Xontogeny

- 06/03/2023
- Series A
- $200,000,000
Xontogeny (zon-TOJ-uh-nee) is a biotech aggregator with a differentiated business model to support the accelerated development of life science technologies in the pursuit of helping patients with serious diseases. Specifically, we partner with entrepreneurs, providing the leadership and operating experience needed to increase the probability of success with early drug and technology development.
At Xontogeny, we believe that scientific founders supply the passion and determination integral to the success of their companies. While the foundation of success is good science, how that science is developed from inception to maturity serves as the critical pathway. Therefore, we focus on supporting the entrepreneur’s pursuit and optimizing the development pathway with an exceptionally talented and experienced operational team. With our team’s track record of success, entrepreneurs of affiliated companies will gain the support and guidance they need while remaining lean, virtual, and without the financial burden of supporting a full-time team.
This dynamic model has the additional benefit of supporting the goals of the founding scientists and entrepreneurs to retain more control and equity, while increasing the chance of accessing investment, and ultimately development success.
- Industry Biotechnology
- Website https://xontogeny.com/
- LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/xontogeny/
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Chris GarabedianFounder

Chris Garabedian founded Xontogeny in June of 2016 to support multiple promising technologies from early development through clinical proof of concept. In 2017, Chris joined Perceptive Advisors to develop their Venture Fund strategy and launched the Perceptive Xontogeny Venture Fund in 2018 to support early stage companies seeded and incubated at Xontogeny and other ventures.
Chris has a broad base of experience and a track record of success over his decades long experience in the biopharma industry. Chris served as the President and CEO of Sarepta Therapeutics from 2011 to 2015, overseeing the turnaround of a company that is now a commercial stage leader in the genetic technology space after leading the development of the company’s Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy program. Prior to Sarepta, Chris led Corporate Strategy for Celgene from 2007 to 2010. Prior to Celgene, Chris served in a number of global commercial and corporate development leadership roles at Gilead from 1997 to 2005.
Chris serves on a number of Boards of life sciences companies and speaks at industry conferences on a wide range of important issues. Chris is also on the Board of Directors of MassBio and serves as a Senior Advisor for the Boston Consulting Group.