Jennifer Wellman, Founder of Akouos

About Jennifer Wellman

Jennifer Wellman is the SVP of regulatory at Akouos, a Boston-based biotech company focused on developing gene therapies for hearing loss. The company aims to use its ancestral AAV gene therapy platform to deliver genes to sensory cells in the inner ear. Akouos has raised a $7.5 million seed round and a $50 million Series A round. Wellman previously co-founded and served as the head of product development strategy at Spark Therapeutics.

Jennifer Wellman at a glance

• Company: Akouos
• Total raised: $58M
• Latest round: Series A
• Investors: 5AM Ventures, New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Partners Innovation Fund, Sofinnova Ventures, RA Capital Management, Novartis Venture Fund
• Location: Boston, USA

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