# Noubar Afeyan at Flagship Pioneering > Noubar Afeyan, Co-Founder and Chairman at Flagship Pioneering. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/noubar-afeyan (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) Cambridge, US · Partner # Noubar Afeyan Co-Founder and Chairman at [Flagship Pioneering](https://millionrounds.com/fund/flagship-pioneering) Profile summary - **Rounds named:** - none observed - **Filings:** 11 with regulators - **Podcasts:** 2 +1 mentions What this record rests on - **Named in rounds** No round names them yet - ✓ **On filings** 11 filings with a regulator - ✓ **Linked to a firm** At Flagship Pioneering - **Claimed** Not claimed yet Titles come from filings their firm signed. [Correct or remove](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?person=noubar-afeyan)[Is this you? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?person=noubar-afeyan) ## The firm [**Flagship Pioneering** VC firm · US **4** cheques in 12 months **53** all time **0** led deploying](https://millionrounds.com/fund/flagship-pioneering) ## Companies they are listed as backing Portfolio - [Avedro](https://millionrounds.com/company/avedro) - [Axcella](https://millionrounds.com/startup/axcella) - [Boragen](https://millionrounds.com/company/boragen) - [Cellarity](https://millionrounds.com/startup/cellarity) - [CiBO Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/startup/cibo-technologies) - [Codiak Biosciences](https://millionrounds.com/startup/codiak-biosciences) - [Cygnal Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/startup/cygnal-therapeutics) - [Denali Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/denali-therapeutics) - [EcoSense Lighting](https://millionrounds.com/startup/ecosense-lighting) - [Editas Medicine](https://millionrounds.com/startup/editas-medicine) - [Evelo Biosciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/evelo-biosciences) - [Foghorn Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/startup/foghorn-therapeutics) - [Generate Biomedicines](https://millionrounds.com/startup/generate-biomedicines) - [Inari](https://millionrounds.com/company/inari) - [Indigo](https://millionrounds.com/company/indigo) - [Invaio Sciences](https://millionrounds.com/startup/invaio-sciences) - [Inzen Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/startup/inzen-therapeutics) - [Joule Unlimited Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/startup/joule-unlimited-technologies-inc) - [KSQ Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/ksq-therapeutics) - [Kaleido BioSciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/kaleido-biosciences) - [Kovio](https://millionrounds.com/startup/kovio) - [Oasys Water](https://millionrounds.com/startup/oasys-water) - [Ohana Biosciences](https://millionrounds.com/startup/ohana-biosciences-inc) - [Omega Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/startup/omega-therapeutics) - [Permeon Biologics](https://millionrounds.com/startup/permeon-biologics-inc) - [Polatis](https://millionrounds.com/startup/polatis) - [Quanterix](https://millionrounds.com/company/quanterix) - [Red Rock Biofuels](https://millionrounds.com/startup/red-rock-biofuels) - [Repertoire Immune Medicines](https://millionrounds.com/startup/repertoire-immune-medicines) - [Ring Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/startup/ring-therapeutics) - [Rubius Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/rubius-therapeutics) - [Sana Biotechnology](https://millionrounds.com/startup/sana-biotechnology) - [Senda Biosciences](https://millionrounds.com/startup/senda-biosciences) - [Seres Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/startup/seres-therapeutics) - [Seventh Sense Biosystems](https://millionrounds.com/company/seventh-sense-biosystems) - [Syros Pharmaceuticals](https://millionrounds.com/startup/syros-pharmaceuticals) 36 of 55 companies. ## Where they are named on record Filings - SEC Form D · Company raising **Axcella Health Inc.** Director since 2017 - SEC Form D · Company raising **Moderna Therapeutics, Inc.** Director since 2016 - SEC Form D · Company raising **Codiak BioSciences, Inc.** Director on 2 filings · since 2015 - SEC Form D · Company raising **Pronutria Biosciences, Inc.** Director on 5 filings · since 2015 - SEC Form D · Company raising **Seres Health, Inc.** Director since 2014 - SEC Form D · Company raising **Moderna LLC** Chairman of the Board of Directors on 3 filings · since 2013 - SEC Form D · Company raising **BIND Biosciences, Inc** Director since 2013 - SEC Form D · Company raising **Selventa, Inc.** Director since 2011 - SEC Form D · Company raising **LS9, Inc.** Executive Officer, Director since 2010 - SEC Form D · Company raising **BIND Biosciences Inc** Director on 3 filings · since 2010 - SEC Form D · Company raising **BG Medicine, Inc.** Director on 2 filings · since 2010 Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date. ## Also at Flagship Pioneering - [**James Gilbert** Co-Founder *2 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/james-gilbert) - [**Alex Goldsmith** Vice President, Global Scientific Engagement *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/alex-goldsmith) - [**Apostolos Klontzaris** Senior Principal *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/apostolos-klontzaris) - [**Aram Adourian** Senior Scientific Advisor, Partner *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/aram-adourian) - [**Avak Kahvejian** President, Flagship Labs *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/avak-kahvejian) - [**Bernard Cooney** Senior Partner, Capital Formation *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/bernard-cooney) - [**Brad Kubick** Senior Associate *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/brad-kubick) - [**Carl Decicco** Partner *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/carl-decicco) ## Hear them before you pitch them - [No Priors](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/no-priors) · 27 Feb 2025 · 41 min Building the Platform for Scientific Breakthrough, with Noubar Afeyan of Moderna and Flagship Pioneering With [Noubar Afeyan](https://millionrounds.com/person/noubar-afeyan) Mentions [Flagship Pioneering](https://millionrounds.com/fund/flagship-pioneering) About this episode This week on No Priors, Sarah sits down with Noubar Afeyan, Co-founder and CEO of Flagship Pioneering, the biotech firm behind groundbreaking companies like Moderna. They explore how Flagship creates the conditions for scientific breakthroughs, tackles regulatory uncertainty, and pushes the… Listen on Apple Podcasts - [How I Built This](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/how-i-built-this) · 11 Oct 2021 · 1h 10m Moderna and Flagship Pioneering: Noubar Afeyan With [Noubar Afeyan](https://millionrounds.com/person/noubar-afeyan) Mentions [Flagship Pioneering](https://millionrounds.com/fund/flagship-pioneering) About this episode In the field of bio-tech, it can take 10 years and millions of dollars to see if an experimental idea might turn into a life-saving treatment, if it ever does. Noubar Afeyan fully understood those risks when he co-founded Moderna in 2010. He and his colleagues were looking for a way to deploy the… Listen on Apple Podcasts ### Mentioned in Episodes that name Noubar Afeyan in their description, which is not the same as being on them. - [No Priors](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/no-priors) · 31 Oct 2025 · 19 min The Best of 2025 (So Far) with Sarah Guo and Elad Gil Mentions [Brendan Foody](https://millionrounds.com/fund/brendan-foody)[Fei-Fei Li](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fei-fei-li)[Flagship Pioneering](https://millionrounds.com/fund/flagship-pioneering)[Arvind Jain](https://millionrounds.com/person/arvind-jain)[Noubar Afeyan](https://millionrounds.com/person/noubar-afeyan) About this episode 2025 has thus far been a year of great leaps and advances in AI technology. And Sarah and Elad have spoken with some of the most enterprising founders and scientific minds in the field of AI today. So we’re revisiting a few of our favorite conversations on No Priors so far in 2025 – Winston… Listen on Apple Podcasts Episodes of [the shows we follow](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts), matched by name. Not them? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?person=noubar-afeyan). ## Find people like Noubar Filter every partner and angel by firm, kind, market and whether we watched them invest. Free with an account. Search people[How we know what we know](https://millionrounds.com/methodology)