Avak Kahvejian
General Partner @ Flagship Pioneering
Cambridge, United States
Avak Kahvejian is a Series B investor at Flagship Pioneering in Cambridge focused on Biotechnology and Therapeutics. Avak Kahvejian is based out of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and is the General Partner of Flagship Pioneering. Avak previously worked at Sail Biomedicines as a Founding CEO and Board Member. Avak Kahvejian attended McGill University.
- Total investments:
- 7
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 71%
Last updated:
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Industries Avak Kahvejian invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Biotechnology 4 (57%)
- Therapeutics 3 (43%)
- Medical 2 (29%)
- Biopharma 1 (14%)
- Health Care 1 (14%)
Stage
- Series B 3 (43%)
- Series A 2 (29%)
- Series C 1 (14%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (14%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Etiome is disrupting the progression of disease before it becomes debilitating and irreversible by developing and deploying Biostaged Medicines. | $50M / Series A / Apr 24, 2025 | ||
| Ampersand Biomedicines is an Address, Navigate, Design (AND)™ Platform that develops novel programming therapeutics that are designed to act at the sight of disease. | $65M / Series B / Mar 19, 2025 | ||
| Ring Therapeutics is a multi-product platform company focused on discovering and developing Anellovector therapeutics to unlock the full potential of gene therapy. Founded by Flagship Pioneering, Ring is pioneering the first redosable and targetable gene therapy platform by harnessing the biology of the human commensal virome. The company isexpanding the applications of gene therapy beyond gene replacement, enabling a much wider array of modalities and mechanisms to treat previously inaccessible diseases. | $86.5M / Series C / Mar 09, 2023 | ||
| Ampersand Biomedicines is an Address, Navigate, Design (AND)™ Platform that develops novel programming therapeutics that are designed to act at the sight of disease. | $50M / Venture - Series Unknown / Mar 07, 2023 | ||
| Laronde develops an eRNA-based therapeutic platform that is capable of indicating diverse proteins inside the body. It is persistent, non-immunogenic, allows for repeat dosing, and offers flexibility in formulation and delivery.Laronde was founded in 2017 by Flagship Labs, the innovation foundry of Flagship Pioneering. The company is rapidlyscaling to support the parallel development of multiple programs across many disease areas. | $440M / Series B / Aug 30, 2021 | ||
| Ring Therapeutics is a multi-product platform company focused on discovering and developing Anellovector therapeutics to unlock the full potential of gene therapy. Founded by Flagship Pioneering, Ring is pioneering the first redosable and targetable gene therapy platform by harnessing the biology of the human commensal virome. The company isexpanding the applications of gene therapy beyond gene replacement, enabling a much wider array of modalities and mechanisms to treat previously inaccessible diseases. | $117M / Series B / Jul 28, 2021 | ||
| Laronde develops an eRNA-based therapeutic platform that is capable of indicating diverse proteins inside the body. It is persistent, non-immunogenic, allows for repeat dosing, and offers flexibility in formulation and delivery.Laronde was founded in 2017 by Flagship Labs, the innovation foundry of Flagship Pioneering. The company is rapidlyscaling to support the parallel development of multiple programs across many disease areas. | $50M / Series A / May 10, 2021 |
Co-Investors
About Flagship Pioneering
Flagship Pioneering conceives, creates, resources, and grows first-in-category ventures to transform human health and sustainability. The company accelerates Flagship Pioneering’s advances in biology, engineering, medicine, energy, and beyond. The firm harnesses science and entrepreneurialism to envision alternative futures, beginning with seemingly unreasonable propositions and navigating to transformational outcomes through an evolutionary methodology. Flagship Pioneering combines innovative capacity, entrepreneurial leadership, and professional capital management in a single enterprise that systematically produces first-in-category companies.
Flagship Pioneering Contacts
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Geoffrey von Maltzahn
General Partner
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Hari Pujar
Operating Partner
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Paul Biondi
Executive Partner & President
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Thomas de Vlaam
Co-Founder FL86
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Avak Kahvejian
General Partner
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FAQ
What does Avak Kahvejian invest in?
Avak Kahvejian invests primarily in Biotechnology, Therapeutics and Medical startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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When did Avak Kahvejian last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Avak Kahvejian closed in Apr 2025. Shizune tracks 7 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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