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Noubar Afeyan

Managing Partner at Flagship Pioneering

Writes $500K – $15M checks

About

Noubar Afeyan runs a four‑phase company‑creation process that tests bad ideas with killer questions, numbers early projects for easy shutdown, and applies paranoid optimism shaped by his Armenian immigrant background.

Invests in

AgTechAI & Machine LearningBiotechClimate TechFoodTechHealthtech

Deals · 8

Rubius TherapeuticsBoard seat

via Flagship Pioneering · filed Jun 2017 · $120M raise

Cibo TechnologiesBoard seat

via Flagship Pioneering · filed Mar 2017 · $30.3M raise

Moderna TherapeuticsBoard seat

via Flagship Pioneering · filed Aug 2016 · $600M raise

Pronutria BiosciencesBoard seat

via Flagship Pioneering · filed Feb 2016

Codiak BioSciencesBoard seat

via Flagship Pioneering · filed Nov 2015

BG MedicineBoard seat

via Flagship Pioneering · filed May 2015 · $2.5M raise

Seres HealthBoard seat

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

Moderna LLCBoard seat

via Flagship Pioneering · filed Jan 2015 · $502.2M raise

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

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