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Longwood Fund

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Longwood Fund is a venture capital firm that invests in healthcare and life science companies, focusing on biotechnology and therapeutics.

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Longwood Partners

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01.01.2010

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Private

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Founded in 2010 by Christoph Westphal, Michelle Dipp, and Richard Aldrich, Longwood Fund aims to identify and fund technologies that improve patient lives and create value for investors. They provide operational leadership and strategic guidance to healthcare companies, with a portfolio that includes successful IPOs like Alnylam, Acceleron, Sirtris, and Momenta. With a total of $85 million raised across four funds, their investments span early and late-stage ventures, as well as private equity. Notable investments include Recros Medica, Bicycle Therapeutics, and Channel Medsystems, with successful exits from Flex Pharma, Verastem Oncology, and PTC Therapeutics. The fund is based in Boston, Massachusetts and is known for its high activity in 2019.
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Christoph Westphal
Christoph Westphal

Christoph Westphal

Christoph Westphal is the Co-Founder, Chairman & Board Member at ImmuneID.

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Richard Aldrich
Richard Aldrich

Richard Aldrich

Richard Aldrich is a co-founder of Concert Pharmaceuticals and has served as our Chairman of the Board since May 2006. Richard Aldrich co-founded Longwood Founders Fund in 2010, a fund that starts and invests in biotechnology companies, and currently serves as a Partner in the firm. Prior to Longwood, he was General Partner of RA Capital, a biotech investment fund he founded in 2001. Richard Aldrich was a co-founding employee of Vertex Pharmaceuticals where he held the position of Senior Vice President and Chief Business Officer and managed all commercial and operating functions from 1989 to 2001. Prior to joining Vertex, Richard Aldrich held several management positions at Biogen Inc. In addition to Concert, Richard Aldrich has co-founded and helped build several successful biotech companies including Sirtris Pharmaceuticals and Alnara Pharmaceuticals. Richard Aldrich received his undergraduate degree from Boston College, and an MBA from the Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth College.

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Richard Aldrich

Michelle Dipp
Michelle Dipp

Michelle Dipp

Michelle Dipp, MD PhD is Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Biospring Partners, a life sciences technology growth equity firm. Michelle serves on the Board of Directors for Abzena. Michelle was a Managing Director at General Atlantic, a New York based global growth equity firm. Michelle Dipp launched their life sciences investment platform and was a member of the life sciences investment committee. Michelle Dipp served as a Board Observer for Ginkgo BioWorks and also served as a board member for PathAI and Immunocore. Michelle was a Co-Founder and former General Partner of a leading Boston-based healthcare investment firm, Longwood Fund. As a General Partner in Longwood Funds I, II, III, and IV, Michelle co-founded several portfolio companies for Longwood Fund, where she held senior management positions. In addition to her management positions, Michelle worked on the board of these portfolio companies including as Chairman of Axial Biotherapeutics. Michelle served on the board of Colorescience and also served as a board observer of both Bicycle Therapeutics and Pulmocide Ltd. Before joining Longwood, Michelle Dipp was GlaxoSmithKline’s (GSK) Senior Vice President of the Centre of Excellence for External Drug Discovery (CEEDD). During Michelle Dipp's time she also served in GSK’s global business development group as Vice President of Corporate Development at Sirtris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRT was ultimately acquired by GlaxoSmithKline in 2008). Michelle began her investment career at the Wellcome Trust after completing her medical training. Michelle Dipp, MDPhD holds a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery from the University of Oxford Medical School and a Doctor of Philosophy in Human Physiology from the University of Oxford, Brasenose College. Michelle currently serves on the Trustee Advisory Board for Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Advisory Board for the Women’s Foundation of Boston; Board of Directors for Life Science Cares; Rockefeller University Council; Advisory Council for the American Museum of Natural History; Co-Founding Member of the Bowman Fund, Brasenose College Boat Club, Oxford University; and a member of the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders.

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Biospring Partners

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Michelle Dipp

Employee Profiles
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John McCabe

John McCabe

Operating Partner

Aleks Radovic-Moreno

Aleks Radovic-Moreno

Partner

Julie Mullen

Office coordinator and administrative assistant

David Donabedian

David Donabedian

Venture Partner

David H Donabedian

David H Donabedian

Venture Partner

Richard Aldrich

Richard Aldrich

Co - Founder & Partner

Christoph Westphal

Christoph Westphal

Founder &Partner

Paul Stuka

Paul Stuka

Managing Director

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