Margarita Chavez
Director, Ventures & Early Stage Collaborations @ AbbVie
North Chicago, United States
Margarita Chavez is a Series A investor at AbbVie in North Chicago focused on Biotechnology and Health Care. Margarita Chavez is based out of Chicago, Illinois and is the Chairperson of Xylo Bio. Margarita previously worked at Wellington Life Science Partners as a Venture Partner. Margarita Chavez attended the Santa Clara University.
- Total investments:
- 15
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 67%
Last updated:
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Biotechnology 4 (27%)
- Health Care 3 (20%)
- Life Science 3 (20%)
- Therapeutics 2 (13%)
- Medical 1 (7%)
Stage
- Series A 3 (20%)
- Seed 1 (7%)
- Series B 1 (7%)
- Series C 1 (7%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (7%)
Country
- United States 2 (13%)
- Italy 1 (7%)
- Australia 1 (7%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Carisma Therapeutics is a biotechnology company developing cellular immunotherapies to treat solid tumors. Its cell therapies apply powerful chimeric antigen receptor technology and adoptive cell transfer in cancer therapy and to macrophages that infiltrate the solid tumor micro-environment that enables solid tumor patients to receive strongcellular immunotherapy and cancer treatments. The company's technology leverages advances in macrophage biology, chimeric antigen receptor engineering, and adoptive cellular therapy for the treatment of human disease.Founded in 2016 by Michael Klichinsky and Saar Gill, Carisma Therapeutics is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. | $30M / Series C / Sep 21, 2022 | ||
| Nitrase Therapeutics is a platform company developing drugs against a newly identified class of enzymes called Nitrases, initially targeting Parkinson’s disease. The therapies that Nitrome is developing will target these enzymes and potentially help slow or halt the progression of diseases such as Parkinson’s. While the initial focus is onParkinson's disease, the company aims to expand its proprietary platform to include other disease indications. | $7M / Series A / Nov 02, 2021 | ||
| Carisma Therapeutics is a biotechnology company developing cellular immunotherapies to treat solid tumors. Its cell therapies apply powerful chimeric antigen receptor technology and adoptive cell transfer in cancer therapy and to macrophages that infiltrate the solid tumor micro-environment that enables solid tumor patients to receive strongcellular immunotherapy and cancer treatments. The company's technology leverages advances in macrophage biology, chimeric antigen receptor engineering, and adoptive cellular therapy for the treatment of human disease.Founded in 2016 by Michael Klichinsky and Saar Gill, Carisma Therapeutics is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. | $12M / Series B / Mar 01, 2021 | ||
| Carisma Therapeutics is a biotechnology company developing cellular immunotherapies to treat solid tumors. Its cell therapies apply powerful chimeric antigen receptor technology and adoptive cell transfer in cancer therapy and to macrophages that infiltrate the solid tumor micro-environment that enables solid tumor patients to receive strongcellular immunotherapy and cancer treatments. The company's technology leverages advances in macrophage biology, chimeric antigen receptor engineering, and adoptive cellular therapy for the treatment of human disease.Founded in 2016 by Michael Klichinsky and Saar Gill, Carisma Therapeutics is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. | $47M / Series B / Jan 07, 2021 | ||
| Enthera S.r.l. is a new Italian biotech start-up which mission is to find new therapeutic approaches to treat diabetes and related gastrointestinal complication (enteropathy), as well as other intestinal disorders sharing the same biological pathway. Its name comes from the crasis of the terms entero (referring to the intestine) and therapy.Enthera was founded by BiovelocITA in October 2016 in collaboration with the scientists: Prof. Paolo Fiorina and Dr. Francesca D’Addio. | $32.8M / Series A / Jul 28, 2020 | ||
| Nitrase Therapeutics is a platform company developing drugs against a newly identified class of enzymes called Nitrases, initially targeting Parkinson’s disease. The therapies that Nitrome is developing will target these enzymes and potentially help slow or halt the progression of diseases such as Parkinson’s. While the initial focus is onParkinson's disease, the company aims to expand its proprietary platform to include other disease indications. | $38M / Series A / Apr 22, 2020 | ||
| Carisma Therapeutics is a biotechnology company developing cellular immunotherapies to treat solid tumors. Its cell therapies apply powerful chimeric antigen receptor technology and adoptive cell transfer in cancer therapy and to macrophages that infiltrate the solid tumor micro-environment that enables solid tumor patients to receive strongcellular immunotherapy and cancer treatments. The company's technology leverages advances in macrophage biology, chimeric antigen receptor engineering, and adoptive cellular therapy for the treatment of human disease.Founded in 2016 by Michael Klichinsky and Saar Gill, Carisma Therapeutics is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. | $6M / Series A / Aug 08, 2019 | ||
| Paragen Bio is a provider of a technology intended to treat autoimmune diseases. The company's technology helps in treating diseases which causes the immune system to attack healthy tissues and organs, enabling doctors to stop the deterioration and complete destruction of tissue. | $4.3M / Venture - Series Unknown / Aug 14, 2018 | ||
| Carisma Therapeutics is a biotechnology company developing cellular immunotherapies to treat solid tumors. Its cell therapies apply powerful chimeric antigen receptor technology and adoptive cell transfer in cancer therapy and to macrophages that infiltrate the solid tumor micro-environment that enables solid tumor patients to receive strongcellular immunotherapy and cancer treatments. The company's technology leverages advances in macrophage biology, chimeric antigen receptor engineering, and adoptive cellular therapy for the treatment of human disease.Founded in 2016 by Michael Klichinsky and Saar Gill, Carisma Therapeutics is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. | $53M / Series A / Jun 27, 2018 | ||
| Carisma Therapeutics is a biotechnology company developing cellular immunotherapies to treat solid tumors. Its cell therapies apply powerful chimeric antigen receptor technology and adoptive cell transfer in cancer therapy and to macrophages that infiltrate the solid tumor micro-environment that enables solid tumor patients to receive strongcellular immunotherapy and cancer treatments. The company's technology leverages advances in macrophage biology, chimeric antigen receptor engineering, and adoptive cellular therapy for the treatment of human disease.Founded in 2016 by Michael Klichinsky and Saar Gill, Carisma Therapeutics is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. | Seed / Jun 12, 2017 | ||
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Co-Investors
About AbbVie
AbbVie is a global, research-based biopharmaceutical company formed in 2013 following separation from Abbott. The company's mission is to use its expertise, dedicated people and unique approach to innovation to develop and market advanced therapies that address some of the world's most complex and serious diseases. In 2013, AbbVieemploys approximately 21,000 people worldwide and markets medicines in more than 170 countries.
AbbVie Contacts
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Melissa A. Walsh
Vice President, State Government Affairs
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Will Haines
Field Director - Oncology Medical Science Liaisons
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Amanda Graber Rosenberg
Global Communications Strategy & Planning
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Arminda Montero
Program Manager, Global Supply Chain QA
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Henry Gosebruch
EVP and Chief Strategy Officer
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What does Margarita Chavez invest in?
Margarita Chavez invests primarily in Biotechnology, Health Care and Life Science startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 15 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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The most recent investment recorded for Margarita Chavez closed in Sep 2022. Shizune tracks 15 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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