Cynthia Collins

Cell and Genetic Medicines, Precision Medicine, Diagnostics

📍 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 11 investments📅 8 years investing🗓 Last invested Apr 2025
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Board Member
Nov 2023
Alanis Therapeutics Inc. is a privately held biotechnology company in San Diego, CA. As a spinout of AvantGen, we are developing an antagonist antibody to Jagged-1 that triggers Notch 1 signaling in hematopoietic stem cells that lead to AML.
Board Member
Apr 2023
Nutcracker Therapeutics is an RNA therapeutics company that has combined the power of advanced engineering with high-precision biosynthesis to deploy a complete RNA therapeutics platform. Armed with this high-tech advantage, we have developed a wholly owned pipeline of RNA therapeutic programs and established partnership initiatives with top clinical investigators at several leading institutions across the globe. With our platform’s ability to accelerate the development of life-changing RNA therapeutics, we seek to advance breakthrough RNA therapies at high velocity through all stages of development across a variety of indications. Our technology platform has the potential to significantly reduce costs and cycle times for RNA therapeutic development, with dramatic advantages in capacity scaling and point-of-care delivery over other RNA manufacturing approaches.
Board Member
Jul 2021
Poseida Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company advancing differentiated cell and gene therapies with the capacity to cure certain cancers and rare diseases. The Company’s pipeline includes allogeneic CAR-T cell therapy product candidates for both solid and liquid tumors as well as in vivo gene therapy product candidates that address patient populations with high unmet medical need. Poseida’s approach to cell and gene therapies is based on its proprietary genetic editing platforms, including its non-viral Super piggyBac® DNA Delivery System, Cas-CLOVER™ Site-Specific Gene Editing System and nanoparticle and hybrid gene delivery technologies. The Company has formed global strategic collaborations with Roche and Takeda to unlock the promise of cell and gene therapies for patients. Learn more at www.poseida.com.
Board Member
Dec 2018
What if you could repair broken genes? That is the question we ask ourselves every day at Editas Medicine. We’re a clinical stage genome editing company focused on translating the power and potential of the CRISPR/Cas9 and CRISPR/Cas12a genome editing systems into a robust pipeline of treatments for people living with serious diseases around the world. Our goal is to discover, develop, manufacture, and commercialize transformative, durable, precision genomic medicines for a broad class of diseases. We are a vibrant company full of hope, possibilities, and a belief that, working together as One Editas, we can truly revolutionize the development of medicines. We are on an important journey to unlock the full potential of genome editing technology. A journey fueled by our distinct culture, expert team of Editas Medicine ‘Editors’, and the patients we aspire to help around the world. Connect with us to hear about the tremendous progress and scientific advancements we’ve already made and the next breakthrough on the horizon. If you are ingenious, passionate and resilient, come join the revolution. Repairing broken genes is only the beginning.
Member of the Board
May 2018
DermTech is a leading genomics company in dermatology and is creating a new category of medicine, precision dermatology, enabled by its non-invasive skin genomics technology. DermTech’s mission is to improve the lives of millions by providing non-invasive precision dermatology solutions that enable individualized care. DermTech provides genomic analysis of skin samples collected non-invasively using our Smart StickersTM. DermTech develops and markets products that facilitate the assessment of melanoma.
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2025
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Apr 2025
Codexis is a leading enzyme engineering company leveraging its proprietary CodeEvolver® platform to discover, develop and enhance novel, high-performance enzymes and other classes of proteins. Codexis enzymes solve for real-world challenges associated with small molecule pharmaceuticals manufacturing and nucleic acid synthesis. The Company is currently developing its proprietary ECO Synthesis platform to enable the scaled manufacture of RNAi therapeutics through an enzymatic route. Codexis unique enzymes can drive improvements such as higher yields, reduced energy usage and waste generation, improved efficiency in manufacturing and greater sensitivity in genomic and diagnostic applications.
2024
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Oct 2024
We invest in our partners early on, working side by side in optimizing their processes to derisk their path to the clinic faster. Our ExPERT™ platform, which is based on our Flow Electroporation® technology, has been designed to support the rapidly expanding cell therapy market and can be utilized across the continuum of the high-growth cell therapy sector, from discovery and development through commercialization of next-generation, cell-based medicines. The ExPERT family of products includes: four instruments, the ATx™, STx™, GTx™ and VLx ™; a portfolio of proprietary related processing assemblies or disposables; and software protocols, all supported by a robust worldwide intellectual property portfolio. By providing our partners with the right technology, as well as technical and regulatory support, we aim to guide them on their journey to transform human health.
2023
Board Member
Nov 2023
Alanis Therapeutics Inc. is a privately held biotechnology company in San Diego, CA. As a spinout of AvantGen, we are developing an antagonist antibody to Jagged-1 that triggers Notch 1 signaling in hematopoietic stem cells that lead to AML.
Board Member
Apr 2023
Nutcracker Therapeutics is an RNA therapeutics company that has combined the power of advanced engineering with high-precision biosynthesis to deploy a complete RNA therapeutics platform. Armed with this high-tech advantage, we have developed a wholly owned pipeline of RNA therapeutic programs and established partnership initiatives with top clinical investigators at several leading institutions across the globe. With our platform’s ability to accelerate the development of life-changing RNA therapeutics, we seek to advance breakthrough RNA therapies at high velocity through all stages of development across a variety of indications. Our technology platform has the potential to significantly reduce costs and cycle times for RNA therapeutic development, with dramatic advantages in capacity scaling and point-of-care delivery over other RNA manufacturing approaches.
2021
Board Member
Jul 2021
Certara accelerates medicines using proprietary biosimulation software, technology and services to transform traditional drug discovery and development. Its clients include 2,000 biopharmaceutical companies, academic institutions, and regulatory agencies across 62 countries.
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