Expanding the Promise of Gene Therapy to All Patients Living with Debilitating Diseases
Apertura is a biotechnology company opening opportunities for treating debilitating diseases with limited options. We are uniquely positioned to develop genetic medicines by simultaneously engineering AAV capsids, regulatory elements, and payloads to overcome current limitations in gene therapy. Apertura is committed to growing the field of gene therapy and believes that together we maximize our impact by working with corporate and academic collaborators, patients, and disease foundations. Founded on technologies from the Broad Institute and Harvard University, and with support from Deerfield Management Company, we are located at the Cure. building in New York City.

We are committed to inspiring the best in each of us to collectively achieve what hasn’t been done before. Join our team of driven scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs to solve complex challenges in gene therapy.
The Key Institutional Founders of Apertura Gene Therapy

Deerfield is an investment management firm committed to advancing healthcare through investment, information and philanthropy. The Firm works across the healthcare ecosystem to connect people, capital, ideas and technology in bold, collaborative and inclusive ways. For more information, please visit deerfield.com.

The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard is a research organization that seeks to better understand the roots of disease and narrow the gap between new biological insights and impact for patients. Our researchers are deeply collaborative, nimbly launching innovative projects at every scale, inventing new technologies, developing new therapeutics to advance into the clinic, and sharing our data and tools openly to enable breakthroughs anywhere. Visit broadinstitute.org to learn more.
Management and Team

Joseph La Barge
Apertura Gene Therapy
Joseph La Barge
Joe is CEO and serves on the Board of Managers of Apertura >
Dave Greenwald, PhD
Deerfield Management Company
Dave Greenwald, PhD
Dave serves on the Board of Managers of Apertura >
Elise Wang
Deerfield Management Company
Elise Wang
Elise serves on the Board of Managers of Apertura >
Jonathan Leff
Deerfield Management Company
Jonathan Leff
Jonathan serves on the Board of Managers of Apertura >
Juliana Leung, PhD
Broad Institute
Juliana Leung, PhD
Juliana serves on the Board of Managers of Apertura >
Kristina Wang
Apertura Gene Therapy
Kristina Wang
Kristina is the Director of Corporate Development of Apertura >Academic Collaborations

Ben Deverman, PhD
Ben Deverman, PhD
Founding Partner of Apertura and Senior Director of Vector Engineering at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard >