Intellia Therapeutics

Company

Investment-firm

Last deal

$300M

Amount

Post-IPO Equity

Stage

30.11.2022

Date

3

all rounds

$1.54B

Total amount

Financing round

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About Company
Intellia Therapeutics is a biotechnology company that uses genetic engineering to develop medical therapies for severe diseases.

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founded date

01.01.2014

Number of employees

Company Type

For Profit

Last funding type

Post-IPO Equity

IPO status

Private

Description

Intellia Therapeutics is a leading biotech company that specializes in genetic engineering for medical treatments. They focus on developing therapies for liver diseases, oncological diseases, and autoimmune diseases. Their collaborations with industry leaders and their expertise in the CRISPR/Cas9 technology position them to create curative products. By permanently editing disease-associated genes, they aim to address the underlying cause of chronic diseases and provide hope for patients. With their deep scientific knowledge and strong intellectual property portfolio, Intellia Therapeutics is well-equipped to unlock the potential of genome editing and bring transformative therapies to the clinic.
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Rodolphe Barrangou
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Rodolphe Barrangou

Rodolphe Barrangou is an Associate Professor of Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences at North Carolina State University. His lab focuses on the biology and genetics of CRISPR/Cas immune systems in bacteria. He also serves on the Board of Directors of Caribou Biosciences. Rodolphe was previously a Director of Research and Development at DuPont and Danisco. While with Dansico, he was part of the team that initially established the adaptive immune function of CRISPR systems. Rodolphe received his PhD in Functional Genomics from North Carolina State University and an MBA from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

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Intellia Therapeutics
Intellia Therapeutics

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2

Rodolphe Barrangou

Luciano Marraffini
Luciano Marraffini

Luciano Marraffini

Luciano Marraffini is an Assistant Professor of Bacteriology at Rockefeller University. Luciano’s laboratory investigates the underlying molecular mechanisms of CRISPR immunity, and seeks to employ this natural pathway to develop new technologies. He is a 2012 Rita Allen Foundation Scholar and the recipient of a 2012 NIH Director’s New Innovator Award. Luciano received his PhD from the University of Chicago where he studied bacterial pathogenesis, and completed his postdoctoral fellowship at Northwestern University.

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Eligo Bioscience
Eligo Bioscience

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2

Luciano Marraffini

Nessan Bermingham
Nessan Bermingham

Nessan Bermingham

Nessan Bermingham is founder and CEO of Triplet Therapeutics, Inc. He is a serial biotech entrepreneur and investor who has founded several companies including Triplet, Korro Bio and Intellia Therapeutics, “one of the top 10 biotech start-ups in 2014” and a “Fierce 15 biotech company,” taking the company from concept to IPO and large partnering deals with approximately 200 employees. He has nearly two decades of experience in Life Sciences startups and investments, including small molecules, biologics, medical devices, and diagnostics through venture, public, and secondary markets. As a venture partner at Atlas Venture and managing partner at Omega Funds, he successfully invested in and managed multiple investments across the United States and Europe. Currently he is also a venture partner at Atlas Venture and is Chair of the Board of Directors of F-star and Akrevia Therapeutics. He served as Intellia’s President and CEO from inception until December 2017. Previously he was an independent advisory board member of the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) and MerckSerono KGaA. He received his Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from Imperial College London and was a Howard Hughes Associate Fellow at Baylor College of Medicine. He is an avid mountain biker, snowboarder and trail runner. Nessan is co-founder and was previously chief executive officer of Intellia Therapeutics. He led Intellia from seed investment and incubation at Atlas Venture through its IPO and the advancement of its gene editing platform toward clinical development. He has over ten years of experience in life science investing across venture, secondary, and public markets. Previously, Nessan was a partner at Omega Funds and founder of Bio Equity Capital, a healthcare focused special situations firm. Nessan is also co-founder of Tal Medical.

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Triplet Therapeutics

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Erik Sontheimer

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Employee Profiles
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Amita Joshi

Amita Joshi

Senior Director Alliance Management

Jeffrey Cehelsky

Vice president of development operations

Aayush Pandey

Senior project manager, cmc

Jennifer Kaufmann

Senior human resources operations manager

David Lebwohl

David Lebwohl

Chief Medical Officer

Ray Kelley

Vice president of financial planning analysis

James Butler

Director, program management

Biao Liu

Principal computational scientist

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