Industry: Biotechnology

Sector: Healthcare

Jounce Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage immunotherapy company, develops therapies for the treatment of cancer. It develops vopratelimab, a clinical-stage monoclonal antibody, which is in Phase II clinical trial that binds to and activates the Inducible T cell CO-Stimulator, a protein on the surface of T cells found in various solid tumors. The company is also developing JTX-8064, a monoclonal antibody that binds to leukocyte immunoglobulin like receptor B2, which is a cell surface receptor expressed on macrophages; and Pimivalimab, an anti-PD-1 antibody for combination therapy. In addition, its preclinical products are JTX-1484, a monoclonal antibody designed to reduce myeloid-mediated immune suppression; and JTX-2134, a monoclonal antibody designed to reduce myeloid-mediated immune suppression and activate T and NK cells. Jounce Therapeutics, Inc. was incorporated in 2012 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Jounce Therapeutics, Inc. is evaluated using Mavefund's quality framework: growing earnings, durable profit margins, conservative leverage, strong return on equity, and disciplined share repurchases.