Alan Crane

Polaris Partners is an Independent Venture Capital firm founded in 1996 by Stephen D. Arnold, Jonathan A. Flint and Terrance G. McGuire. Polaris Partners is headquartered in Waltham.

Corvidia Therapeutics, Inc. is a biotechnology company focusing on cardiovascular therapies. It develops treatments for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, inflammation in chronic kidney diseases, and high triglyceride-induced acute pancreatitis. The company was founded by Michael H. Davidson, Rahul Kakkar, Matt Devalaraja, and Ram Aiyar in 2015 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

Pandion Operations, Inc. develops drugs for autoimmune, inflammatory, and transplant indications. The company was founded by Anthony J. Coyle, Jo Viney, Alan Crane, and David Sachs in 2017 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Sherlock Biosciences, Inc. operates as a biotechnology firm. It provides and develops molecular diagstics solutions. The company was founded by Feng Zhang, Jim Collins, David R. Walt, Rahul K. Dhanda, Omar Abudayyeh, Todd Golub, Jonathan Gootenberg, Deborah Hung, and Pardis Sabeti and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Attralus, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company. The firm focuses on illuminating the systemic nature of amyloidosis and creating transformative medicines to improve the lives of patients. The company was founded by Jonathan Wall in 2019 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Proof Diagnostics, Inc. is a company that specializes in providing affordable and accessible COVID-19 molecular testing using CRISPR technology. The company is based in Cambridge, MA. Led by world-renowned molecular biologist Dr. Feng Zhang, the company aims to help communities take control of their health. Proof Diagnostics was founded in 2020 by Feng Zhang, Sid Shenai, Jonathan Gootenberg, Omar Abudayyeh. Sid Shenai has been the CEO since 2020.