Our unique model combines first access and proprietary rights to disruptive deal flow with an established track record of new venture formation, company building, and value creation. We invest in bold, transformative innovations to develop new drugs and technologies to improve outcomes for the market benefit of patients worldwide.
Investing in early-stage venture capital
We invest in seed and early-stage life science ventures, bringing Mass General Brigham’s expertise and extensive network to bear to create transformative solutions to solve unmet medical needs.
Leveraging a competitive advantage
Research is the driving force that advances medicine and Mass General Brigham Ventures sits at the center of the largest medical research engine in the United States.
#1 in hospital medical research
Mass General Brigham Ventures is a member of the largest hospital system-based research enterprise in the U.S., which includes Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, two of the nation’s premier academic medical centers whose origins date back to the early 1800’s.
Mass General Brigham Ventures' unique model leverages a preferred position to source technology including first access and rights to disruptive deal flow. This is an exceptional advantage that conventional venture capital funds cannot reproduce.
Legacy of investing in medical innovation
Mass General Brigham Ventures plays a key role in founding and funding next-generation technologies. These three transformational companies are examples of start-ups that are poised to address significant unmet medical needs. All were seeded by Mass General Brigham Ventures with founding intellectual property from Mass General Brigham.
Editas Medicine:
IPO Feb. 2016 (NASDAQ: EDIT)
Unlocking the power and potential of CRISPR genome editing technology.
CoStim Pharmaceuticals:
Acquired by Novartis, Feb. 2014
Next-generation immuno-oncology drugs based on T-cell costimulatory targets.
Keros Therapeutics:
IPO April 2020 (NASDAQ: KROS)
Novel treatments for patients suffering from hematologic and musculoskeletal disorders.
Our investment strategy
We invest in next-generation life science companies based on intellectual property created within our own research community. We seek strong co-investor syndicates to develop products across a range of categories including drugs, devices, diagnostics, and digital health. Initial investments are directed at the seed and Series A stages, where our participation attracts capital and talent into the most difficult-to-fund phase of company development. When we invest, we expect to support each portfolio company through its entire financing lifecycle.
In addition to providing the necessary venture capital, we leverage our experience in starting and growing companies, our expertise in the medical industry, and our network of scientific and business talent to build great companies.
- Leveraging a proven approach:The annual output of high-impact invention and discovery represents a unique opportunity to create, finance, and monetize new life science-based companies. We deploy start-up capital to capture the collective expertise of our unrivaled base of scientific talent and clinical resources to bring cutting-edge science to patients
- Competitive advantage of Mass General Brigham: The power of collective impact from our vast research enterprise provides an unrivaled competitive advantage to build next generation life science companies capable of bringing innovative therapeutics to patients in need and delivering outstanding returns to our investors.
- Academic medical centers: We source deals from our five research and teaching hospitals, which collectively represent the largest teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School.