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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000904454-19-000233
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	5
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20181231
FILED AS OF DATE:		20190213
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20190213

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Kauffman Michael
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001364719

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		5
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-35403
		FILM NUMBER:		19598581

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O KARYOPHARM THERAPEUTICS INC.
		STREET 2:		85 WELLS AVENUE, SECOND FLOOR
		CITY:			NEWTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02459

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Verastem, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001526119
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834]
		IRS NUMBER:				273269467
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		117 KENDRICK STREET
		STREET 2:		SUITE 500
		CITY:			NEEDHAM
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02494
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(781) 292-4200

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		117 KENDRICK STREET
		STREET 2:		SUITE 500
		CITY:			NEEDHAM
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02494
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        <footnote id="F1">The option vests in twelve equal monthly installments (with the number of shares vesting on each vesting date rounded down to the nearest whole share, except with respect to the final vesting date on which the remaining unvested portion shall vest), beginning on 7/11/2018 and ending on 06/11/2019, provided that the Reporting Person continues to serve as a director of the Issuer on each such vesting date.</footnote>
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    <remarks>Exhibit List:  Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney</remarks>

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    <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">Exhibit 24 to Form 5</div>
    <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-weight: bold;">POWER OF ATTORNEY</font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">I, Michael Kauffman, hereby authorize and designate each of Robert Forrester, Sean Flynn, Robert Gagnon and Peter Pellegrino,
        signing singly, as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:</font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">(1)</font><font style="display: inline-block; text-indent: 0px; font-size: 1px; width: 36pt" id="TRGRRTFtoHTMLTab">&#160;</font><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">execute for and on my behalf, in my capacity as a member of the Board of Directors of Verastem, Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;), Form ID and Forms 3, 4 and 5, in accordance with Section
        16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;) and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder;</font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">(3)</font><font style="display: inline-block; text-indent: 0px; font-size: 1px; width: 36pt" id="TRGRRTFtoHTMLTab">&#160;</font><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be to my benefit, in my best interest, or
        legally required of me, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on my behalf 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
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    <div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">I hereby further grant 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 I might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitutes or revocation,
        hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in fact, or such attorney-in-fact&#8217;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.&#160; I hereby
        acknowledge that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at my request, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of my responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.</font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">This Power of Attorney terminates and replaces that certain Power of Attorney dated June 13, 2017.</font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have caused this Power of Attorney to be duly executed as of this 11<sup style="vertical-align: text-top; line-height: 1; font-size: smaller;">th</sup> day of December,
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