Biotech / PharmaCharlottesville

Overa Therapeutics

Biotech / Pharma , VA

Overa Therapeutics is a Charlottesville, Virginia-based oncology company developing novel cancer therapies based on targeted cancer-gamete antigens, including antibody-drug conjugates. The company is backed by the Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation (VIPC) and received a $10,000 award from CvilleBioHub in 2025. It is affiliated with the University of Virginia Licensing & Ventures Group.

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About DMV

The DMV is built around a single fact: it's the seat of the federal government, and the intelligence and defense agencies headquartered there are the region's actual economic anchor, not a side industry. Georgetown, George Mason, the University of Maryland, and Johns Hopkins up in Baltimore all feed a workforce that skews toward cleared, government-adjacent technical work most other regions don't have.

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Total firms 387

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Companies 290

Universities 26

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