cells read the genetic code that is delivered; and manufacturing approaches, which determine the quality and cost of potential medicines. The company was founded by Luk Vandenberghe, Botond Roska, and Aaron Tward in 2019 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.