<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001104659-21-087398.txt : 20210630
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20210630135613
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-21-087398
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20210628
FILED AS OF DATE:		20210630
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20210630

REPORTING-OWNER:	

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

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-35403
		FILM NUMBER:		211061376

	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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    <schemaVersion>X0306</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2021-06-28</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001526119</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>Verastem, Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>VSTM</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001364719</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Kauffman Michael</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O VERASTEM, INC.,</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>117 KENDRICK ST., SUITE 500</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEEDHAM</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>02494</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle></officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Option (right to buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>4.16</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2021-06-28</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness></transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>25000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2031-06-28</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>25000</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>25000</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeTransaction>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The stock option vests in twelve equal month installments (rounded down to the nearest whole share on each vesting date except with respect to the final vesting date on which the remaining unvested portion shall vest) beginning on the on the last day of each month over a period from June, 2021 to May, 2022, provided that the Reporting Person continues to serve as a director of the Company on each such vesting date.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Robert E. Gagnon, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2021-06-30</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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