Atlas Venture

Atlas Venture is an early-stage venture capital firm that creates and invests in biotech startup companies led by promising entrepreneurs focusing on life sciences innovation. Its seed-led venture creation strategy rigorously selects and focuses investment on compelling opportunities to build scalable businesses and realize value.

Past deals in Healthcare and Biotech

Nimbus Apollo

Venture Round in 2022
Nimbus Therapeutics is a biotechnology company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that specializes in discovering and developing innovative small molecule therapeutics for serious diseases, including metabolic disorders, cancer, and immune-inflammatory conditions. The company employs a computational technology-driven approach to advance its diverse pipeline of drug candidates into clinical development. Its Nimbus Apollo program includes the lead candidate NDI-010976, an allosteric inhibitor targeting Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase, which is being investigated for treating non-alcoholic steatohepatitis and hepatocellular carcinoma, among other diseases. NDI-010976 received Fast Track designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2016, and the company aims to leverage its strategic partnerships to enhance its research and development efforts. Founded in 2009, Nimbus Therapeutics continues to focus on creating highly selective and potent medicines that address unmet medical needs.

Remix Therapeutics

Series B in 2022
Remix Therapeutics is a biotechnology business that is working on developing small-molecule medicines to reprogram ribonucleic acid processing and cure disease in novel ways. The company's medicines aid in the identification of patterns in ribonucleic acid processing and their application to control gene expression in order to change the way genes are read from the genome, correcting, enhancing, or eliminating the gene message, allowing healthcare practitioners to address disease causes at their source.

Be Biopharma

Series B in 2022
Be Biopharma pioneers engineered B cell medicines aimed at improving treatments for conditions like Hemophilia B and cancer. Their innovative approach utilizes precision genome editing to create durable and effective cell therapies.

Triana Biomedicines

Series A in 2022
Triana Biomedicines is a developer of a molecular glue discovery platform to regulate disease targets that are difficult to address with any other modality. Triana’s drug discovery engine is powered by high-resolution structural insights, state-of-the-art in silico tools, and bespoke chemical libraries. The research team has validated the best-in-class platform and initiated multiple programs across different disease areas.

Arkuda Therapeutics

Series B in 2022
Arkuda Therapeutics is a biotechnology company leveraging new insights into progranulin and lysosomal biology to develop medicines to change the trajectory of neurodegenerative disease. Arkuda’s lead compounds aim to correct progranulin deficiency and lysosomal dysfunction in GRN-related frontotemporal dementia (FTD-GRN), a genetically-defined subtype of frontotemporal dementia caused by an autosomal dominant mutation in the GRN gene.

K36 Therapeutics

Series A in 2021
K36 Therapeutics translate epigenetic modulation of oncogenic pathways into small molecule therapies.

Curie Therapeutics

Series A in 2021
Curie Therapeutics is a fully integrated, next-generation radiopharmaceuticals company focused on pioneering a new class of targeted radiopharmaceuticals that are both safe and effective. Curie's radiopharmaceuticals are composed of rationally designed conjugates against carefully selected biological targets, to deliver alpha and beta-emitting radionuclide payloads.

HotSpot Therapeutics

Series C in 2021
HotSpot Therapeutics is a biotech startup that focuses on the development of allosteric therapies targeting regulatory sites on proteins. It develops a therapy platform to discover medicines and provide proper treatment to identify hotspots and locate pathway treatments for cancer, metabolic and rare diseases, leverages a database of hotspot structures, harnessing the power of data science in its multidisciplinary approach to drug discovery, and helps patients to get treatment against several diseases. HotSpot Therapeutics was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Rectify Pharmaceuticals

Series A in 2021
Rectify is developing disease-modifying precision therapies that restore ABC transporter function to address the underlying cause of serious genetic diseases. The company’s pipeline spans multiple therapeutic areas.

Disc Medicine

Series B in 2021
Disc Medicine is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, and developing innovative treatments for patients with severe hematologic disorders. The company's pipeline includes bitopertin for the treatment of erythropoietic porphyrias and diamond-blackfan anemia.

Versanis Bio

Series A in 2021
Versanis Bio discovers and develops medicines that address medical conditions prevalent in older adults. Versanis Bio is advancing Bimagrumab, a human monoclonal antibody to the activin type II receptors that block the binding of ligands including activin A and myostatin. Bimagrumab has been studied by Novartis in more than a dozen controlled clinical trials that enrolled more than 1,500 people. Across key studies, Bimagrumab treatment consistently and potently induced significant loss of fat mass without loss of lean mass, and additionally improved HbA1c and other cardiometabolic parameters.

Vedere Bio ll

Series A in 2021
Vedere is developing cutting-edge gene therapy products to restore functional vision to patients who have suffered vision loss from Inherited Retinal Degenerations (IRDs), as well as other causes of both genetic and non-genetic vision loss. While the vast majority of ocular gene therapies only limit the rate of inevitable vision loss, we aim to restore lost vision regardless of a patient’s underlying genetics or their stage of disease.

Xilio Therapeutics

Series C in 2021
Xilio Therapeutics is a biotechnology company. They offer cancer immunotherapies designed to improve patient outcomes by unleashing the power of the immune system selectively at the site of the tumor. Their tumor-selective immunotherapies are based on its proprietary technology, which maximizes the potency of proven immuno-oncology therapies and restricts their activity to the tumor to minimize peripheral side effects.
Day One Biopharmaceuticals is a biotechnology company that focuses on developing new cancer therapies for patients of all ages. The company understands that advances in cancer research now enable drug developers to identify children and adults who may benefit from the same medicine. They develop new therapies that meet the critical needs of people of all ages living with cancer starting from the biology of childhood cancer. Day One Biopharmaceuticals also focuses its efforts to bring the best medicines to families receiving the life-altering news of a new cancer diagnosis and the need for a treatment plan. It prioritizes programs that can be rapidly brought to market for both younger and older patients. The company's goal is to license and acquire the most promising products from research institutions as well as for biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies.

Gemini Therapeutics

Post in 2021
Gemini Therapeutics is a precision medicine company focused on genetically defined dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and associated rare genetic diseases. Their therapeutic candidates are matched to molecular abnormalities found in patients with high clinical needs and our broad multimodal pipeline includes monoclonal antibodies, recombinant proteins, and gene therapies. Launched with funding from leading life science investors and powered by academic partnerships around the world, they are developing a series of potentially first-in-class therapeutics.

Remix Therapeutics

Series A in 2020
Remix Therapeutics is a biotechnology business that is working on developing small-molecule medicines to reprogram ribonucleic acid processing and cure disease in novel ways. The company's medicines aid in the identification of patterns in ribonucleic acid processing and their application to control gene expression in order to change the way genes are read from the genome, correcting, enhancing, or eliminating the gene message, allowing healthcare practitioners to address disease causes at their source.

F-Star Therapeutics

Post in 2020
F-Star Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to developing novel bispecific antibody products that provide a significant improvement over the current standard of care. Given its strong patent position, it is the only biopharmaceutical company with the ability to create and develop Fcab:tm: antibody fragments, and bispecific antibodies, by modifying the constant region of an antibody. In particular, F-star’s Modular Antibody Technology:tm: enables rapid discovery and development of bispecific antibodies by introducing additional binding sites to the constant region of an antibody and offers unprecedented ease in the development and manufacturing of bispecific monoclonal antibodies. Using the Modular Antibody Technology, F-star generates bispecific antibodies (mAb2:tm:) that possess the favourable characteristics of traditional monoclonal antibodies, without the production challenges often associated with other antibody formats. F-star is now applying its proprietary technology to the development of a pipeline of product candidates. Since its founding in 2006 the company has secured funding and support from leading VC investors: Aescap Venture, Atlas Venture, Novo Ventures and TVM Capital; as well as from renowned strategic corporate investors: Merck Serono Ventures, MP Healthcare Venture Management and SR One. In 2013, F-star established an asset-centric vehicle structure through the formation of F-star Alpha Ltd., which included out-licensing of FS102 from F-star to F-star Alpha Ltd. In October 2014 Bristol-Myers Squibb obtained an exclusive option to buy F-star Alpha. In addition the company has alliances with Boehringer Ingelheim and Merck Serono, each covering multiple targets. In 2011, F-star was selected by FierceBiotech as one of the Fierce 15 winners. F-star currently employs over 35 people at its research site in Cambridge, UK.

Scorpion Therapeutics

Series A in 2020
Scorpion Therapeutics is a clinical-stage oncology company specializing in precision medicine for cancer patients. It develops targeted small-molecule drugs to interact with validated cancer targets. It aims to leverage its platform to advance a broad pipeline of wholly-owned, optimized compounds across molecules targeting validated oncogene targets, molecules for previously undruggable targets, and molecules for novel cancer targets.

Be Biopharma

Series A in 2020
Be Biopharma pioneers engineered B cell medicines aimed at improving treatments for conditions like Hemophilia B and cancer. Their innovative approach utilizes precision genome editing to create durable and effective cell therapies.

Korro Bio

Series A in 2020
Korro Bio provides an efficient and selective method for RNA editing, leveraging natural processes common to all multi-cellular organisms. Korro Bio was created to lead the field of RNA editing. The company is advancing a proprietary platform designed to selectively edit messenger RNA and recode specific codons to effect changes in protein structure and function across multiple tissues. In 2018,

Aerovate Therapeutics

Series A in 2020
Aerovate Therapeutics is a biotechnology company focused on developing drugs that meaningfully improve the lives of patients with rare cardiopulmonary disease. Aerovate's program is a potentially disease-modifying drug, AV-101, for people who suffer from pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). AV-101 is a proprietary inhaled dry powder formulation of the drug imatinib that delivers this medicine directly to diseased lung tissues while reducing systemic adverse side effects.
Day One Biopharmaceuticals is a biotechnology company that focuses on developing new cancer therapies for patients of all ages. The company understands that advances in cancer research now enable drug developers to identify children and adults who may benefit from the same medicine. They develop new therapies that meet the critical needs of people of all ages living with cancer starting from the biology of childhood cancer. Day One Biopharmaceuticals also focuses its efforts to bring the best medicines to families receiving the life-altering news of a new cancer diagnosis and the need for a treatment plan. It prioritizes programs that can be rapidly brought to market for both younger and older patients. The company's goal is to license and acquire the most promising products from research institutions as well as for biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies.

HotSpot Therapeutics

Series B in 2020
HotSpot Therapeutics is a biotech startup that focuses on the development of allosteric therapies targeting regulatory sites on proteins. It develops a therapy platform to discover medicines and provide proper treatment to identify hotspots and locate pathway treatments for cancer, metabolic and rare diseases, leverages a database of hotspot structures, harnessing the power of data science in its multidisciplinary approach to drug discovery, and helps patients to get treatment against several diseases. HotSpot Therapeutics was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Accent Therapeutics

Series B in 2020
Accent Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company developing oncology-focused, small molecule therapies in the emerging field of epitranscriptomics. This field of biology encompasses post-transcriptional chemical modifications of RNA that provide cells with a unique mechanism for regulating proteins critical for cellular growth and differentiation. By targeting cancer-linked RNA-modifying proteins (RMPs) with precision therapies, they aim to translate extraordinary science into life-changing therapies for patients.

Xilio Therapeutics

Series B in 2020
Xilio Therapeutics is a biotechnology company. They offer cancer immunotherapies designed to improve patient outcomes by unleashing the power of the immune system selectively at the site of the tumor. Their tumor-selective immunotherapies are based on its proprietary technology, which maximizes the potency of proven immuno-oncology therapies and restricts their activity to the tumor to minimize peripheral side effects.

Quench Bio

Series A in 2020
Quench Bio is a developer of gasdermin biology drugs designed to treat severe inflammatory diseases.The company leverages insights into gasdermin biology and innate immunity to develop medicines with lead compounds that target and inhibit the pore-forming protein that mediates the release of inflammatory cytokines, alarmins, DNA and NETs, enabling patients to get relief from inflammatory diseases.

Generation Bio

Series C in 2020
Generation Bio is an innovative genetic medicines company focused on creating a new class of gene therapy to provide durable, redosable treatments for patients suffering from both rare and prevalent diseases. The company’s non-viral platform incorporates a proprietary high-capacity DNA construct called closed-ended DNA, or ceDNA; a novel cell-targeted lipid nanoparticle delivery system, or ctLNP; and an established, scalable capsid-free manufacturing process. The company is designing therapies to provide targeted delivery of genetic payloads that include large and multiple genes across a broad array of tissues, and to be redosable for individualized and extended treatment throughout a patient’s life. The platform is designed to expand access to treatments for rare diseases and to address prevalent diseases through efficient, scalable manufacturing.

Chroma Medicine

Seed Round in 2020
Chroma Medicine is a new genomic medicine company working on epigenetic editing. Chroma Medicine is pioneering a new class of genomic medicines that harness epigenetics, nature’s innate mechanism for gene regulation, to revolutionize the treatment of genetically driven diseases. Chroma Medicine was established in 2021 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Triplet Therapeutics

Series A in 2019
Triplet is developing transformative therapies that treat repeat expansion disorders at their source.

IFM Therapeutics

Venture Round in 2019
IFM Therapeutics is a provider of small molecule that module novel targets in the innate immune system. The company and its academic collaborators combine unparalleled expertise in innate immunity with seasoned drug discovery and development professionals. Its subsidiary IFM Due is focused on the discovery and developing antagonists of the cGAS/STING pathway for the treatment of inflammation, neuroinflammation, autoimmunity and cancer. IFM Discovery, a newly financed incubator entity within the IFM enterprise, is prosecuting a basket of genetically-validated targets as next-generation therapies for inflammation, neuroinflammation, autoimmunity and fibrosis

Arkuda Therapeutics

Series A in 2019
Arkuda Therapeutics is a biotechnology company leveraging new insights into progranulin and lysosomal biology to develop medicines to change the trajectory of neurodegenerative disease. Arkuda’s lead compounds aim to correct progranulin deficiency and lysosomal dysfunction in GRN-related frontotemporal dementia (FTD-GRN), a genetically-defined subtype of frontotemporal dementia caused by an autosomal dominant mutation in the GRN gene.

Disc Medicine

Series A in 2019
Disc Medicine is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, and developing innovative treatments for patients with severe hematologic disorders. The company's pipeline includes bitopertin for the treatment of erythropoietic porphyrias and diamond-blackfan anemia.

Vedere Bio ll

Series A in 2019
Vedere is developing cutting-edge gene therapy products to restore functional vision to patients who have suffered vision loss from Inherited Retinal Degenerations (IRDs), as well as other causes of both genetic and non-genetic vision loss. While the vast majority of ocular gene therapies only limit the rate of inevitable vision loss, we aim to restore lost vision regardless of a patient’s underlying genetics or their stage of disease.

Triplet Therapeutics

Seed Round in 2019
Triplet is developing transformative therapies that treat repeat expansion disorders at their source.

Remix Therapeutics

Seed Round in 2019
Remix Therapeutics is a biotechnology business that is working on developing small-molecule medicines to reprogram ribonucleic acid processing and cure disease in novel ways. The company's medicines aid in the identification of patterns in ribonucleic acid processing and their application to control gene expression in order to change the way genes are read from the genome, correcting, enhancing, or eliminating the gene message, allowing healthcare practitioners to address disease causes at their source.

Third Harmonic Bio

Series A in 2019
Third Harmonic Bio is a clinical-stage company developing a first-in-class, highly selective, oral KIT inhibitor for treatment of severe allergy and inflammation. KIT is a cell surface receptor that acts as the master survival and functional regulator of mast cells, which are immune cells concentrated at the body’s interfaces with the external environment and that act as the key mediator of the inflammation associated with allergic diseases.

Xilio Therapeutics

Series A in 2018
Xilio Therapeutics is a biotechnology company. They offer cancer immunotherapies designed to improve patient outcomes by unleashing the power of the immune system selectively at the site of the tumor. Their tumor-selective immunotherapies are based on its proprietary technology, which maximizes the potency of proven immuno-oncology therapies and restricts their activity to the tumor to minimize peripheral side effects.

HotSpot Therapeutics

Series A in 2018
HotSpot Therapeutics is a biotech startup that focuses on the development of allosteric therapies targeting regulatory sites on proteins. It develops a therapy platform to discover medicines and provide proper treatment to identify hotspots and locate pathway treatments for cancer, metabolic and rare diseases, leverages a database of hotspot structures, harnessing the power of data science in its multidisciplinary approach to drug discovery, and helps patients to get treatment against several diseases. HotSpot Therapeutics was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Accent Therapeutics

Series A in 2018
Accent Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company developing oncology-focused, small molecule therapies in the emerging field of epitranscriptomics. This field of biology encompasses post-transcriptional chemical modifications of RNA that provide cells with a unique mechanism for regulating proteins critical for cellular growth and differentiation. By targeting cancer-linked RNA-modifying proteins (RMPs) with precision therapies, they aim to translate extraordinary science into life-changing therapies for patients.

Avrobio

Series B in 2018
Avrobio is a clinical stage company developing step-change cell and gene therapies targeting cancer and rare disease. The catalyst for creating Avrobio is to accelerate scientific breakthroughs related to the convergence of cell and gene therapies. The patient’s own cells can be effectively modified to deliver novel genes to cure serious debilitating disease. Avrobio was founded by industry leaders with unmatched scientific, business, and manufacturing expertise in the field of cell and gene therapy.

Harbour Biomed

Series A in 2018
Harbour BioMed is a developer of bio-therapeutics aimed at immuno-oncology and inflammatory diseases. The company engages in discovery and development programs that are centered around two patented transgenic mouse platforms for generating both fully human monoclonal antibodies (H2L2) and heavy chain only antibodies (HCAb) based immune cell engager (HBICETM) bispecific antibodies, thereby enabling medical professionals to generate potential therapeutic antibodies and accelerate drug discovery and development.

Generation Bio

Series A in 2018
Generation Bio is an innovative genetic medicines company focused on creating a new class of gene therapy to provide durable, redosable treatments for patients suffering from both rare and prevalent diseases. The company’s non-viral platform incorporates a proprietary high-capacity DNA construct called closed-ended DNA, or ceDNA; a novel cell-targeted lipid nanoparticle delivery system, or ctLNP; and an established, scalable capsid-free manufacturing process. The company is designing therapies to provide targeted delivery of genetic payloads that include large and multiple genes across a broad array of tissues, and to be redosable for individualized and extended treatment throughout a patient’s life. The platform is designed to expand access to treatments for rare diseases and to address prevalent diseases through efficient, scalable manufacturing.

Quench Bio

Seed Round in 2018
Quench Bio is a developer of gasdermin biology drugs designed to treat severe inflammatory diseases.The company leverages insights into gasdermin biology and innate immunity to develop medicines with lead compounds that target and inhibit the pore-forming protein that mediates the release of inflammatory cytokines, alarmins, DNA and NETs, enabling patients to get relief from inflammatory diseases.

Korro Bio

Seed Round in 2018
Korro Bio provides an efficient and selective method for RNA editing, leveraging natural processes common to all multi-cellular organisms. Korro Bio was created to lead the field of RNA editing. The company is advancing a proprietary platform designed to selectively edit messenger RNA and recode specific codons to effect changes in protein structure and function across multiple tissues. In 2018,

Ikena Oncology

Series A in 2017
Ikena Oncology discovers and develops biomarker-driven therapies for cancer patients. The company focuses on developing novel cancer therapies that drive the formation and spread of cancer. Ikena Oncology provides medical needs by discovering chemistry, translational science, and patient-centric drug development.

Obsidian Therapeutics

Series A in 2017
Obsidian Therapeutics is a developer of a next-generation cell and gene therapies created to extend adoptive immunotherapy to every patient with cancer.The company's next-generation cell and gene therapies with pharmacologic operating systems provide exquisite control of protein activity in cells and create adoptive cell therapies with new functions that are under control of the treating physician using simple, safe, orally-active, marketed drugs, enabling patients to improve on the current generation of cell therapies.

Gemini Therapeutics

Series A in 2017
Gemini Therapeutics is a precision medicine company focused on genetically defined dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and associated rare genetic diseases. Their therapeutic candidates are matched to molecular abnormalities found in patients with high clinical needs and our broad multimodal pipeline includes monoclonal antibodies, recombinant proteins, and gene therapies. Launched with funding from leading life science investors and powered by academic partnerships around the world, they are developing a series of potentially first-in-class therapeutics.

Replimune Group

Series B in 2017
Replimune Group develop the next generation of ‘oncolytic immunotherapies’ for the treatment of cancer. Replimune is developing novel, proprietary products intended to improve both the direct anti-tumor effects of selective virus replication and the potency of the immune response to the tumor antigens released. The Company’s Immulytic™ platform is designed to maximize systemic immune activation, in particular to tumor neoantigens, through robust viral mediated immunogenic tumor cell killing and the delivery of optimal combinations of immune activating proteins to the tumor and draining lymph nodes. The approach is expected to be highly synergistic with immune checkpoint blockade and other approaches to cancer treatment. Replimune intends to progress these therapies rapidly through clinical trials and to combine with other immuno-oncology products with complementary mechanisms of action at an early stage.

Indalo Therapeutics

Venture Round in 2017
Indalo Therapeutics is a preclinical-stage biotechnology company dedicated to improving the lives of patients suffering from debilitating fibrotic diseases. Founded on groundbreaking scientific discoveries and leveraging cutting-edge insight into the molecular drivers of aberrant scarring, Indalo is harnessing the collective experience of a seasoned team of pharmaceutical scientists and executives to tackle some of the most urgent unmet medical needs in the fibrosis space.

Synlogic

Series C in 2017
Synlogic is a biotechnology company that develops synthetic biotic medicines to perform metabolic functions to treat diseases. The company's lead programs target patients with rare genetic metabolic diseases, including phenylketonuria and secondary hyperoxaluria. Synlogic is also hard at work on synthetic biotics to address more prevalent conditions, including inflammatory bowel disease, cancer, and other metabolic conditions.

Magenta Therapeutics

Series B in 2017
Magenta is focused on improving the patient experience in transplant medicine, with the goal of bringing this lifesaving procedure to more patients. Over the past 50 years, stem cell transplantation has been used in more than 1M patients worldwide. It is currently the only treatment with the potential to cure some of the most devastating hematologic cancers and autoimmune diseases. Despite the increased use and clinical advancements over the past several decades, stem cell transplant remains a high-risk last-resort therapeutic option due to the toxicity and potential long-term side effects.

Translate Bio

Series C in 2017
Translate Bio is a biotechnology company that in biotechnology, RNA therapeutics, and rare diseases. Translate Bio is a therapeutics company developing a new class of potentially transformative medicines to treat diseases caused by protein or gene dysfunction.

Magenta Therapeutics

Series A in 2016
Magenta is focused on improving the patient experience in transplant medicine, with the goal of bringing this lifesaving procedure to more patients. Over the past 50 years, stem cell transplantation has been used in more than 1M patients worldwide. It is currently the only treatment with the potential to cure some of the most devastating hematologic cancers and autoimmune diseases. Despite the increased use and clinical advancements over the past several decades, stem cell transplant remains a high-risk last-resort therapeutic option due to the toxicity and potential long-term side effects.

Avrobio

Series A in 2016
Avrobio is a clinical stage company developing step-change cell and gene therapies targeting cancer and rare disease. The catalyst for creating Avrobio is to accelerate scientific breakthroughs related to the convergence of cell and gene therapies. The patient’s own cells can be effectively modified to deliver novel genes to cure serious debilitating disease. Avrobio was founded by industry leaders with unmatched scientific, business, and manufacturing expertise in the field of cell and gene therapy.

Gemini Therapeutics

Seed Round in 2016
Gemini Therapeutics is a precision medicine company focused on genetically defined dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and associated rare genetic diseases. Their therapeutic candidates are matched to molecular abnormalities found in patients with high clinical needs and our broad multimodal pipeline includes monoclonal antibodies, recombinant proteins, and gene therapies. Launched with funding from leading life science investors and powered by academic partnerships around the world, they are developing a series of potentially first-in-class therapeutics.

Avrobio

Seed Round in 2016
Avrobio is a clinical stage company developing step-change cell and gene therapies targeting cancer and rare disease. The catalyst for creating Avrobio is to accelerate scientific breakthroughs related to the convergence of cell and gene therapies. The patient’s own cells can be effectively modified to deliver novel genes to cure serious debilitating disease. Avrobio was founded by industry leaders with unmatched scientific, business, and manufacturing expertise in the field of cell and gene therapy.

Synlogic

Series B in 2016
Synlogic is a biotechnology company that develops synthetic biotic medicines to perform metabolic functions to treat diseases. The company's lead programs target patients with rare genetic metabolic diseases, including phenylketonuria and secondary hyperoxaluria. Synlogic is also hard at work on synthetic biotics to address more prevalent conditions, including inflammatory bowel disease, cancer, and other metabolic conditions.

Replimune Group

Series A in 2015
Replimune Group develop the next generation of ‘oncolytic immunotherapies’ for the treatment of cancer. Replimune is developing novel, proprietary products intended to improve both the direct anti-tumor effects of selective virus replication and the potency of the immune response to the tumor antigens released. The Company’s Immulytic™ platform is designed to maximize systemic immune activation, in particular to tumor neoantigens, through robust viral mediated immunogenic tumor cell killing and the delivery of optimal combinations of immune activating proteins to the tumor and draining lymph nodes. The approach is expected to be highly synergistic with immune checkpoint blockade and other approaches to cancer treatment. Replimune intends to progress these therapies rapidly through clinical trials and to combine with other immuno-oncology products with complementary mechanisms of action at an early stage.

Intellia Therapeutics

Series B in 2015
Intellia Therapeutics is a genome editing company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, focused on developing curative gene-editing treatments using the CRISPR/Cas9 technology. The company aims to address severe and life-threatening genetic diseases through both in vivo and ex vivo therapeutic approaches. Its pipeline includes programs targeting liver diseases such as transthyretin amyloidosis and hereditary angioedema, as well as conditions like primary hyperoxaluria Type 1, alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, and Hemophilia B. Additionally, Intellia is developing engineered cell therapies for oncological and autoimmune diseases. The company has established collaborations with various entities, including leading pharmaceutical firms and research institutions, to enhance its research and development efforts. Founded in 2014, Intellia Therapeutics holds a comprehensive intellectual property platform for the therapeutic application of CRISPR technology, positioning it at the forefront of gene editing innovation.

ZappRx

Series A in 2015
ZappRx is a digital health company that is modernizing and simplifying the way specialty drugs are managed. We provide a secure, collaborative online platform that allows patients, physicians, and pharmacists to work together to improve patients’ access to treatment and deliver medicine faster.

Nimbus Apollo

Series B in 2015
Nimbus Therapeutics is a biotechnology company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that specializes in discovering and developing innovative small molecule therapeutics for serious diseases, including metabolic disorders, cancer, and immune-inflammatory conditions. The company employs a computational technology-driven approach to advance its diverse pipeline of drug candidates into clinical development. Its Nimbus Apollo program includes the lead candidate NDI-010976, an allosteric inhibitor targeting Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase, which is being investigated for treating non-alcoholic steatohepatitis and hepatocellular carcinoma, among other diseases. NDI-010976 received Fast Track designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2016, and the company aims to leverage its strategic partnerships to enhance its research and development efforts. Founded in 2009, Nimbus Therapeutics continues to focus on creating highly selective and potent medicines that address unmet medical needs.

Lysosomal Therapeutics

Series A in 2015
Lysosomal Therapeutics is dedicated to innovative small-molecule research and development in the field of neurodegeneration, yielding new treatment options for patients with severe neurological diseases. Their strategy leverages the clinically-validated link between lysosome-based genetic disorders and neurodegenerative diseases to establish a unique and effective molecular platform for novel drug discovery. LTI’s lead program targets Gaucher-related neurodegeneration, Parkinson’s disease, and other synucleinopathies.

Surface Oncology

Series A in 2015
Surface Oncology was created to advance next-generation approaches to cancer immunotherapy based on proprietary insights about novel immunotherapy targets and emerging areas of cancer immuno-biology. Together with world-leading scientific founders, the Company is advancing multiple preclinical programs that target novel mechanisms shown to play vital roles in tumor immune evasion.

Intellia Therapeutics

Series A in 2014
Intellia Therapeutics is a genome editing company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, focused on developing curative gene-editing treatments using the CRISPR/Cas9 technology. The company aims to address severe and life-threatening genetic diseases through both in vivo and ex vivo therapeutic approaches. Its pipeline includes programs targeting liver diseases such as transthyretin amyloidosis and hereditary angioedema, as well as conditions like primary hyperoxaluria Type 1, alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, and Hemophilia B. Additionally, Intellia is developing engineered cell therapies for oncological and autoimmune diseases. The company has established collaborations with various entities, including leading pharmaceutical firms and research institutions, to enhance its research and development efforts. Founded in 2014, Intellia Therapeutics holds a comprehensive intellectual property platform for the therapeutic application of CRISPR technology, positioning it at the forefront of gene editing innovation.

Raze Therapeutics

Series A in 2014
Raze Therapeutics is leading the discovery and development of a new class of oncology therapeutics that target key metabolic pathways. Raze is advancing a pipeline of therapeutics based on new biological insights into how cancer cells reprogram metabolism to activate central anabolic processes essential for tumors to grow and survive.

Synlogic

Series A in 2014
Synlogic is a biotechnology company that develops synthetic biotic medicines to perform metabolic functions to treat diseases. The company's lead programs target patients with rare genetic metabolic diseases, including phenylketonuria and secondary hyperoxaluria. Synlogic is also hard at work on synthetic biotics to address more prevalent conditions, including inflammatory bowel disease, cancer, and other metabolic conditions.

Surface Oncology

Seed Round in 2014
Surface Oncology was created to advance next-generation approaches to cancer immunotherapy based on proprietary insights about novel immunotherapy targets and emerging areas of cancer immuno-biology. Together with world-leading scientific founders, the Company is advancing multiple preclinical programs that target novel mechanisms shown to play vital roles in tumor immune evasion.

Synlogic

Series A in 2014
Synlogic is a biotechnology company that develops synthetic biotic medicines to perform metabolic functions to treat diseases. The company's lead programs target patients with rare genetic metabolic diseases, including phenylketonuria and secondary hyperoxaluria. Synlogic is also hard at work on synthetic biotics to address more prevalent conditions, including inflammatory bowel disease, cancer, and other metabolic conditions.

Lysosomal Therapeutics

Seed Round in 2014
Lysosomal Therapeutics is dedicated to innovative small-molecule research and development in the field of neurodegeneration, yielding new treatment options for patients with severe neurological diseases. Their strategy leverages the clinically-validated link between lysosome-based genetic disorders and neurodegenerative diseases to establish a unique and effective molecular platform for novel drug discovery. LTI’s lead program targets Gaucher-related neurodegeneration, Parkinson’s disease, and other synucleinopathies.

Spero Therapeutics

Seed Round in 2013
Spero Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, specializes in developing novel therapies for multi-drug resistant (MDR) bacterial infections and rare diseases. Its key product candidates include tebipenem pivoxil hydrobromide, an oral carbapenem-class antibiotic intended for adults with MDR Gram-negative infections, and SPR206, an intravenous agent targeting MDR Gram-negative infections in hospital settings. Additionally, the company is advancing SPR720, an oral antibiotic designed for treating pulmonary non-tuberculous mycobacterial disease. Spero Therapeutics has established various collaborations and license agreements to support the development and commercialization of its products, including partnerships with Meiji Seika Pharma, Everest Medicines, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Medical Research Institute. Founded in 2013, Spero aims to address the critical need for effective treatments against serious bacterial infections using innovative approaches and mechanisms.

F-Star Therapeutics

Series A in 2013
F-Star Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to developing novel bispecific antibody products that provide a significant improvement over the current standard of care. Given its strong patent position, it is the only biopharmaceutical company with the ability to create and develop Fcab:tm: antibody fragments, and bispecific antibodies, by modifying the constant region of an antibody. In particular, F-star’s Modular Antibody Technology:tm: enables rapid discovery and development of bispecific antibodies by introducing additional binding sites to the constant region of an antibody and offers unprecedented ease in the development and manufacturing of bispecific monoclonal antibodies. Using the Modular Antibody Technology, F-star generates bispecific antibodies (mAb2:tm:) that possess the favourable characteristics of traditional monoclonal antibodies, without the production challenges often associated with other antibody formats. F-star is now applying its proprietary technology to the development of a pipeline of product candidates. Since its founding in 2006 the company has secured funding and support from leading VC investors: Aescap Venture, Atlas Venture, Novo Ventures and TVM Capital; as well as from renowned strategic corporate investors: Merck Serono Ventures, MP Healthcare Venture Management and SR One. In 2013, F-star established an asset-centric vehicle structure through the formation of F-star Alpha Ltd., which included out-licensing of FS102 from F-star to F-star Alpha Ltd. In October 2014 Bristol-Myers Squibb obtained an exclusive option to buy F-star Alpha. In addition the company has alliances with Boehringer Ingelheim and Merck Serono, each covering multiple targets. In 2011, F-star was selected by FierceBiotech as one of the Fierce 15 winners. F-star currently employs over 35 people at its research site in Cambridge, UK.

Par8o

Seed Round in 2013
The current healthcare crisis is a uniquely American challenge and ultimately will be solved with a uniquely American solution. The most simple of solutions has yet to be attempted. We believe healthcare is best managed by direct collaboration between patients and the physicians providing their care.

ZappRx

Seed Round in 2013
ZappRx is a digital health company that is modernizing and simplifying the way specialty drugs are managed. We provide a secure, collaborative online platform that allows patients, physicians, and pharmacists to work together to improve patients’ access to treatment and deliver medicine faster.

CoStim Pharmaceuticals

Series A in 2013
CoStim Pharmaceuticals Inc. operates as a biotechnology company. It develops antibody agents for treatment of cancer. The company was incorporated in 2011 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

Zafgen

Series D in 2012
Larimar Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing treatments for complex rare diseases. The company’s lead compound, CTI-1601, is currently being evaluated in a Phase 1 clinical program as a potential treatment for Friedreich’s ataxia, a rare and progressive genetic disease. Larimar also plans to use its intracellular delivery platform to design other fusion proteins to target additional rare diseases characterized by deficiencies in intracellular bioactive compounds.

Annovation BioPharma

Series A in 2012
Annovation BioPharma develops pharmaceutical products in the field of anesthesia, sedation, and sleep. The company was incorporated in 2009 and is based in Wayland, Massachusetts.

Annovation BioPharma

Venture Round in 2012
Annovation BioPharma develops pharmaceutical products in the field of anesthesia, sedation, and sleep. The company was incorporated in 2009 and is based in Wayland, Massachusetts.

Zafgen

Series C in 2011
Larimar Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing treatments for complex rare diseases. The company’s lead compound, CTI-1601, is currently being evaluated in a Phase 1 clinical program as a potential treatment for Friedreich’s ataxia, a rare and progressive genetic disease. Larimar also plans to use its intracellular delivery platform to design other fusion proteins to target additional rare diseases characterized by deficiencies in intracellular bioactive compounds.

Nimbus Apollo

Series A in 2011
Nimbus Therapeutics is a biotechnology company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that specializes in discovering and developing innovative small molecule therapeutics for serious diseases, including metabolic disorders, cancer, and immune-inflammatory conditions. The company employs a computational technology-driven approach to advance its diverse pipeline of drug candidates into clinical development. Its Nimbus Apollo program includes the lead candidate NDI-010976, an allosteric inhibitor targeting Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase, which is being investigated for treating non-alcoholic steatohepatitis and hepatocellular carcinoma, among other diseases. NDI-010976 received Fast Track designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2016, and the company aims to leverage its strategic partnerships to enhance its research and development efforts. Founded in 2009, Nimbus Therapeutics continues to focus on creating highly selective and potent medicines that address unmet medical needs.

Annovation BioPharma

Venture Round in 2011
Annovation BioPharma develops pharmaceutical products in the field of anesthesia, sedation, and sleep. The company was incorporated in 2009 and is based in Wayland, Massachusetts.

F-Star Therapeutics

Venture Round in 2011
F-Star Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to developing novel bispecific antibody products that provide a significant improvement over the current standard of care. Given its strong patent position, it is the only biopharmaceutical company with the ability to create and develop Fcab:tm: antibody fragments, and bispecific antibodies, by modifying the constant region of an antibody. In particular, F-star’s Modular Antibody Technology:tm: enables rapid discovery and development of bispecific antibodies by introducing additional binding sites to the constant region of an antibody and offers unprecedented ease in the development and manufacturing of bispecific monoclonal antibodies. Using the Modular Antibody Technology, F-star generates bispecific antibodies (mAb2:tm:) that possess the favourable characteristics of traditional monoclonal antibodies, without the production challenges often associated with other antibody formats. F-star is now applying its proprietary technology to the development of a pipeline of product candidates. Since its founding in 2006 the company has secured funding and support from leading VC investors: Aescap Venture, Atlas Venture, Novo Ventures and TVM Capital; as well as from renowned strategic corporate investors: Merck Serono Ventures, MP Healthcare Venture Management and SR One. In 2013, F-star established an asset-centric vehicle structure through the formation of F-star Alpha Ltd., which included out-licensing of FS102 from F-star to F-star Alpha Ltd. In October 2014 Bristol-Myers Squibb obtained an exclusive option to buy F-star Alpha. In addition the company has alliances with Boehringer Ingelheim and Merck Serono, each covering multiple targets. In 2011, F-star was selected by FierceBiotech as one of the Fierce 15 winners. F-star currently employs over 35 people at its research site in Cambridge, UK.

Nimbus Apollo

Seed Round in 2010
Nimbus Therapeutics is a biotechnology company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that specializes in discovering and developing innovative small molecule therapeutics for serious diseases, including metabolic disorders, cancer, and immune-inflammatory conditions. The company employs a computational technology-driven approach to advance its diverse pipeline of drug candidates into clinical development. Its Nimbus Apollo program includes the lead candidate NDI-010976, an allosteric inhibitor targeting Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase, which is being investigated for treating non-alcoholic steatohepatitis and hepatocellular carcinoma, among other diseases. NDI-010976 received Fast Track designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2016, and the company aims to leverage its strategic partnerships to enhance its research and development efforts. Founded in 2009, Nimbus Therapeutics continues to focus on creating highly selective and potent medicines that address unmet medical needs.

Aureon Laboratories

Series D in 2010
Aureon Laboratories is a life sciences company dedicated to enabling the advancement of predictive and personalized cancer treatment. Aureon provides objective, actionable information allowing patients and physicians to make more-informed treatment decisions through its prostate diagnostic tools.

Zafgen

Series B in 2010
Larimar Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing treatments for complex rare diseases. The company’s lead compound, CTI-1601, is currently being evaluated in a Phase 1 clinical program as a potential treatment for Friedreich’s ataxia, a rare and progressive genetic disease. Larimar also plans to use its intracellular delivery platform to design other fusion proteins to target additional rare diseases characterized by deficiencies in intracellular bioactive compounds.

Aureon Laboratories

Series C in 2010
Aureon Laboratories is a life sciences company dedicated to enabling the advancement of predictive and personalized cancer treatment. Aureon provides objective, actionable information allowing patients and physicians to make more-informed treatment decisions through its prostate diagnostic tools.
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