Michelle Dipp

Biotechnology Innovation Organization is the world's biotechnology organization, providing advocacy, business development and communications services for more than 1,200 members worldwide. BIO members are involved in the research and development of innovative healthcare, agricultural, industrial and environmental biotechnology technologies. Corporate members range from entrepreneurial companies developing a first product to Fortune 100 multinationals. also represent state and regional biotech associations, service providers to the industry and academic centers.

Longwood Fund Management LLC (Longwood Fund) is a venture capital firm founded in 2010 by Christoph H. Westphal, Michelle Detwiler and Richard H. Aldrich. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Longwood Fund LP invests in companies located in the US. The fund targets companies operating in the fields healthcare companies. It provides financing for early stage capital requirements.

Axial Therapeutics, Inc. provides biopharmaceuticals. It is harnessing the link between the human get microbiome and the central nervous system to develop a new class of biotherapeutics to improve the quality of life for people with neurological diseases and disorders. The company was founded by Sarkis Mazmanian and David H. Donabedian and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

General Atlantic LLC (General Atlantic) is a private equity firm founded in 1980 by Charles F. Feeney. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Flex Pharma, Inc. operates as a clinical-stage biotechnology company. It operates through the Consumer Operations and Drug Development segments. The Consumer Operations segment includes HOTSHOT product and consumer operations. The Drug Development segment engages in the development of innovative and proprietary drug products to treat muscle cramps and spasms associated with severe neurological conditions. The company was founded by Rod MacKinnon, Bruce Bean, Christoph Westphal, Rich Aldrich, Michelle Dipp, and Jennifer M. Cermak in February 2014 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

PathAI, Inc. provides artificial intelligence powered technology for the pathology laboratory. It offers research and drug development, clinical and global health solutions. The firm specializes in pathology, digital pathology, oncology, immune-oncology, auto immune disease, neurodegenerative disease, companion diagnostics, precision medicine, solutions, research and development and computational pathology. The company was founded by Andrew H. Beck and Aditya Khosla in 2016 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Biospring Management Partners LP (Biospring Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2020 by Michelle Dietwiler and Jennifer Lumba. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Kiniciti is a platform company that invests in and partners with companies to strengthen the cell and gene therapy ecosystem. The company, which is based in New York, NY, was founded by Geoffrey Michael Glass, who has been the CEO since incorporation. Kiniciti is backed by private equity firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (WCAS) and Biospring Partners. The company offers a highly tailored, collaborative, and flexible investment and strategic support model to ensure the promise of cell and gene therapeutics is delivered quickly and safely to patients worldwide. The leadership team includes professionals experienced in investing in and building successful companies across the life sciences sector.

Abzena Ltd. engages in the provision of proprietary technologies and complementary services to enable the development and manufacture of biopharmaceutical products. It offers antibody discover and candidate screening, immunology and immunogenicity assessment, antibody and protein engineering, bio conjugation, custom synthesis of cytotoxic payloads, reagents, and other small molecules, manufacture of payload linkers, development of manufacturing cell lines, and manufacture of biopharmaceuticals. The company was founded by Sunil Shaunak in 2001 and is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.