SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* ALDRICH RICHARD (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O VERASTEM, INC. 215 FIRST STREET, SUITE 440 (Street) CAMBRIDGE MA 02142 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 01/26/2012	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Verastem, Inc. [ VSTM ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock	407,142	D
Common Stock	135,714	I	By Richard H. Aldrich Irrevocable Trust of 2011

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Series A Preferred Stock	(2)	(2)	Common Stock	1,142,857(1)	(2)	I	By Longwood Fund, L.P.
Series B Preferred Stock	(2)	(2)	Common Stock	1,000,000(1)	(2)	I	By Longwood Fund, L.P.
Series C Preferred Stock	(2)	(2)	Common Stock	126,984(1)	(2)	I	By Longwood Fund, L.P.

Explanation of Responses:

1. Longwood Fund GP, LLC is the sole General Partner of Longwood Fund, LP. Christoph Westphal, M.D., Ph.D., Richard Aldrich and Michelle Dipp, M.D., Ph.D. (collectively, the "Managers") are managers of Longwood Fund GP, LLC, and, as such, may be deemed to have shared voting and dispositive power with respect to the issuer's securities held by Longwood Fund LP (the "Longwood Shares"). Each of the Managers disclaim beneficial ownership of the Longwood Shares, except to the extent of their respective pecuniary interest therein, and the inclusion of these shares in this report shall not be deemed an admission of beneficial ownership of the shares for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose.

2. Each share of preferred stock will automatically convert into approximately 0.29 shares of common stock upon the closing of the issuer's initial public offering. The shares have no expiration date.

	/s/ Paul Brannelly, attorney-in-fact	01/26/2012
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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         LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS

         Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby makes,
constitutes and appoints each of Christoph Westphal, Robert Forrester and Paul
Brannelly signing singly and each acting individually, as the undersigned's true
and lawful attorney-in-fact with full power and authority as hereinafter
described to:

         (1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as an officer and/or director and/or stockholder of Verastem, Inc. (the
"Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 (including any amendments thereto) in accordance
with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules
thereunder (the "Exchange Act");

         (2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to prepare, complete and execute
any such Form 3, 4, or 5, prepare, complete and execute any amendment or
amendments thereto, and timely deliver and file such form with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and any stock exchange or similar
authority, including without limitation the filing of a Form ID or any other
application materials to enable the undersigned to gain or maintain access to
the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system of the SEC;

         (3) seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the
undersigned's behalf, information regarding transactions in the Company's
securities from any third party, including brokers, employee benefit plan
administrators and trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such
person to release any such information to such attorney-in-fact and approves and
ratifies any such release of information; and

         (4) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

         The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming nor relieving, nor is the Company assuming nor
relieving, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16
of the Exchange Act. The undersigned acknowledges that neither the Company nor
the foregoing attorneys-in-fact assume (i) any liability for the undersigned's
responsibility to comply with the requirement of the Exchange Act, (ii) any
liability of the undersigned for any failure to comply with such requirements,
or (iii) any obligation or liability of the undersigned for profit disgorgement
under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act.

         This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney
to be executed as of this 25th day of January 2012.


				/s/ Richard Aldrich
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				Richard Aldrich
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