Acrivon Therapeutics, Inc.
480 Arsenal Way, Suite 100
Watertown, Massachusetts 02472
November 7, 2022
VIA EDGAR
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Life Sciences
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attn: Daniel Crawford, Jason Drory, Li Xiao, Lynn Dicker
Re: Acrivon Therapeutics, Inc.
Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-267911)
Request for Acceleration of Effective Date
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 461 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Acrivon Therapeutics, Inc. (the Company) hereby requests that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) accelerate the effective date of the above-referenced Registration Statement on Form S-1 (as amended to date, the Registration Statement) and declare the Registration Statement effective as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time, on November 9, 2022, or as soon thereafter as possible, or at such other time as its legal counsel, Cooley LLP, may request by telephone to the staff of the Commission.
Once the Registration Statement has been declared effective, please orally confirm that event with Ryan Sansom of Cooley LLP at (617) 937-2335 or, in his absence, Mark Ballantyne of Cooley LLP at (703) 456-8084.
Under separate cover, you will receive today a letter from the managing underwriters of the proposed offering joining in the Companys request for acceleration of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement.
Very truly yours, | ||
Acrivon Therapeutics, Inc. | ||
/s/ Peter Blume-Jensen | ||
By: |
Peter Blume-Jensen | |
Title: |
Chief Executive Officer |
cc: Rasmus Holm-Jorgensen, Chief Financial Officer, Acrivon Therapeutics, Inc.
Eric Devroe, Chief Operating Officer, Acrivon Therapeutics, Inc.
Kristina Masson, Executive Vice President, Business Operations, Acrivon Therapeutics, Inc.
Divakar Gupta, Cooley LLP
Ryan Sansom, Cooley LLP
Mark Ballantyne, Cooley LLP
Katherine Denby, Cooley LLP
Edwin OConnor, Goodwin Procter LLP
William A. Magioncalda, Goodwin Procter LLP