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Graham Dempsey

Graham Dempsey

Founder and chief executive officer, Quiver Bioscience

Executive
Updated Nov 7, 2026·Latest SEC filing Oct 21, 2026·Suggest an edit

About Graham Dempsey

Graham Dempsey, Ph.D., is founder and chief executive officer of Quiver Bioscience in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Quiver builds a drug discovery platform that pairs human neuron models and optical electrophysiology with AI. It also advances its own pipeline of therapeutics for neurological and pain disorders, including antisense programs. Quiver announced his appointment as chief executive officer on June 16, 2025.

Company releases call him a co-founder. In May 2025 he spoke for Quiver on a research collaboration with QurAlis on Fragile X syndrome. In February 2026 he did so for a collaboration and licensing agreement with Angelini Pharma on genetic epilepsies. In April 2026 he commented on an investment from the Porta family in Quiver's Dup15q syndrome program.

Experience

This experience comes from official bios and from SEC filings. For roles taken from filings, the years are when the filings name Graham Dempsey in the role, so the role may have started earlier or lasted longer.

Quiver Holdings Inc. Current
Founder, Chief Executive Officer
2026 – Present · Cambridge, MA
Quiver Bioscience measures how human neurons function at scale and uses AI to find and test drugs for neurological disease.

Key Colleagues at Startups

The people Graham Dempsey works with at each company, as listed on that company's latest Form D.

Quiver Holdings Inc. · Form D, Oct 21, 2026
David Margulies
David Margulies
Founder, Board Member
Paul Roma
Paul Roma
Founder, Chairman of the Board
Jonathan Fleming
Jonathan Fleming
Board of Directors
Janet Foutty
Janet Foutty
Board of Directors
Paul Black
Paul Black
Board of Directors

Sources

  1. SECQuiver Holdings Inc. Form D, filed Oct 21, 2026
  2. companyQuiver Bioscience - Press
  3. releasePorta family investment release, April 13, 2026
  4. releaseAngelini Pharma collaboration release, February 23, 2026
  5. releaseQurAlis collaboration release, May 15, 2025