Obsidian Therapeutics

Obsidian Therapeutics

Cambridge, MA, USA
103 employees
Biotech/Pharma
Series C · $325M

About Obsidian Therapeutics

Obsidian Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering engineered tumor infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) cell therapies for patients with solid tumor malignancies. The company's proprietary cytoDRiVE® platform uses drug-responsive domains to enable tunable control of therapeutic protein expression, with its lead program OBX-115 in clinical trials for advanced melanoma and non-small cell lung cancer.

Company details

Team Size103
LocationCambridge, MA, USA
IndustryBiotech/Pharma

Funding

Total raised

$325M

Last stage

Series C

Investors

WWellington Management
Atlas Venture
RA Capital Management
Foresite Capital
Novo Holdings

Founders

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Tariq Kassum

Co-founder of Obsidian Therapeutics; formerly held leadership roles at Takeda and Millennium Pharmaceuticals.

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Vipin Suri

Co-founder of Obsidian Therapeutics; formerly held roles at Raze Therapeutics and GSK.

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Thomas Wandless

Professor of Chemical and Systems Biology at Stanford University; pioneered the destabilizing domain technology that underpins Obsidian's cytoDRiVE platform.

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Michael Gilman

Serial biotech entrepreneur and Ph.D. scientist; founding CEO of Padlock Therapeutics and Stromedix; former executive at Biogen and ARIAD Pharmaceuticals.

What happens next.

No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.

01

Confirm the fit

A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.

02

I pitch you to the company

I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.

03

A meeting lands on your calendar

If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.