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Jak Knowles, VP Venture Investments
Bayer
87 Greendale Ave
Needham, MA 02494
Phone: 650-455-7780
Jak.Knowles@bayer.com
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Dr. Jak Knowles joined as Vice President Venture Investments with Leaps by Bayer in March of 2018. Prior to joining Leaps, Jak served as CEO of CytoSen Therapeutics, Inc. an immunotherapy company focused on developing Natural Killer cell therapies for oncology indications. In 2017, Jak helped found and launch Exonics Therapeutics, a CRISPR gene-editing company focused on delivering therapies for Duchenne, and served as interim CEO. Jak has had a career in healthcare spanning over a decade with the last five years focused in biotech venture capital and early company creation. Jak began his career in venture capital as an investment professional in the Boston office of MPM Capital ($2B AUM) where he worked within the BioVentures Asset Management team starting early-stage companies focused on developing curative therapeutics across a wide spectrum of indications. Prior to MPM, Jak worked in New York as a biotechnology equities analyst with JMP Securities, and in the health and life sciences consulting practice of Oliver Wyman. Jak has a medical degree from Stanford University where he graduated with honors in biomedical research, and a B.S. in biology from Binghamton University. Jak has authored over a dozen publications from research performed at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Stanford University, and during a NIH post-doctoral surgical research fellowship. Jak has served on the Board of Directors for the biotech companies CytoSen, Exonics, Bamboo, Myotherix and RASRx, and for TRiNDS, a neuromuscular focused CRO.
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