Noubar Afeyan

Dr. Afeyan is Managing Partner and CEO of Flagship Ventures, a firm that manages over $900 million in early-stage funds across the sectors of Therapeutics, Health Technologies and Sustainability/Clean Technology. A technologist, entrepreneur and venture capitalist, Dr. Afeyan has co-founded and helped build over 25 successful life science and technology start-ups during the past two decades. In addition to Joule, he is a director and co-founder of Flagship portfolio companies Affinnova, BG Medicine, Ensemble Therapeutics, LS9, Midori, Moderna Therapeutics and Pronutria. Previously he was a member of the founding team, director and investor in several successful ventures including Chemgenics Pharmaceuticals, Color Kinetics, Antigenics, EXACT Sciences and Adnexus Therapeutics.