Autism Speaks Launches Venture Philanthropy Arm
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Autism Speaks, an advocacy group that has devoted nearly $200 million to basic research on autism spectrum disorders since 2005, is spinning out a venture arm called Delivering Scientific Innovation for Autism to fund efforts by the for-profit sector. The amount of funding involved is “not insignificant,” said Robert Ring, who left Pfizer in 2011 to spearhead the move into the transitional space.