Nick Haft

Managing Director

Nick is a Managing Director with OMX Ventures.

Nick Haft

Prior to OMX, Nick was the sole managing partner at Arcos Ventures, where he deployed over $80M of capital into 20+ bio-related companies. Some of Nick’s prior investments include Finch Therapeutics, Pendulum Therapeutics, Ginkgo Bioworks, 10X Genomics, Imagen, Compass Pathways and many others. Nick also co-founded Delix Therapeutics, a startup focused on developing breakthrough therapies for psychiatric and neurological disorders.

Education: Bachelor of Science in Economics, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

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Delix is developing a class of novel non-hallucinogenic versions of psychedelic compounds with favorable safety and therapeutic profiles for the treatment of psychiatric and neurological indications.

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Freya is revolutionizing women's health through restoration of healthy vaginal microbiomes. Freya's first centers around improving the efficacy of in-vitro fertilization.

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Aperiam Bio uses computational methods to stabilize recombinant protein structures, solving a ubiquitous problem in industrial biotechnology. Using their computational approach, Aperiam Bio can produce enzymes with enhanced activity, shelf stability, and an expanded range of compatible reaction conditions, enabling a broad range of protein-based products.

Replay Holdings
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Replay is creating a novel, ambitious toolkit to deliver large DNA payloads efficiently to any cell type, addressing a rapidly growing cell and gene therapy market. Their platform includes a high-capacity HSV vector for gene delivery and a best-in-class hypoimmunogenic iPSC therapeutic platform.

Stipple Bio
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Stipple Bio intends to unlock cellular profiling and target discovery with epitope resolution. The company uses epitope-level resolution technology to enable single-cell profiling and target discovery, enabling users with therapies for a wide range of solid and hematologic malignancies.

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SyntheX has developed a yeast engineering approach that enables the discovery and design of peptide-based drugs with novel modes of action that block tough-to-drug protein-protein interactions (PPIs).

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VedaBio is revolutionizing molecular biology with its breakthrough platform for near-instant molecular detection of multiplexed analytes, delivering best-in-class accuracy without the need for target amplification. The CRISPR Cascade™ platform is poised to emerge as a new gold standard tool to empower decision-making across multiple industries.

Finch Therapeutics
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Finch is developing full spectrum and rationally selected microbiome-based drugs for the treatment of recurrent Clostridium Difficile infections, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Hepatitis B, Ulcerative Colitis, Crohn's disease, and several more.

Compass Pathways
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Bolstered by FDA’s breakthrough therapy designation, Compass is developing patent-protected psilocybin formulations for the treatment of intractable mood disorders.

Featured Perspectives

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Delix Presents Full Results from Phase 1 Trial of DLX-001 at ACNP Annual Meeting

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Freya Biosciences Announces $38 Million Funding in One of the Largest Series A Raises to Advance Women’s Reproductive Immunotherapies

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VedaBio launches with $40M+ in initial funding for CRISPR-based molecular detection technology

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SyntheX and Bristol Myers Squibb Enter Into a Research Collaboration to Discover and Develop Targeted Protein Degradation (TPD) Therapeutics

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Compass Pathways deal to expand research into magic mushroom drug

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Finch Therapeutics Added to Russell 2000 and Russell 3000 Indexes

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Delix Therapeutics Co-Founder Publishes Groundbreaking Study Demonstrating Therapeutic Potential for a Psychedelic Analog–Without Hallucinogenic Effects

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MBC BioLabs Announces Recipients of the Golden Ticket Program

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