Amir Nashat

General Partner at Polaris Partners. Focus includes healthcare, consumer products and energy.

[Amir Nashat @VCAmir]

Congratulations to the ByHeart team for launching their product: ByHeart No-Compromise Nutrition Infant Formula https://t.co/GMqgCcFwM6

[Amir Nashat @VCAmir]

@JMaraganore John, you are the first CEO I observed in action, and the lessons I learned are countless. Thank you!

[Amir Nashat @VCAmir]

Wonderful accomplishment by a wonderful team! @Angiejyou , Darcy Mootz, Volker Schellenberger and so many others put their heart and soul into this company. Thanks to Rich Heyman and Jamie Topper for leading the board and syndicate!

[John Carroll @JohnCendpts]

Pouncing on next-gen I/O play, Sanofi acquires Amunix for $1B+ and picks up 'universal mask' tech
By @AmberTongPW
$SNY
https://t.co/JbaCZ6xQeZ

[Amir Nashat @VCAmir]

Interesting ideas coming together in Portland! Wonderful effort, Lars!

[Lars Perkins @Techlars_]

Come to our AMA tomorrow and learn about the inaugural program of the @RouxInstitute Techstars accelerator: https://t.co/mZSr1p4zHX

[Amir Nashat @VCAmir]

@rtnarch I am so deeply saddened by Paul’s passing. Such a wonderful man. Best wishes to his family and the ARCH team in this terrible time.

[John Maraganore 🇺🇸🇬🇷🇺🇦 @JMaraganore]

Very well deserved recognition for Yvonne and several other fantastic #biotech and #lifesciences leaders! Congratulations to all! #leadership

[David R. Liu @davidrliu]

It’s wonderful to see Jennifer and Emmanuelle recognized with the 2020 Nobel Prize in chemistry. The seminal “Jinek et al.” paper they published together has been cited >9,500 times—approximately once every 8 hours since its publication in 2012. (1/3)
https://t.co/Aq1yy3A1pn

[Amir Nashat @VCAmir]

Continually amazed by the drive and passion of the Freenome team!

[Freenome @freenome]

The $270 million Series C financing announced today positions Freenome for the next stage of growth, advancing disruptive technology so that a simple blood test can be used for #cancerscreening.

[Amir Nashat @VCAmir]

It’s amazing what the most talented people in the world can do, even when constrained — to a bath tub, in this case. https://t.co/I28iBe0PjR

[Amir Nashat @VCAmir]

Proud of Polaris companies @SQZBiotech @GlympseBio and @dewpoint_tx for being included amongst amazing companies, entrepreneurs and visions. We are lucky to be part of an amazing industry!

[Lydia Ramsey Pflanzer @lydiapflanzer]

.@AndrewE_Dunn and I teamed up to poll top biotech VCs on which startups they think will take off in the next 12 months (naming one in their portfolio and one outside).

Here's who they named: https://t.co/kIauZoPBld

[Florian Krammer @florian_krammer]

1) There is a lot of talk about decaying antibodies. I would like to walk you through a few findings about antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 that we put on medRxiv on Friday. Ill do this slowly over the day (while being in nonstop conference calls). But I feel this needs to get out there.

[Jnana Therapeutics @jnanatx]

Jnana cofounders Joanne Kotz (CEO) and Joel Barrish (CSO) share the road that led to today’s milestone collaboration with Roche: building the first company and drug discovery platform targeting SLC transporters. #SLCs https://t.co/2mBPppJUhk

[Amir Nashat @VCAmir]

Congrats to @Merck and @dewpoint_tx for starting a new partnership and approach to an important unmet need!

[Dewpoint Therapeutics @dewpoint_tx]

Thrilled to be teaming up with @Merck and putting our platform to work translating the science of biomolecular condensates and phase transition into a brand-new kind of HIV treatment.
https://t.co/3EtGdNNCkL

[Amir Nashat @VCAmir]

@Ptipirneni @MinistrySupply Oh yeah, have been loyal shopper. Original killer app was travel: wear one outfit and pack another for a 2 week trip.

[Amir Nashat @VCAmir]

Great time sharing the zoom stage with @robperez32 and Aremin @ThirdRockV!

[Project Onramp @ProjectOnramp]

We want to thank @RobPerez32, @VCAmir, and Aremin Hacobian from @ThirdRockV for sharing their insights at the Project Onramp professional development session yesterday. Here is a taste of what Rob talked about with the summer 2020 interns.

[Jeffrey Flier @jflier]

Forced by the pandemic, health care plunges into the digital age - all it took was changing regulatory barriers- The Boston Globe https://t.co/ndVwarkukl

[Amir Nashat @VCAmir]

Beautiful poem by Richard Blanco.
Thanks to David Shaw for the recommendation!

[Richard Blanco @rblancopoet]

This #SundayMorning, I'm over-the-moon excited to share my new poem, "Say This Isn't the End," featured in The Atlantic!

https://t.co/NUR2CjxI3m

[Amir Nashat @VCAmir]

@robperez32 Couldn’t agree more with your message, Rob!

[NYT Health @NYTHealth]

Volunteer efforts have popped up across the country to help ease the lingering isolation of the pandemic among older Americans, creating connections and unexpected friendships. https://t.co/LEkd3bPQHV

[Amir Nashat @VCAmir]

@Ptipirneni I took the kids to a protest last w/e, & gave similar tear gas safety seminar. I happily took their eye-rolling on the drive home. The right to congregate peacefully is something I will never take for granted!