UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): September 18, 2017

Verastem, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (781) 292-4200

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Emerging growth company x

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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

From time to time, Verastem, Inc. (the “Company”) conducts meetings with third parties in which the Company utilizes a corporate slide presentation. A copy of the Company’s current corporate slide presentation is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. The presentation includes clinical, development, collaboration and financial updates. The Company may amend or update this information at any time and from time to time through another Current Report on Form 8-K, a later company filing, or other means, although the Company undertakes no obligation to update, supplement or amend these materials.

The information in this Item 7.01 and Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Item 8.01. Other Events.

On March 30, 2017, the Company entered into a Controlled Equity Offering Sales Agreement with Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., as sales agent, which the Company amended on August 28, 2017. Under the sales agreement, as amended, the Company is permitted, from time to time, to issue and sell shares of the Company’s common stock, $0.0001 par value per share, having up to an aggregate offering price of $75.0 million through an “at-the-market offering” program. Since June 30, 2017, the Company has sold 2,562,449 shares of the Company’s common stock pursuant to this program and has received proceeds of approximately $12.8 million, net of commissions paid.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

See Exhibit Index attached hereto.

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EXHIBIT INDEX

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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