Jakob Loven
Director/Board Member at Arvinas Operations, Inc.
Profile
Jakob Loven is the founder of Syros Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (founded in 2013) and Relay Therapeutics, Inc. (founded in 2015).
He held the title of Senior Director-Business Development & Strategy at Relay Therapeutics, Inc. Dr. Loven's current job(s) include being a Director at Arvinas Operations, Inc., Arrakis Therapeutics, Inc., A2 Biotherapeutics, Inc., IconOVir Bio, Inc., Flare Therapeutics, Inc., Hexagon Bio, Inc., and Partner at Nextech Invest AG (since 2017).
Dr. Loven's former job(s) include being a Director at Turning Point Therapeutics, Inc. (2018-2019), Independent Director at Arvinas, Inc. (2018-2020), Director at Vividion Therapeutics, Inc., Independent Director at Kronos Bio, Inc., Director at Kinnate Biopharma, Inc. (2019-2020), Director at Autolus Therapeutics Plc, Independent Director at Boundless Bio, Inc., and Senior Associate at Third Rock Ventures LLC (2015-2016).
Dr. Loven obtained a doctorate degree from Karolinska Institutet and an undergraduate degree from the University of Anglia Ruskin.
Jakob Loven active positions
Companies | Position | Start |
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Nextech Invest AG
Nextech Invest AG Investment ManagersFinance Nextech Invest AG (Nextech) is an independent venture capital firm with headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland. It was founded by Alfred Scheidegger in 1998. Nextech's investors include public pension funds, banks, asset management companies and Swiss and German high-net worth individuals. | Private Equity Investor | 2017-07-31 |
Arvinas Operations, Inc.
Arvinas Operations, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Arvinas Operations, Inc. develops novel therapeutics for the treatment of cancer, pro-inflammatory, autoimmune and rare diseases. It offers proteolysis-targeting chimera PROTAC-based drugs that induce protein degradation to target and eliminate disease-causing proteins from the body. The company was founded by Craig M. Crews in July 2013 and is headquartered in New Haven, CT. | Director/Board Member | - |
A2 Biotherapeutics, Inc.
A2 Biotherapeutics, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services A2 Biotherapeutics, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company. It develops medicines. The company was founded by Alexander Kamb, Michael Gallo and Paul Kang in 2018 and is headquartered in Westlake Village, CA. | Director/Board Member | - |
Arrakis Therapeutics, Inc.
Arrakis Therapeutics, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Arrakis Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company. It develops rna-targeted small molecule medicines focused on neurologic, cancer, and rare genetic diseases. The company was founded by Russell C. Petter, Alan E. Walts, Jennifer C. Petter and Raj Bhikhu Parekh in 2015 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA. | Director/Board Member | 2019-04-21 |
IconOVir Bio, Inc.
IconOVir Bio, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology IconOVir Bio, Inc. is an American biotechnology company that operates in the field of life sciences. The company was founded in 2018 by Arie S. Belldegrun, Ben Stone. The CEO is Mark A. McCamish. | Director/Board Member | - |
Flare Therapeutics, Inc.
Flare Therapeutics, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Flare Therapeutics is a biotechnology company that focuses on drugging transcription factors to develop small molecule medicines. The company is based in Cambridge, MA. The company's integrated discovery engine converges genetic, biochemical, and chemical insights to reveal druggable pockets and identify small molecule ligands capable of modulating transcription factors of high therapeutic potential. Flare's proteomic and mass spectrometry platform is powered by a proprietary library of electrophilic compounds unique to the company. The team has rapidly established an emerging pipeline of programs, highlighted by FX-909, a first-in-class investigational orally bioavailable small molecule inhibitor of PPARG, a master regulator of the luminal lineage in advanced urothelial cancer that has entered the clinic. Flare Therapeutics was launched in 2021 and is backed by founding investor Third Rock Ventures, as well as Boxer Capital, Nextech Invest, Casdin Capital, Invus Financial Advisors, and Eventide Asset Management. The company was founded by Mitchell Lazar, Fraydoon Rastinejad, Robert J. Sims, and Steven L. McKnight. Amit Rakhit has been the CEO of the company since 2022. | Director/Board Member | - |
Hexagon Bio, Inc.
Hexagon Bio, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Hexagon Bio, Inc. operates as a data-driven biotechnology company. It engages in mining of fungal genome data for drugs. The company was founded by Maureen E. Hillenmeyer, Brian T. Naughton, Colin James Bell Harvey and Yi Tang and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA. | Director/Board Member | - |
Former positions of Jakob Loven
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KRONOS BIO, INC. | Director/Board Member | 2021-06-21 |
KINNATE BIOPHARMA INC. | Director/Board Member | 2020-11-30 |
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Training of Jakob Loven
Karolinska Institutet | Doctorate Degree |
University of Anglia Ruskin | Undergraduate Degree |
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Linked companies
Listed companies | 6 |
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SYROS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. | Health Technology |
ARVINAS, INC. | Health Technology |
RELAY THERAPEUTICS, INC. | Health Technology |
AUTOLUS THERAPEUTICS PLC | Health Technology |
KRONOS BIO, INC. | Health Technology |
BOUNDLESS BIO, INC. | Health Technology |
Private companies | 11 |
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Arvinas Operations, Inc.
Arvinas Operations, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Arvinas Operations, Inc. develops novel therapeutics for the treatment of cancer, pro-inflammatory, autoimmune and rare diseases. It offers proteolysis-targeting chimera PROTAC-based drugs that induce protein degradation to target and eliminate disease-causing proteins from the body. The company was founded by Craig M. Crews in July 2013 and is headquartered in New Haven, CT. | Health Technology |
Turning Point Therapeutics, Inc.
Turning Point Therapeutics, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Turning Point Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage oncology biopharmaceutical company, which engages in designing and developing next-generation therapies that target genetic drivers of cancer to improve the lives of patients. Its product pipeline include Repotrectinib, TPX-0022, TPX-0046, and TPS-O131, a next-gen ALK inhibitor. The company was founded by Jingrong Jean Cui and Y. Peter Li in October 2013 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA. | Health Technology |
Nextech Invest AG
Nextech Invest AG Investment ManagersFinance Nextech Invest AG (Nextech) is an independent venture capital firm with headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland. It was founded by Alfred Scheidegger in 1998. Nextech's investors include public pension funds, banks, asset management companies and Swiss and German high-net worth individuals. | Finance |
Vividion Therapeutics, Inc.
Vividion Therapeutics, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Vividion Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company. The company focuses on developing innovative therapeutics that treat major unmet clinical needs using the first platform for proteome wide drug and target discovery. It's proprietary chemoproteomic platform technology addresses the key limitations of conventional screening techniques and allows the discovery of previously unknown, or cryptic, functional pockets on the surface of proteins and identification of small molecules that selectively bind to those targets. The company was founded by Benjamin F. Cravatt, Phil S. Baran, Jin-Quan Yu and John K. Clarke on December 24, 2013 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA. | Commercial Services |
Arrakis Therapeutics, Inc.
Arrakis Therapeutics, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Arrakis Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company. It develops rna-targeted small molecule medicines focused on neurologic, cancer, and rare genetic diseases. The company was founded by Russell C. Petter, Alan E. Walts, Jennifer C. Petter and Raj Bhikhu Parekh in 2015 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA. | Health Technology |
Hexagon Bio, Inc.
Hexagon Bio, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Hexagon Bio, Inc. operates as a data-driven biotechnology company. It engages in mining of fungal genome data for drugs. The company was founded by Maureen E. Hillenmeyer, Brian T. Naughton, Colin James Bell Harvey and Yi Tang and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA. | Health Technology |
A2 Biotherapeutics, Inc.
A2 Biotherapeutics, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services A2 Biotherapeutics, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company. It develops medicines. The company was founded by Alexander Kamb, Michael Gallo and Paul Kang in 2018 and is headquartered in Westlake Village, CA. | Commercial Services |
Kinnate Biopharma, Inc.
Kinnate Biopharma, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Kinnate Biopharma, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the research and development of Kinnate Discovery Engine that targets genomic drivers of cancer. The company was founded by Stephen W. Kaldor and Eric A. Murphy in January 2018 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA. | Health Technology |
IconOVir Bio, Inc.
IconOVir Bio, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology IconOVir Bio, Inc. is an American biotechnology company that operates in the field of life sciences. The company was founded in 2018 by Arie S. Belldegrun, Ben Stone. The CEO is Mark A. McCamish. | Health Technology |
Flare Therapeutics, Inc.
Flare Therapeutics, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Flare Therapeutics is a biotechnology company that focuses on drugging transcription factors to develop small molecule medicines. The company is based in Cambridge, MA. The company's integrated discovery engine converges genetic, biochemical, and chemical insights to reveal druggable pockets and identify small molecule ligands capable of modulating transcription factors of high therapeutic potential. Flare's proteomic and mass spectrometry platform is powered by a proprietary library of electrophilic compounds unique to the company. The team has rapidly established an emerging pipeline of programs, highlighted by FX-909, a first-in-class investigational orally bioavailable small molecule inhibitor of PPARG, a master regulator of the luminal lineage in advanced urothelial cancer that has entered the clinic. Flare Therapeutics was launched in 2021 and is backed by founding investor Third Rock Ventures, as well as Boxer Capital, Nextech Invest, Casdin Capital, Invus Financial Advisors, and Eventide Asset Management. The company was founded by Mitchell Lazar, Fraydoon Rastinejad, Robert J. Sims, and Steven L. McKnight. Amit Rakhit has been the CEO of the company since 2022. | Health Technology |
Third Rock Ventures LLC
Third Rock Ventures LLC Investment ManagersFinance Third Rock Ventures LLC (Third Rock Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2007 by Mark Levin, Robert Tepper, Kevin Starr and Nick Leschly. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. | Finance |
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