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Avak Kahvejian

General Partner at Flagship Pioneering

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Overview 

Avak Kahvejian is a General Partner at Flagship Pioneering in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with a strong background in biotech innovation and entrepreneurship. Notable career highlights include founding and leading multiple successful biotech companies, such as Abiologics and Ampersand Biomedicines, and serving in key leadership roles in various organizations within the biotech industry.

Work Experience 

  • Founding CEO

    2021 - Current

  • General Partner

    2020

  • Partner

    2011 - 2020

Flagship Pioneering is a venture capital firm that invests in life sciences and healthcare companies.

  • Board Member

    2021

  • Founding CEO

    2021 - 2023

  • Board Member

    2020

  • Founding CEO

    2020 - 2023

  • Board Member

    2017

  • Founding CEO

    2017 - 2020

Sail Biomedicines is a flagship pioneering company that is developing tomorrow's medicines today using life's language.

  • Board Member

    2017

  • Founding CEO

    2017 - 2020

Cellarity is a therapeutics company that uses genomic technologies, data science, and AI to develop a new generation of therapies.

Raised $294,000,000.00 from Kyowa Kirin, Flagship Pioneering and Hanwha Impact Partners.

  • Chairman of the Board

    2021

  • Board Member

    2017

  • Founding CEO

    2017 - 2020

Ring Therapeutics is a gene therapy company focused on discovering and developing programmable genetic medicines.

Raised $253,500,000.00 from Altitude Life Science Ventures, Flagship Pioneering, UPMC Enterprises, CJ Investment, Partners Investment, T. Rowe Price, Alexandria Venture Investments, Invus and Kyowa Kirin.

  • Board Member

    2018 - 2021

  • Founding Co-CEO

    2017 - 2021

  • Board Member

    2017 - 2021

  • Chief Innovation Officer

    2019 - 2020

  • Founding President & CEO

    2017 - 2019

  • Member Board Of Directors

    2017 - 2019

  • Board Observer

    2015 - 2017

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