Alexis Borisy

Alexis BorisyCo-founder and Chairman, Curie.Bio

Alexis Borisy is a leading life sciences entrepreneur and investor, focusing over the past 25 years on building, operating, and investing in breakthrough life science-based companies.  He is the co-founder and Operating Chairman of Curie.Bio, a venture capital firm focused on helping entrepreneurial founders launch therapeutics companies.  In 2022, Alexis co-founded IDRx, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, and did the initial build through Borisy Labs Production, LLC.  He is also the founder of EQRx, Inc. and has served as its Executive Chairman since 2021, previously serving as its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer from 2019 to 2021.  Prior to founding EQRx, Alexis cofounded Relay Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage precision medicine company transforming the drug discovery process by combining leading-edge computational and experimental technologies, and has served as its Chairman since 2016 and Chief Executive Officer from 2016 to 2017.  He is also a cofounder of Blueprint Medicines Corporation, a precision therapy company focused on genomically defined cancers, rare diseases and cancer immunotherapy, and has served on the board of directors since 2011 and was the Chief Executive Officer from 2013 to 2014.  He previously served as Chairman and Director of Foundation Medicine, Inc., a molecular information company dedicated to a transformation in cancer care, which he cofounded, from 2009 to 2018 and served as its Chief Executive Officer from 2009 to 2011. He previously served on the boards of Editas Medicine, Inc., Magenta Therapeutics, Inc., and Thrive Earlier Detection Corp.

Alexis was a partner in Third Rock Ventures, LLC, a series of venture capital funds investing in life science companies, from 2010 to 2019.  He currently serves on the board of directors of several companies, including Revolution Medicines, Inc., Celsius Therapeutics, Inc. and serves as Chairman of Nextech Invest, Ltd.  Mr. Borisy is also the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Boston Museum of Science, and previously served as Chairman of the National Venture Capital Association.  He holds a Master’s Degree in Chemistry and Chemical Biology from Harvard University and a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from the University of Chicago.