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Tao Fang

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Associate Director (Sr. Associate/Merck Research Lab Ventures Fund) at Merck
📍 Greater Boston, United States

Tao Fang is a biotech investor at MRL Ventures Fund, Mercks strategic investment arm, focusing on advancing first-in-class therapeutics. He has a background in company creation from his time at Flagship Pioneering, where he helped build Ampersand Biomedicines and Profound Therapeutics. He holds an MBA from NYU Stern and completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship at MIT.

He was a founding member of Cerberus Therapeutics, where he contributed to the origination and fundraising for immune tolerance vaccines.

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Experience
1 Years
Current Role
Associate Director (Sr. Associate/Merck Research Lab Ventures Fund)
Job Level
Senior
Location
Greater Boston, United States
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Biotech Investing
As part of the MRL Ventures Fund, he focuses on investing in early-stage companies developing first-in-class therapeutics.
Company Creation
Has direct experience in building biotech companies from the ground up, including Ampersand Biomedicines and Profound Therapeutics during his time at Flagship Pioneering.
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Career

Work history

6-2025
Associate Director (Sr. Associate/Merck Research Lab Ventures Fund)
Merck
Senior Associate
Flagship Pioneering
Senior Scientist
Flagship Pioneering
Research Scientist
Eli Lilly and Company
Founding Member
Cerberus Therapeutics
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Education
NCI Postdoctoral Fellowship
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Master of Business Administration - MBA
NYU Stern School of Business
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