Michael Cima

SpringLeaf Therapeutics, Inc. is creating innovative therapeutic modalities to address serious disease and elevate the quality of care for patients. SpringLeaf's technology is based on the convergence of materials science and medicine and is designed to enable and differentiate therapeutics. SpringLeaf was founded based on breakthrough science at MIT and is backed by leading investors including Excel Venture Management, Flybridge Capital Partners, North Bridge Venture Partners and SR One.

TARIS BioMedical LLC operates as a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company. It specializes in urology, continuous local dosing, bladder diseases, oncology, voiding dysfunction. The company was founded by Robert S. Langer Jr., Christine Bunt, and Michael J. Cima in 2008 and is headquartered in Lexington, MA.

TransForm Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops and manufactures drugs. It integrates pharmaceutical sciences, materials science and high throughput experimentation by enabling novel technology. The company was founded by Nicholas Galakatos in 1999 and is headquartered in Lexington, MA.

Microchips Biotech, Inc. develops drug delivery systems and bio sensing devices. Its technologies are designed to transform electromechanical medical devices into highly tuned biochemical sensing and therapy systems. The company was founded by Terrance G. McGuire, Michael J. Cima, John T. Santini, Jr. and Robert S. Langer, Jr. in 1999 and is headquartered in Lexington, MA.

Part of The National Academies of Science, the National Academy of Engineering operates as a professional membership organization. The company is based in Washington.

David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research operates a research facility for cancer cure development. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Elute, Inc. develops polymer controlled drug delivery devices designed to prevent and treat orthopedic and other surgical bone infections. The company was founded by David W. Grainger and Dennis B. Farrar in 2010 and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, UT.

MIT Innovation Initiative operates as an innovation infrastructure. It engages in the development of innovation and entrepreneurial community at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). It supports innovation and entrepreneurship programs to reach more students and external partners. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.