Douglas Kerr
Director/Board Member at Cure Sma
Net worth: 1 M $ as of 2024-05-30
Network origin in Douglas Kerr first degree
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Princeton University
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| College/University | Other Consumer Services | 410 |
Northeastern University
 Northeastern University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Founded in 1898, Northeastern University is a private research university located in the heart of Boston. Northeastern teaches worldwide experiential learning, urban engagement, and interdisciplinary research that meets global and societal needs. The University offers a range of undergraduate and graduate programs leading to degrees through the doctorate in nine colleges and schools.
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| College/University | Other Consumer Services | 116 |
Atlas Venture Advisors, Inc.
 Atlas Venture Advisors, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Atlas Venture Advisors Inc (Atlas Venture Advisors) is a venture capital firm founded in 1980 by Christopher Julian Spray. The firm is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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| Private Company | Investment Managers | 72 |
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| Public Company | Pharmaceuticals: Major | 55 |
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| Subsidiary | Pharmaceuticals: Major | 36 |
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
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| College/University | Other Consumer Services | 15 |
| Public Company | Pharmaceuticals: Major | 8 | |
Exceptional Ventures LLP
 Exceptional Ventures LLP Investment ManagersFinance Exceptional Ventures LLP (Exceptional Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2022. The firm is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.
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| Private Company | Investment Managers | 8 |
Sidney Kimmel Medical College
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| College/University | Other Consumer Services | 6 |
Disarm Therapeutics, Inc.
 Disarm Therapeutics, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Disarm Therapeutics, Inc. engages in the development of therapeutics to treat patients with neurological diseases. It includes multiple sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, glaucoma, and peripheral neuropathies. The company was founded by Jason Rhodes, Jeffrey Milbrandt, Raul Krauss, Aaron DiAntonio, and Rajesh Devraj on October 21, 2016 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.
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| Subsidiary | Biotechnology | 5 |
Faze Medicines, Inc. /MA)
 Faze Medicines, Inc. /MA) Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Faze Medicines, Inc. provides medical services. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.
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| Extinct | Miscellaneous Commercial Services | 1 |
Cure Sma
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| Private Company | 1 |
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Multi-company connection
Companies connected to Douglas Kerr via their personal network
| Company | Sector | Related people | Main position |
|---|---|---|---|
Atlas Venture Life Science Advisors LLC
 Atlas Venture Life Science Advisors LLC Investment ManagersFinance Atlas Venture Life Science Advisors LLC (Atlas Venture) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014. The firm is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. | Investment Managers | Private Equity Investor Private Equity Investor Private Equity Investor Private Equity Investor Private Equity Investor Private Equity Investor Director of Finance/CFO Consultant / Advisor Consultant / Advisor Private Equity Investor Consultant / Advisor Consultant / Advisor | |
Nimbus Therapeutics LLC
 Nimbus Therapeutics LLC BiotechnologyHealth Technology Nimbus Therapeutics LLC provides drug discovery research services. It is a computational technology-driven paradigm to rapidly advance a diverse pipeline of novel small molecule product candidates into clinical development. The company was founded by Bruce Lee Booth in 2009 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA. | Biotechnology | Director/Board Member Founder Director/Board Member Corporate Officer/Principal Consultant / Advisor Chief Operating Officer Chief Executive Officer Chief Executive Officer | |
| Harvard Medical School | College/University | Doctorate Degree Doctorate Degree Doctorate Degree Graduate Degree Doctorate Degree Graduate Degree | |
| KYMERA THERAPEUTICS, INC. | Biotechnology | Director/Board Member Founder Director/Board Member Director/Board Member Founder Private Equity Investor | |
Q32 Bio, Inc.
 Q32 Bio, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Q32 Bio Operations, Inc. develops immunomodulatory therapies with protein based molecules using a platform. The company was founded by Shelia Violette and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA. | Biotechnology | Founder Chairman Founder Chief Executive Officer Founder Consultant / Advisor | |
Matchpoint Therapeutics, Inc.
 Matchpoint Therapeutics, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Matchpoint Therapeutics, Inc. is a biotechnology company based in Cambridge, MA. The company aims to discover and develop precision covalent medicines to transform the treatment of immune diseases and other serious illnesses. Matchpoint's proprietary Advanced Covalent Exploration (ACE) platform integrates advanced chemoproteomics, machine learning, and covalent chemistry library evolution. The company was founded by Jianwei Che, Edward Chouchani, Tinghu Zhang, Nathanael S. Gray, and the CEO is G. Andre Turenne. | Biotechnology | Chairman Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer Director/Board Member Chief Executive Officer Chief Invt Officer-Spezialfond | |
Rectify Pharmaceuticals LLC
 Rectify Pharmaceuticals LLC Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Rectify Pharmaceuticals LLC is a biotech company that is developing positive functional modulators (PFMs) to address the underlying cause of serious ABC transporter-mediated diseases. The company is based in Cambridge, MA and was founded by Jonathan Moore. The company's team includes Xiaobing Li as Chief Development Officer, Robert Hughes as Executive Vice President of Drug Discovery and Preclinical Development, and Leif-Ann Tuohey as Senior Vice President and Head of Business Development. The company has received $100 million in Series A financing from Atlas Venture, Omega Funds, Forbion, and Longwood Fund. The CEO is Rajesh Devraj, who is also a venture partner at Atlas Venture. | Miscellaneous Commercial Services | Chairman Director/Board Member Chief Executive Officer Founder Consultant / Advisor | |
HotSpot Therapeutics, Inc.
 HotSpot Therapeutics, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology HotSpot Therapeutics, Inc. develops new allosteric therapies with the ability to treat disease. The company was founded by Jonathan Montagu and Geraldine Harriman and is headquartered in Boston, MA. | Biotechnology | Chairman Consultant / Advisor Founder Director/Board Member Corporate Officer/Principal | |
| MERCK & CO., INC. | Pharmaceuticals: Major | Corporate Officer/Principal Director/Board Member Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal Private Equity Investor | |
| Stanford University | College/University | Undergraduate Degree Corporate Officer/Principal Masters Business Admin Graduate Degree Doctorate Degree | |
| THIRD HARMONIC BIO, INC. | Pharmaceuticals: Major | Director/Board Member Chairman Director/Board Member Director/Board Member Director/Board Member | |
Genentech, Inc.
 Genentech, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Genentech, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets pharmaceutical products for life-threatening medical conditions. It studies various areas including oncology, immunology, neuroscience, ophthalmic diseases, microbial pathogenesis, metabolic diseases, cardiovascular diseases, and opportunistic areas. The company was founded by Herb W. Boyer and Robert A. Swanson in 1976 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA. | Biotechnology | Chief Executive Officer Chief Operating Officer Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal | |
Harvard University
 Harvard University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA. | College/University | Undergraduate Degree Doctorate Degree Doctorate Degree Doctorate Degree | |
| VIGIL NEUROSCIENCE, INC. | Biotechnology | Chief Executive Officer Chairman Private Equity Investor Director/Board Member | |
Padlock Therapeutics, Inc.
 Padlock Therapeutics, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Padlock Therapeutics, Inc. develops medicines targeting protein-arginine deiminases. It develops drugs that block the protein-arginine deiminase (PAD) enzymes. The firm leverages the breakthrough science on the role of protein citrullination in disease to develop drugs targeting protein-arginine deiminase (PAD) enzymes. The company was founded by Paul Thompson, Kerri Mowen, Todd A. Huffman and Michael Gilman in January 2014 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA. | Biotechnology | Director/Board Member Corporate Officer/Principal Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer Corporate Officer/Principal | |
Korro Bio, Inc.
 Korro Bio, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Korro Bio, Inc. engages in the development of a bio therapeutics. It focuses on a proprietary platform designed to selectively edit messenger RNA and recode specific codons to effect changes in protein structure and function across multiple tissues. The company was founded by Jean-Fran?ois Formela, Josh Rosenthal, Nessan Bermingham, and Andrew Fraley in 2018 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA. | Biotechnology | Founder Director/Board Member Private Equity Investor Chief Executive Officer | |
| Yale University | College/University | Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree Doctorate Degree Doctorate Degree | |
| AVROBIO, INC. | Biotechnology | Director/Board Member Chairman Director/Board Member Director/Board Member | |
Navitor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
 Navitor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Navitor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops medicine for age-related diseases. Its drug discovery platform targets mTORC1, which responds to and integrates the cell’s response to nutrient availability and plays a key role in protein synthesis and cellular growth. The company was founded by Alan L. Crane, David Sabatini and David Goldfarb and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA. | Pharmaceuticals: Major | Chief Executive Officer Director/Board Member Director/Board Member Chief Executive Officer | |
Nimbus Apollo, Inc.
 Nimbus Apollo, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Nimbus Apollo, Inc. provides drug discovery research services. The company is headquartered in Cambridge, MA. | Pharmaceuticals: Major | Director/Board Member Chairman Director/Board Member Chief Executive Officer | |
| SURFACE ONCOLOGY, INC. | Biotechnology | Chief Executive Officer Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer Director/Board Member Chief Operating Officer | |
| The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania | College/University | Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin Undergraduate Degree | |
| University of Pennsylvania | College/University | Doctorate Degree Doctorate Degree Doctorate Degree | |
National Academy of Sciences
 National Academy of Sciences Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services National Academy of Sciences operates as a private, nongovernmental institution that advises on issues related to science and technology. It provides independent, objective analysis and advice and conducts other activities to solve complex problems and inform public policy decisions. The firm also encourages education and research, recognize outstanding contributions to knowledge, and increase public understanding in matters of science. The company was founded on March 3, 1863 and is headquartered in Washington, DC. | Miscellaneous Commercial Services | Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal | |
Rodin Therapeutics, Inc.
 Rodin Therapeutics, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Rodin Therapeutics, Inc. develops first in class therapeutics for cognitive disorders. The company was founded by Bruce Booth in 2013 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA. | Biotechnology | Chief Executive Officer Chief Executive Officer Director/Board Member | |
| INFINITY PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. | Pharmaceuticals: Major | Director/Board Member Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer | |
| SPERO THERAPEUTICS, INC. | Biotechnology | Director/Board Member Founder Chief Operating Officer | |
Cadent Therapeutics, Inc.
 Cadent Therapeutics, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology 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. | Pharmaceuticals: Major | Chairman Founder Chief Executive Officer | |
Annovation BioPharma, Inc.
 Annovation BioPharma, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Annovation BioPharma, Inc. develops pharmaceutical products in the field of anesthesia, sedation and sleep. It is developing a rapid-acting anesthesia called Rapidate. The firm's novel agents are designed to allow more precise control of anesthesia and enable safer treatment of patients undergoing surgical procedures. The company was founded in 2009 by Nicholas Barker and is headquartered in Parsippany, NJ. | Pharmaceuticals: Major | Director/Board Member Chief Executive Officer Founder | |
McKinsey & Co., Inc.
 McKinsey & Co., Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Miscellaneous Commercial Services | Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal | |
| XILIO THERAPEUTICS, INC. | Pharmaceuticals: Major | Director/Board Member Chief Executive Officer Director/Board Member | |
National Academy of Medicine (United States)
 National Academy of Medicine (United States) Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services The National Academy of Medicine (United States) is based in Washington and is focused on improving the health and well-being of individuals through various initiatives. These initiatives include the clinician well-being collaborative, which aims to accelerate the implementation of a national plan for health workforce well-being, and the development of a code of conduct for the use of artificial intelligence in health care. The organization also provides resources to support meaningful community engagement in health and health care programs and policies. Recently, the National Academy of Medicine announced the appointment of Mandy Cohen, a member of the organization, as the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Additionally, the organization has released a publication celebrating 50 years of progress in biomedical science, health, and health care. | Miscellaneous Commercial Services | Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal | |
Indalo Therapeutics, Inc.
 Indalo Therapeutics, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Indalo Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical firm that develops integrin antagonists for patients suffering from serious fibrotic diseases such as nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). The company was founded by David Griggs, Williamson Z. Bradford III, Peter Ruminski, and Robert W. Karr and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA. | Biotechnology | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member Director/Board Member | |
| Rutgers State University of New Jersey | College/University | Doctorate Degree Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree | |
| ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. | Pharmaceuticals: Major | Chief Executive Officer Director/Board Member Corporate Officer/Principal | |
K36 Therapeutics, Inc.
 K36 Therapeutics, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology K36 Therapeutics, Inc. develops small molecule therapeutics. The company is based in Cambridge, MA. The company was founded in 2021. The CEO is Terry Connolly. | Pharmaceuticals: Major | Chief Executive Officer Director/Board Member Chief Executive Officer | |
| BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY | Pharmaceuticals: Major | Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer | |
| Harvard College | College/University | Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree | |
| KALA BIO, INC. | Pharmaceuticals: Major | Director/Board Member Chief Executive Officer Corporate Officer/Principal | |
| SYNLOGIC, INC. | Biotechnology | Chairman Founder Chief Executive Officer | |
Arteaus Therapeutics LLC
 Arteaus Therapeutics LLC BiotechnologyHealth Technology Arteaus Therapeutics LLC develops therapies for migraine prevention. The company was founded by Dave Grayzel and Scott C. Chappel on July 15, 2011 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA. | Biotechnology | Founder Chief Executive Officer Founder | |
Obsidian Therapeutics, Inc.
 Obsidian Therapeutics, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Obsidian Therapeutics, Inc. develops cell and gene therapeutics that employ precise exogenous control of transgenes for improved safety and efficacy. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA. | Biotechnology | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member Corporate Officer/Principal | |
| TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY LIMITED | Pharmaceuticals: Major | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member Corporate Officer/Principal | |
Chroma Medicine, Inc.
 Chroma Medicine, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Chroma Medicine, Inc. is a biotechnology company that pioneers a new class of genomic medicines using epigenetics to deliver precise, programmable single-dose therapeutics while preserving genomic integrity. The company is based in Cambridge, MA and has subsidiaries in Italy. The company's modular platform enables the development of medicines that can address a wide range of complex diseases, whether they require silencing, activation, or targeting multiple genes at once. Chroma Medicine was founded by the world's foremost experts in genomic research and is led by a veteran team of industry leaders and scientists with deep experience in genomic medicine, drug discovery, and development. Catherine Stehman-Breen has been the CEO of the company since 2020. | Pharmaceuticals: Major | Director/Board Member President Chief Executive Officer | |
| DISC MEDICINE, INC. | Biotechnology | Director/Board Member Chief Executive Officer Chairman |
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International
| United States | 47 |
| Belgium | 2 |
| France | 2 |
| Japan | 2 |
Sectoral
| Health Technology | 37 |
| Consumer Services | 9 |
| Commercial Services | 5 |
| Finance | 2 |
Operational
| Director/Board Member | 538 |
| Corporate Officer/Principal | 247 |
| Independent Dir/Board Member | 139 |
| Chairman | 115 |
| Chief Executive Officer | 104 |
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| Jean-Francois Formela | 48 |
| Matt Cooper | 40 |
| Bruce Booth | 40 |
| Christopher Lynch | 38 |
| Ryan Moore | 38 |
| Peter Barrett | 38 |
| John Maraganore | 38 |
| Kevin Bitterman | 36 |
| Ian Clark | 35 |
| William Young | 32 |
| Arnold Levine | 30 |
| Jeffrey Bornstein | 26 |
| Mark Iwicki | 26 |
| Jason Rhodes | 24 |
| Dave Grayzel | 23 |
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