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EQx operates a Venture Fund focused on diversified early stage investments in extraordinary Founders

Emotional Quotient (EQ): the ability to understand, cooperate with and motivate others

Leadership and Passion is key
EQx mantra is to ‘Invest in People for a Better World’: We focus on a portfolio of “EQX founders”
Industry Disruptors/High growth opportunities
Deals sourced from extensive network of partners and entrepreneurs

About Us

Ziad H. Moukheiber serves as Managing Partner for the EQx Fund. He is the CEO of the renowkned Boston Harbor Angels organization, which has boasted a series of successful exits and is recognized as one of the top Angel Groups in the country. Ziad maintains an Angel portfolio of his own, concentrated in early stage technology and life science opportunities. Prior to his current roles, he founded and ran an IT consulting firm, Silversword, which was acquired by NSK Inc. in 2015.

Jason Kraus serves as a partner in the EQx Fund, specializing in deal flow. He has experience in the venture arm of a private family office and as a member for the Boston Harbor Angels. Jason founded a startup advisory firm, Prepare 4 VC, to coach entrepreneurs through the fundraising process and create more powerful pitches. He is also a co-founder of commercial real estate and early stage investment firm Equity Venture Partners

Founded in 2004
One of the top 3 angel investment groups in the US according to CB Insights
Over 70 active investors that share Due Diligence findings and deal flow opportunities
EQx is a member, partner and co-investor of Boston Harbor Angels

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Giving back to the startup community

EQx Portfolio of Founders

Immusoft Corporation, a Seattle, Wash.-based cell therapy company, announced today that it has received a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research grant (SBIR) from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The grant, in the amount of just over $3.5 million, will enable Immusoft to further advance its modified B cell approach to treating disease.

“We appreciate the NIH’s support of our approach,” says Sean Ainsworth, Immusoft’s CEO and Chairman of the Board. “This SBIR grant will help us expand upon our cutting-edge work in MPS I and further explore modalities for delivering proteins across the blood-brain barrier.”

MPS I (Mucopolysaccharidosis type I) is a rare childhood genetic disease that affects the body’s ability to produce IDUA (alpha-L-iduronidase), which is an essential enzyme that helps to break down long-chain sugars inside cells. When the sugar chains cannot be broken down and disposed of, they accumulate in the cells and cause progressive damage. This accumulation can happen in the tissues, including the brain.

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Portfolio Company Immusoft Recieves $3.5M Grant

Boston-based cloud storage startup Wasabi Technologies, Inc secured $68 million in Series B financing last month, according to company database Crunchbase, leading the city’s funding headlines in September. The Sept. 12 Forestay Capital investment was just one of several successful funding rounds for Beantown-based companies last month.

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Portfolio Company Wasabi Press Release