Where does David Berry work?

David Berry is General Partner at Flagship Pioneering and Founder at Seres Health and Founder at Pronutria Biosciences.

What check size does David Berry write?

David Berry typically writes checks of $500K – $15M.

What companies did David Berry found?

David Berry founded Pronutria Biosciences, Seres Health.

David Berry

InvestorFounder

General Partner at Flagship Pioneering · Board director at Seres Health · Board director at Pronutria Biosciences

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Writes $500K – $15M checks

FoundedPronutria Biosciences Seres Health

About

Physician-scientist turned investor who cofounded 20+ companies including Moderna, Valo Health and Seres, often serving as inventor and hands-on CEO and applying AI/computation to reshape drug discovery.

Invests in

AgTechAI & Machine LearningBiotechClimate TechFoodTechHealthtech

Board director at Seres Health

Intro paths

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In turn, David can intro founders to Seres Health's investors below.

Seres Health's investors · 1

Flagship PioneeringCambridge · $500K – $10M checks · since 2014

Co-founders at Seres Health

John AuninsExecutive Officer

Eric D. ShaffExecutive Officer

David CookExecutive Officer

Roger J. PomerantzExecutive Officer, Director

Roger PomerantzExecutive Officer, Director

Board director at Pronutria Biosciences

Intro paths

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In turn, David can intro founders to Pronutria Biosciences's investors below.

Pronutria Biosciences's investors · 2

Flagship PioneeringCambridge · $500K – $10M checks · since 2015 SynconaLondon · since 2022

Co-founders at Pronutria Biosciences

Robert ConnellyExecutive Officer, Director

Garry MenzelExecutive Officer

Jeff MooreExecutive Officer

Experience

AverinManaging Partnercurrent2025 — present
United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions NetworkLeadership Council Member (2012-2018) Emeritus (2018-present)current2012 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
Hackley SchoolTrustee (Board Member 2010-2019, Advisory Member 2019-present)current2010 — presentTarrytown, NY
Valo HealthFounder and CEO2018 — 2024
Flagship PioneeringGeneral Partner2005 — 2024Cambridge, MA
Boston Philharmonic OrchestraBoard Member2010 — 2014
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCorporation Member2006 — 2011

Education

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBS, PhD
Harvard Medical SchoolMD2000 — 2006
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyPhD, Biological Engineering2002 — 2005
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBS, Brain and Cognitive Sciences1996 — 2000

Skills & more

Entrepreneuring17Management44Start-ups99Entrepreneurship99Biotechnology99Lifesciences30Technology8Cleantech14Venture Capital99Entrepreneurial Finance5Biofuels15Strategy44

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Process SimulationDue DiligenceCorporate DevelopmentCommercializationMergersRenewable EnergyPharmaceutical IndustryTechnology TransferAngel InvestingR&DPrivate EquityStrategic Partnerships

From David's professional profile.

Deals · 2

Pronutria BiosciencesBoard seat

via Flagship Pioneering · filed Feb 2016

Seres HealthBoard seat

via Flagship Pioneering · filed Jan 2015 · $65M raise

Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.

Colleagues at Flagship Pioneering

Avak Kahvejian

General Partner at Flagship Pioneering

Geoffrey von Maltzahn

General Partner at Flagship Pioneering

Ignacio Martinez

General Partner at Flagship Pioneering

Noubar Afeyan

Investor at Flagship Pioneering

Network2

Brian Baynes

Co-Founder, Midori Health / Kaleido Biosciences & Founding Pillar at Pillar VC

Ignacio Martinez

General Partner at Flagship Pioneering

Investors connected to David in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Where does David Berry work?: David Berry is General Partner at Flagship Pioneering and Founder at Seres Health and Founder at Pronutria Biosciences.
What does David Berry invest in?: David Berry invests in AgTech, AI & Machine Learning, Biotech, Climate Tech, FoodTech, Healthtech.
What check size does David Berry write?: David Berry typically writes checks of $500K – $15M.
What companies did David Berry found?: David Berry founded Pronutria Biosciences, Seres Health.

Same school

Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology1,281

Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square Ventures Elad GilSolo general partner investing through Gil Capital Aileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy Ventures Hemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General Catalyst Nat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDG Brad FeldCo-founder of Foundry and Techstars

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Also attended Harvard Medical School135

Niko BonatsosInvestment Team at General Catalyst Anthony PhilippakisInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Ben RobbinsInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)David ReshefInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Krishna YeshwantInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Morgan CheathamPartner and Head of Healthcare and Life Sciences at Breyer Capital

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Shared employers

Also worked at Valo Health5

Noubar AfeyanInvestor at Flagship Pioneering Jason ParagasInvestor at Social Impact Capital Kunaal PatelInvestor at Acrew Capital Jennifer Levin CarterManaging Director at Sandbox Industries Michael BradyFounder at Maven Bio

Also worked at Flagship Pioneering74

Anika GuptaInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Noubar AfeyanInvestor at Flagship Pioneering Samir KaulInvestor at Khosla Ventures Cassidy BlundellPartner at Mission Biocapital David KoleskyPrincipal at MPM BioImpact Diana BernsteinDirector at Northpond Ventures

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Also worked at Massachusetts Institute of Technology442

Aileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy Ventures Matt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at Paradigm Scott BillerInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Noubar AfeyanInvestor at Flagship Pioneering Vyas RamananVenture Partner at Third Rock Ventures Rhie LimPartner, Global Strategy at One Way Ventures

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