from Harvard Medical School and his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with Robert Langer and Ram Sasisekharan.

[citation needed] Berry joined Flagship Pioneering in 2005, a Cambridge, Massachusetts based venture capital firm that funds early-stage start-ups in healthcare and sustainability, where he served as a general partner.

In 2009, Berry founded Axcella Health, which develops a new approach to treating complex diseases using Endogenous Metabolic Modulators (EMMs) as a new therapeutic product class.

[9] In 2014, Berry founded Indigo Agriculture to create seed treatments that optimize the health of a plant to increase yield.

[19] David has also served as a board member of the Juventas New Music Ensemble[20] and of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra.