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Paul August

Paul August

Co-founder and director at AcuraStem.

Director
Updated Nov 10, 2026·Latest SEC filing Jun 22, 2026·Suggest an edit

About Paul August

Paul August is a co-founder and director at AcuraStem.

Paul August first appears on SEC filings in 2018.

Experience

This experience comes from Paul August's profile and from SEC filings. For roles taken from filings, the years are when the filings name Paul August in the role, so the role may have started earlier or lasted longer.

ReviR Therapeutics Current
Chief Scientific Officer
2022 – Present
AcuraStem Inc Current
Co-founder and director
2016 – Present · Pasadena, CA
Develops treatments for people with ALS, frontotemporal dementia and other neurodegenerative diseases.
Agios Pharmaceuticals
Vice President, Genetically Defined Disease Biology
2020 – 2022
Ligand Pharmaceuticals
Vice President
2020
Icagen
Vice President
2016 – 2020
University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson
Adjunct Faculty Member
2016 – 2020
Sanofi
Senior Director
2010 – 2016
Sanofi-Aventis
Senior Manager
2005 – 2010
Aventis
Principal Investigator
2000 – 2004
Ariad Pharmaceuticals
Senior Scientist
1998 – 2000
MDS Pharma Services
Senior Scientist
1997 – 1998
MDS Panlabs
Scientist
1997 – 1998
State of New Hampshire
House of Representatives
1985 – 1986

Key Colleagues at Startups

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

AcuraStem Inc · Form D, Jun 22, 2026
Samuel Alworth
Samuel Alworth
Co-founder and CEO, director
Marcel van der Brug
Marcel van der Brug
Chief Scientific Officer
Justin Ichida
Justin Ichida
Co-founder and director

Sources

  1. SECAcuraStem Inc Form D, filed Jun 22, 2026