David Kolesky
Founder at Montai Health, Inc.
Profile
Dr. David Kolesky is a Principal at MPM BioImpact.
He is responsible for driving investments and company creation activities.
Before joining MPM BioImpact, David was a Principal at Flagship Pioneering, where he focused on conceiving, creating, and operating new bioplatform technology companies.
David co-founded and helped launch several companies, notably Senda Biosciences and Montai Health, where he held key leadership roles at early stages of development including Chief Scientific Officer and Chief Innovation Officer at Montai, and Head of Platform at Senda.
David has developed a wide range of scientific and technical experience by working across diverse platforms, including AI-enabled small molecule discovery, programmable delivery of genomic medicines, and cell & tissue engineering.
David received his Ph.D.
in Engineering Sciences from Harvard University and conducted a postdoctoral fellowship at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering.
Working with Professor Jennifer Lewis at Harvard, he invented various technologies for creating vascularized kidney tissues for drug screening and tissue replacement.
His work has been published in top journals and he is co-inventor of several issued patents.
David has received numerous awards, including the National Inventor’s Hall of Fame Collegiate Inventor Prize.
A native of South Florida, David received his B.S in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Florida.
David Kolesky active positions
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Flagship Pioneering
Flagship Pioneering Investment ManagersFinance Flagship Pioneering (Flagship Pioneering) is a venture capital firm founded in 1982 by Ed M Kania and Noubar B Afeyan. The firm is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. | Private Equity Analyst | - |
Montai Health, Inc.
Montai Health, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Montai Health, Inc. is a company that is using its pioneering AI-powered Conecta™ platform to develop Anthromolecule™ medicines that will treat and preempt chronic diseases to improve health outcomes for the 2 billion people worldwide living with these diseases. The company is based in Cambridge, MA. Montai Health is unlocking the potential of Anthromolecule™ chemistry with its pioneering AI-powered Conecta™ platform to develop breakthrough small-molecule medicines that will treat and preempt chronic diseases to improve health outcomes for the two billion people worldwide living with these diseases. The company was founded by Hok Hei Tam, Michael Wong, David Kolesky, Mary Margaret Hastings Georgiadis. Mary Margaret Hastings Georgiadis has been the CEO since incorporation. | Founder | - |
MPM BioImpact, Inc
MPM BioImpact, Inc Investment ManagersFinance MPM Bioimpact Inc (MPM Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 1996 by Ansbert K. Gadicke and Luke B. Evnin. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. | Private Equity Investor | 2023-07-31 |
Former positions of David Kolesky
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Senda Biosciences, Inc.
Senda Biosciences, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Kintai Therapeutics, Inc. engages in discovering and development of precision enteric medicine. It offers discovery platform, enteric biology and analytics, and precision enteric medicines. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA. | Founder | - |
Training of David Kolesky
University of Florida | Undergraduate Degree |
Harvard University | Doctorate Degree |
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Flagship Pioneering
Flagship Pioneering Investment ManagersFinance Flagship Pioneering (Flagship Pioneering) is a venture capital firm founded in 1982 by Ed M Kania and Noubar B Afeyan. The firm is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. | Finance |
Montai Health, Inc.
Montai Health, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Montai Health, Inc. is a company that is using its pioneering AI-powered Conecta™ platform to develop Anthromolecule™ medicines that will treat and preempt chronic diseases to improve health outcomes for the 2 billion people worldwide living with these diseases. The company is based in Cambridge, MA. Montai Health is unlocking the potential of Anthromolecule™ chemistry with its pioneering AI-powered Conecta™ platform to develop breakthrough small-molecule medicines that will treat and preempt chronic diseases to improve health outcomes for the two billion people worldwide living with these diseases. The company was founded by Hok Hei Tam, Michael Wong, David Kolesky, Mary Margaret Hastings Georgiadis. Mary Margaret Hastings Georgiadis has been the CEO since incorporation. | Technology Services |
Senda Biosciences, Inc.
Senda Biosciences, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Kintai Therapeutics, Inc. engages in discovering and development of precision enteric medicine. It offers discovery platform, enteric biology and analytics, and precision enteric medicines. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA. | Health Technology |
MPM BioImpact, Inc
MPM BioImpact, Inc Investment ManagersFinance MPM Bioimpact Inc (MPM Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 1996 by Ansbert K. Gadicke and Luke B. Evnin. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. | Finance |
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