How To Survive The Perilous Life Sciences Startup Climb

By Jennifer Ringler, Contributing Writer @JenniferRingler

Flagship Pioneering in Cambridge, MA helps life sciences startups come to fruition, but you’d be wrong to call it a venture capital firm. Instead, the company focuses on innovating, forming, and growing new companies in the life sciences using its own funding, all within its own organization; it doesn’t offer capital to external startups or look at business plans.