# Mark Levin

> Mark Levin is a Series A investor at Third Rock Ventures backing Health Care and Medical Device. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Third Rock Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/third-rock-ventures)
- Location: Boston, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Lead investor: 20%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-levin-36a51a6

Mark Levin is a Series A investor at Third Rock Ventures in Boston focused on Health Care and Medical Device. Mark Levin is the Interim CEO, a member of the Board of Directors, and a Partner at Third Rock Ventures. He is an industry visionary with 40 years of experience, including more than 30 years of launching and building leading biotech companies. Mr. Levin co-founded Third Rock Ventures in 2007 and focuses on the formation, development, and businessstrategy of its portfolio companies, as well as actively identifying and evaluating new investments.Before Third Rock, Mr. Levin was co-founder of Mayfield Fund's life sciences effort, where he was also the founding CEO of Tularik, Cell Genesys/Abgenix, Focal, Stem Cells, and Millennium Pharmaceuticals.Mr. Levin served as CEO of Millennium Pharmaceuticals for 12 years. Earlier in his career, he was an engineer and project leader at Eli Lilly and Genentech. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the Friends of Personalized Medicine, and he co-founded the Possible Project in Cambridge, Mass.Mr. Levin holds an M.S. in chemical and biochemical engineering from Washington University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 2 | 40% |
| Medical Device | 2 | 40% |
| Medical | 1 | 20% |
| Biopharma | 1 | 20% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 1 | 20% |
| Series B | 1 | 20% |
| Series C | 1 | 20% |
| Series D | 1 | 20% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Corvia Medical | Corvia Medical is a medical device company, focuses on developing structural heart devices for the treatment of heart failure. The company develops InterAtrial Shunt Device (IASD), a transcatheter device designed to treat diastolic heart failure (DHF), also known as heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). It was founded in 2009and headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts. | $55M |  | Jun 17, 2025 |  |
| Corvia Medical | Corvia Medical is a medical device company, focuses on developing structural heart devices for the treatment of heart failure. The company develops InterAtrial Shunt Device (IASD), a transcatheter device designed to treat diastolic heart failure (DHF), also known as heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). It was founded in 2009and headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts. | $34M | Series D | Jul 01, 2014 |  |
| NinePoint Medical | NinePoint Medical, Inc. is a transformational medical device company developing innovative, real-time, in vivo pathology devices. The company's first goal is to develop a device that enables remote pathology, or telepathology, which would facilitate immediate review of images during diagnostic procedures. This capability could potentiallyprovide physicians with immediately actionable information and eventually allow them to pursue therapeutic remedies at the time of diagnosis. This convergence of access, diagnosis and treatment during one procedure is expected to improve patient experiences and outcomes, improve the efficiency of care and provide important savings to the healthcare system. Headquartered in Cambridge, Mass., NinePoint is backed by Third Rock Ventures and Prospect Venture Partners. | $34M | Series B | Mar 18, 2014 |  |
| Corvia Medical | Corvia Medical is a medical device company, focuses on developing structural heart devices for the treatment of heart failure. The company develops InterAtrial Shunt Device (IASD), a transcatheter device designed to treat diastolic heart failure (DHF), also known as heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). It was founded in 2009and headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts. | $10.7M | Series C | Mar 01, 2013 |  |
| NinePoint Medical | NinePoint Medical, Inc. is a transformational medical device company developing innovative, real-time, in vivo pathology devices. The company's first goal is to develop a device that enables remote pathology, or telepathology, which would facilitate immediate review of images during diagnostic procedures. This capability could potentiallyprovide physicians with immediately actionable information and eventually allow them to pursue therapeutic remedies at the time of diagnosis. This convergence of access, diagnosis and treatment during one procedure is expected to improve patient experiences and outcomes, improve the efficiency of care and provide important savings to the healthcare system. Headquartered in Cambridge, Mass., NinePoint is backed by Third Rock Ventures and Prospect Venture Partners. | $33M | Series A | Oct 14, 2010 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Lumira Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lumira-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Accelmed](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accelmed) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [General Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-catalyst-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Prospect Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/prospect-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Corning](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/corning) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Third Rock Ventures

VC Fund · Boston, United States

Third Rock Ventures invests in transformational life science companies that show high growth potential and are well-positioned to make a difference in the marketplace. Third Rock Ventures believes in the companies we start and makes significant initial investments, which are frequently supplemented by strategic collaborations, to help our firmsprogress in life-changing medicines, technologies, and diagnostics.

5 contacts available at Third Rock Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cary Pfeffer | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cary-pfeffer |
| Jeff Tong | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeff-tong |
| Jigar Raythatha | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jigar-raythatha |
| Mark Levin | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mark-levin |
| Reid Huber | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/reid-huber |

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## FAQ

### What does Mark Levin invest in?

Mark Levin invests primarily in Health Care, Medical Device and Medical startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 5 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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