The Column Group

The Column Group is a venture capital firm dedicated to creating the next generation of biotechnology companies. They manage over $4 billion in assets and focus on building companies with groundbreaking scientific platforms that have the potential to deliver significant new therapies for unmet medical needs. TCG takes a long-term approach, aiming to develop companies capable of generating multiple product opportunities rather than focusing on quick exits.

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David Goeddel

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Partner

JeenJoo Kang

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Kutzkey, Timothy W.

Partner

Larry Lasky

Partner

Millie Ray

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Peter Svennilson

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Robert Tjian

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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.

Plexium

Series B in 2022
Plexium develops a targeted protein degradation platform to find new therapies for cancer and other diseases. Plexium's platform focuses on the discovery of next-generation TPD drugs that extend beyond the limited applications of Proteolysis Targeting Chimeras (PROTACs) and cereblon imids, unraveling the boundless possibilities of true drug-like protein degraders. From molecular glues to monovalent degraders, the possibilities are endless across a wide variety of therapeutic areas.

Kallyope

Series D in 2022
Kallyope is pioneering the science and understanding of gut and gut-brain biology to create medicines that transform human health. Based in New York City, Kallyope is home to some of the world’s most intrepid scientific minds from the world’s top institutions, working alongside a seasoned team with a proven track record of success in drug discovery and development. Kallyope leverages a unique combination of leading technologies and a foundation of internally-developed capabilities to bring fundamentally new solutions to some of the most pressing unmet needs in human health – from diabetes, obesity, and gut disorders to inflammatory disease, migraine, allergies, and more.

Eikon Therapeutics

Series B in 2022
Eikon Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company that focuses on developing innovative technologies for drug discovery. The company utilizes advanced live-cell resolution microscopy and engineering to identify and create new therapeutic candidates. Eikon Therapeutics aims to enhance the understanding of biological processes at a cellular level, supporting targeted treatment development. The company’s approach integrates biology, engineering, and chemistry to streamline the drug discovery process. Through its proprietary platforms, Eikon Therapeutics seeks to advance clinical programs and expand its pipeline of potential medications.

Obsidian Therapeutics

Series B in 2021
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.
eFFECTOR is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on pioneering the development of a new class of oncology drugs referred to as selective translation regulator inhibitors (STRIs). eFFECTOR’s STRI product candidates target the eIF4F complex and its activating kinase, mitogen-activated protein kinase 1/2 (MNK 1/2). The eIF4F complex is a central node where two of the most frequently mutated signaling pathways in cancer, the PI3K-AKT and RAS-MEK pathways, converge to activate the translation of select messenger RNA into proteins that are frequent culprits in key disease driving processes. Each of eFFECTOR’s product candidates is designed to act on a single protein that drives the expression of multiple functionally related proteins, including oncoproteins and immunosuppressive proteins in T cells, that together control tumor growth, survival and immune evasion. eFFECTOR’s lead product candidate, tomivosertib, is a MNK 1/2 inhibitor. KICKSTART, a randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled Phase 2b trial of tomivorsertib in NSCLC in combination with pembrolizumab is currently open for enrollment. Zotatifin, eFFECTOR’s inhibitor of eIF4A, is currently in the dose-escalation portion of a Phase 1/2 trial, with Phase 2a expansion cohorts expected to initiate in the second half of 2021. eFFECTOR has a global collaboration with Pfizer to develop inhibitors of a third target, eIF4E.

Atavistik Bio

Series A in 2021
Atavistik Bio is a pre-clinical biotechnology company pioneering the identification of metabolite-protein interactions that have the potential to lead to the discovery and development of first-in-class drug candidates powered by distinct allosteric control mechanisms.

Surrozen

Post in 2021
Surrozen is a biotechnology company discovering and developing drug candidates to selectively modulate the Wnt pathway. Surrozen is developing tissue-specific antibodies designed to engage the body’s existing biological repair mechanisms with potential application across multiple disease areas, including diseases of the intestine, liver, retina, cornea, lung, kidney, cochlea, skin, pancreas and central nervous system.

Hexagon Bio

Series B in 2021
Hexagon Bio is a data-driven biotech developing targeted small molecule therapeutics. Our proprietary platform combines data science and synthetic biology to discover and engineer drugs from DNA sequences. We are mining fungal genomes for inspiration for the next generation of targeted therapies for diseases with unmet needs.

Neurona Therapeutics

Venture Round in 2021
Neurona Therapeutics is a pre-clinical stage biotechnology company that was founded by four neuroscientists and stem cell pioneers at The University of California, San Francisco. They are focused on the discovery and development of cell-based therapies to treat intractable neurological disease. Its initial aim is to generate therapeutic compositions of a specific type of nerve cell (or neuron) for targeted delivery into the injured nervous system. Based on nearly two decades of research, they believe that particular subpopulations of neurons have the unique ability to integrate and repair dysregulated neural circuits. Its talented team of scientists, scientific advisors, and board directors is working to accelerate breakthrough treatments for patients with significant unmet medical needs.

Circle Pharma

Series C in 2021
Circle Pharma is an early-stage biotechnology company applying proprietary computational design algorithms and innovative chemistry to develop cell-permeable macrocycle peptide therapeutics against important clinical targets. It does this through an iterative, rational design process that deploys large virtual libraries of conformationally diverse macrocycle scaffolds selected for inherent permeability. The company was founded by Matt Jacobson and Scott Lokey in 2012 and is headed by David J. Earp.

Ribon Therapeutics

Series C in 2021
Ribon Therapeutics is a biotechnology company pioneering the discovery of new cancer medicines that target monoPARP proteins, critical regulators of cancer survival mechanisms. The diverse and central functions that PARPs, or poly(ADP-ribose) polymerases, play in cancer cell survival pathways are just emerging, and many of the seminal discoveries in the field have been made by Ribon’s scientific founders. By combining insights from our founders and an experienced management team, Ribon is building a proprietary drug discovery platform to investigate the molecular action and biological function of a subset of the PARP protein family, called monoPARPs. Based on its platform, Ribon is creating a pipeline of innovative medicines that selectively target monoPARPs to treat cancer and may have the potential to impact other diseases. The company is backed by prominent life science investors, including The Column Group, U.S. Venture Partners, Deerfield Management and Osage University Partners.

Synthekine

Series B in 2021
Synthekine is an engineered cytokine therapeutics company that creates selective immunotherapies to improve cancer and inflammatory disease treatment paradigms. Using knowledge of cytokine structure and function, the company develops therapeutics that maximize cytokine efficacy while avoiding toxic side effects. Synthekine is developing a broad and deep pipeline of product candidates by leveraging principles of cytokine partial agonism and immunological specificity across multiple protein engineering platforms. Modified cytokines, cytokine-enhanced cell therapies, and surrogate cytokine agonists are among the novel immunotherapies.

Eikon Therapeutics

Series A in 2021
Eikon Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company that focuses on developing innovative technologies for drug discovery. The company utilizes advanced live-cell resolution microscopy and engineering to identify and create new therapeutic candidates. Eikon Therapeutics aims to enhance the understanding of biological processes at a cellular level, supporting targeted treatment development. The company’s approach integrates biology, engineering, and chemistry to streamline the drug discovery process. Through its proprietary platforms, Eikon Therapeutics seeks to advance clinical programs and expand its pipeline of potential medications.

Tenaya Therapeutics

Series C in 2021
Tenaya Therapeutics is a developer of novel therapies designed to offer treatment for heart disease. The company's therapies address heart failure through multipronged efforts that target the fundamental cellular pathologies present in diseased cardiac muscle and that leverage cutting-edge research in cardiac development and regeneration, enabling physicians to regenerate heart tissue, and additional programs focused on cardiomyopathies.

Plexium

Series A in 2021
Plexium develops a targeted protein degradation platform to find new therapies for cancer and other diseases. Plexium's platform focuses on the discovery of next-generation TPD drugs that extend beyond the limited applications of Proteolysis Targeting Chimeras (PROTACs) and cereblon imids, unraveling the boundless possibilities of true drug-like protein degraders. From molecular glues to monovalent degraders, the possibilities are endless across a wide variety of therapeutic areas.

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.

A2 Biotherapeutics

Series B in 2020
A2 Biotherapeutics focuses on innovative T cell therapies that precisely distinguish between solid tumors and normal cells. The proprietary Tmod™ platform integrates multiple signals to enhance treatment effectiveness while minimizing damage to healthy tissue.

Carmot Therapeutics

Series C in 2020
Carmot Therapeutics provides drugs to treat inflammatory, metabolic, and neurological diseases. They employ their patented technology, chemotype evolution, to address the fundamental causes of disease and speed the discovery of disease-modifying therapies.

Synthekine

Series A in 2020
Synthekine is an engineered cytokine therapeutics company that creates selective immunotherapies to improve cancer and inflammatory disease treatment paradigms. Using knowledge of cytokine structure and function, the company develops therapeutics that maximize cytokine efficacy while avoiding toxic side effects. Synthekine is developing a broad and deep pipeline of product candidates by leveraging principles of cytokine partial agonism and immunological specificity across multiple protein engineering platforms. Modified cytokines, cytokine-enhanced cell therapies, and surrogate cytokine agonists are among the novel immunotherapies.

Hexagon Bio

Series A in 2020
Hexagon Bio is a data-driven biotech developing targeted small molecule therapeutics. Our proprietary platform combines data science and synthetic biology to discover and engineer drugs from DNA sequences. We are mining fungal genomes for inspiration for the next generation of targeted therapies for diseases with unmet needs.

Escient Pharmaceuticals

Series B in 2020
Escient Pharmaceuticals is a provider of bio-technical research and development services intended to focus on the advancement of first-in-class G Protein-Coupled Receptor targeted drugs. Its services focus on offering therapies for neuro-immuno-inflammatory and autoreactive diseases.

Casma Therapeutics

Series B in 2020
Casma Therapeutics is a developer of a natural cellular process of autophagy to open new target areas for drug discovery and development. The company focuses on autophagy system to improve the cellular process of clearing out unwanted proteins, organelles and invading pathogens as well as tries to arrest or reverse the progression of lysosomal storage disorders, muscle disorders, inflammatory disorders and neurodegeneration, enabling physicians to address unmet medical needs.

Nura Bio

Series A in 2020
Nura Bio is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing neuroprotective therapies to treat neurological diseases. Nura Bio’s drug candidate, NB-4746, is designed to inhibit the SARM1 protein, which plays a significant role in axon degeneration. This drug has shown promise in preclinical studies for preventing nerve damage and is currently advancing toward phase 1b/2 clinical trials in 2025. The company has raised $140 million in financing to support this and other neuroprotective drug programs.

Surrozen

Series C in 2020
Surrozen is a biotechnology company discovering and developing drug candidates to selectively modulate the Wnt pathway. Surrozen is developing tissue-specific antibodies designed to engage the body’s existing biological repair mechanisms with potential application across multiple disease areas, including diseases of the intestine, liver, retina, cornea, lung, kidney, cochlea, skin, pancreas and central nervous system.

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.

Circle Pharma

Series B in 2020
Circle Pharma is an early-stage biotechnology company applying proprietary computational design algorithms and innovative chemistry to develop cell-permeable macrocycle peptide therapeutics against important clinical targets. It does this through an iterative, rational design process that deploys large virtual libraries of conformationally diverse macrocycle scaffolds selected for inherent permeability. The company was founded by Matt Jacobson and Scott Lokey in 2012 and is headed by David J. Earp.

Nurix Therapeutics

Venture Round in 2020
Nurix Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of small molecule therapies designed to modulate cellular protein levels as a novel treatment approach for cancer and other challenging diseases. Leveraging Nurix’s extensive expertise in E3 ligases together with its proprietary DNA-encoded libraries, Nurix has built DELigase, an integrated discovery platform to identify and advance novel drug candidates targeting E3 ligases, a broad class of enzymes that can modulate proteins within the cell. Nurix’s drug discovery approach is to either harness or inhibit the natural function of E3 ligases within the ubiquitin proteasome system to selectively decrease or increase cellular protein levels. Nurix’s wholly owned pipeline includes targeted protein degraders of Bruton’s tyrosine kinase, a B-cell signaling protein, and inhibitors of Casitas B-lineage lymphoma proto-oncogene B, an E3 ligase that regulates T cell activation.

Kallyope

Series C in 2020
Kallyope is pioneering the science and understanding of gut and gut-brain biology to create medicines that transform human health. Based in New York City, Kallyope is home to some of the world’s most intrepid scientific minds from the world’s top institutions, working alongside a seasoned team with a proven track record of success in drug discovery and development. Kallyope leverages a unique combination of leading technologies and a foundation of internally-developed capabilities to bring fundamentally new solutions to some of the most pressing unmet needs in human health – from diabetes, obesity, and gut disorders to inflammatory disease, migraine, allergies, and more.

A2 Biotherapeutics

Series A in 2019
A2 Biotherapeutics focuses on innovative T cell therapies that precisely distinguish between solid tumors and normal cells. The proprietary Tmod™ platform integrates multiple signals to enhance treatment effectiveness while minimizing damage to healthy tissue.

Plexium

Series A in 2019
Plexium develops a targeted protein degradation platform to find new therapies for cancer and other diseases. Plexium's platform focuses on the discovery of next-generation TPD drugs that extend beyond the limited applications of Proteolysis Targeting Chimeras (PROTACs) and cereblon imids, unraveling the boundless possibilities of true drug-like protein degraders. From molecular glues to monovalent degraders, the possibilities are endless across a wide variety of therapeutic areas.

Tenaya Therapeutics

Series B in 2019
Tenaya Therapeutics is a developer of novel therapies designed to offer treatment for heart disease. The company's therapies address heart failure through multipronged efforts that target the fundamental cellular pathologies present in diseased cardiac muscle and that leverage cutting-edge research in cardiac development and regeneration, enabling physicians to regenerate heart tissue, and additional programs focused on cardiomyopathies.
Constellation Pharmaceuticals is the first biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the development of novel therapeutics in the emerging field of Epigenetics, a new field of science which is focused on selective regulators of epigenetic function, which are critical to controlling gene expression.

ORIC Pharmaceuticals

Series D in 2019
ORIC Pharmaceuticals is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to improving patients’ lives by Overcoming Resistance In Cancer. ORIC’s lead product candidate, ORIC-101, is a potent and selective small molecule antagonist of the glucocorticoid receptor, which has been linked to resistance to multiple classes of cancer therapeutics across a variety of solid tumors. ORIC’s second product candidate, ORIC-533, is an orally bioavailable small molecule inhibitor of CD73, a key node in the adenosine pathway believed to play a central role in resistance to chemotherapy- and immunotherapy-based treatment regimens. Beyond these two product candidates, ORIC is also developing multiple precision medicines targeting other hallmark cancer resistance mechanisms. ORIC’s scientific founders, Charles Sawyers, MD, and Scott Lowe, Ph.D., have long records of discovering novel targets in cancer that have led to innovative treatments.

Revolution Medicines

Series C in 2019
Revolution Medicines is developing new therapies through an innovative approach that harnesses the complex chemicals of life by reconfiguring natural substances into best-in-class medicines. REVOLUTION Medicines builds upon the vision of the company’s founder, Martin D. Burke, M.D., Ph.D., professor of chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Early Career Scientist of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, who invented a transformative method for synthesizing original compounds that are pharmaceutically optimized analogues of complex natural products. REVOLUTION Medicines has entered into an exclusive license agreement with the University of Illinois to practice and expand this technology. REVOLUTION Medicines’ approach is a rapid, standardized and powerful process for assembling simple “chemical building blocks” into refined natural product-like structures. These optimized compounds have significant potential as best-in-class drug candidates.

Rapt

Series C in 2019
RAPT Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company based in South San Francisco, California, specializing in the discovery and development of oral small molecule therapies for oncology and inflammatory diseases. The company is focused on addressing significant unmet medical needs through its proprietary discovery engine. Its lead oncology candidate, FLX475, is a C-C motif chemokine receptor 4 antagonist currently undergoing Phase 2 clinical trials, both as a monotherapy and in combination with pembrolizumab, for various tumor types. Additionally, RAPT's lead inflammation drug candidate, RPT193, aims to selectively inhibit the migration of type 2 T helper cells into allergically inflamed tissues. The company is also exploring other potential targets, including general control nonderepressible 2 and hematopoietic progenitor kinase 1, which are in the discovery phase. Founded in 2015, RAPT Therapeutics was previously known as FLX Bio, Inc. before its name change in May 2019.

Surrozen

Series B in 2019
Surrozen is a biotechnology company discovering and developing drug candidates to selectively modulate the Wnt pathway. Surrozen is developing tissue-specific antibodies designed to engage the body’s existing biological repair mechanisms with potential application across multiple disease areas, including diseases of the intestine, liver, retina, cornea, lung, kidney, cochlea, skin, pancreas and central nervous system.

Peloton Therapeutics

Series E in 2019
A peloton is a team of bicyclists who achieve great efficiency of motion through cooperative action. It is also the root of platoon, a nimble military unit with capabilities that exceed the sum of its component parts. Founded by Chairman of Biochemistry Steven L. McKnight of UT Southwestern Medical Center, Peloton Therapeutics represents a unique combination of innovative science, strong financial support from the Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT), and seasoned investors and management. Working in close collaboration with scientists at UT Southwestern, Peloton is advancing a promising discovery and development pipeline, comprised of several small molecule-based programs, each with a distinct target and mechanism of action. Peloton's vision is to become a major biotech company in Dallas with a passion for discovering and developing novel cancer drugs.

Ribon Therapeutics

Series B in 2019
Ribon Therapeutics is a biotechnology company pioneering the discovery of new cancer medicines that target monoPARP proteins, critical regulators of cancer survival mechanisms. The diverse and central functions that PARPs, or poly(ADP-ribose) polymerases, play in cancer cell survival pathways are just emerging, and many of the seminal discoveries in the field have been made by Ribon’s scientific founders. By combining insights from our founders and an experienced management team, Ribon is building a proprietary drug discovery platform to investigate the molecular action and biological function of a subset of the PARP protein family, called monoPARPs. Based on its platform, Ribon is creating a pipeline of innovative medicines that selectively target monoPARPs to treat cancer and may have the potential to impact other diseases. The company is backed by prominent life science investors, including The Column Group, U.S. Venture Partners, Deerfield Management and Osage University Partners.

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.

Kallyope

Series B in 2018
Kallyope is pioneering the science and understanding of gut and gut-brain biology to create medicines that transform human health. Based in New York City, Kallyope is home to some of the world’s most intrepid scientific minds from the world’s top institutions, working alongside a seasoned team with a proven track record of success in drug discovery and development. Kallyope leverages a unique combination of leading technologies and a foundation of internally-developed capabilities to bring fundamentally new solutions to some of the most pressing unmet needs in human health – from diabetes, obesity, and gut disorders to inflammatory disease, migraine, allergies, and more.

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.

Escient Pharmaceuticals

Series A in 2018
Escient Pharmaceuticals is a provider of bio-technical research and development services intended to focus on the advancement of first-in-class G Protein-Coupled Receptor targeted drugs. Its services focus on offering therapies for neuro-immuno-inflammatory and autoreactive diseases.

Revolution Medicines

Series B in 2018
Revolution Medicines is developing new therapies through an innovative approach that harnesses the complex chemicals of life by reconfiguring natural substances into best-in-class medicines. REVOLUTION Medicines builds upon the vision of the company’s founder, Martin D. Burke, M.D., Ph.D., professor of chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Early Career Scientist of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, who invented a transformative method for synthesizing original compounds that are pharmaceutically optimized analogues of complex natural products. REVOLUTION Medicines has entered into an exclusive license agreement with the University of Illinois to practice and expand this technology. REVOLUTION Medicines’ approach is a rapid, standardized and powerful process for assembling simple “chemical building blocks” into refined natural product-like structures. These optimized compounds have significant potential as best-in-class drug candidates.
Constellation Pharmaceuticals is the first biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the development of novel therapeutics in the emerging field of Epigenetics, a new field of science which is focused on selective regulators of epigenetic function, which are critical to controlling gene expression.

Kallyope

Series B in 2018
Kallyope is pioneering the science and understanding of gut and gut-brain biology to create medicines that transform human health. Based in New York City, Kallyope is home to some of the world’s most intrepid scientific minds from the world’s top institutions, working alongside a seasoned team with a proven track record of success in drug discovery and development. Kallyope leverages a unique combination of leading technologies and a foundation of internally-developed capabilities to bring fundamentally new solutions to some of the most pressing unmet needs in human health – from diabetes, obesity, and gut disorders to inflammatory disease, migraine, allergies, and more.

ORIC Pharmaceuticals

Series C in 2018
ORIC Pharmaceuticals is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to improving patients’ lives by Overcoming Resistance In Cancer. ORIC’s lead product candidate, ORIC-101, is a potent and selective small molecule antagonist of the glucocorticoid receptor, which has been linked to resistance to multiple classes of cancer therapeutics across a variety of solid tumors. ORIC’s second product candidate, ORIC-533, is an orally bioavailable small molecule inhibitor of CD73, a key node in the adenosine pathway believed to play a central role in resistance to chemotherapy- and immunotherapy-based treatment regimens. Beyond these two product candidates, ORIC is also developing multiple precision medicines targeting other hallmark cancer resistance mechanisms. ORIC’s scientific founders, Charles Sawyers, MD, and Scott Lowe, Ph.D., have long records of discovering novel targets in cancer that have led to innovative treatments.

ProNeurotech

Venture Round in 2018
ProNeurotech is a developer of neuroprotective drugs that prevent axon loss after acute injury or chronic degenerative disease. The company's business includes research in biochemistry, genetics, neurology and synthetic chemistry that drive the synthesis of the cardinal metabolite, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, enabling patients with neurodegenerative diseases to have access to treatment of neurologic and ocular diseases.

Carmot Therapeutics

Series B in 2018
Carmot Therapeutics provides drugs to treat inflammatory, metabolic, and neurological diseases. They employ their patented technology, chemotype evolution, to address the fundamental causes of disease and speed the discovery of disease-modifying therapies.

Rapt

Series C in 2017
RAPT Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company based in South San Francisco, California, specializing in the discovery and development of oral small molecule therapies for oncology and inflammatory diseases. The company is focused on addressing significant unmet medical needs through its proprietary discovery engine. Its lead oncology candidate, FLX475, is a C-C motif chemokine receptor 4 antagonist currently undergoing Phase 2 clinical trials, both as a monotherapy and in combination with pembrolizumab, for various tumor types. Additionally, RAPT's lead inflammation drug candidate, RPT193, aims to selectively inhibit the migration of type 2 T helper cells into allergically inflamed tissues. The company is also exploring other potential targets, including general control nonderepressible 2 and hematopoietic progenitor kinase 1, which are in the discovery phase. Founded in 2015, RAPT Therapeutics was previously known as FLX Bio, Inc. before its name change in May 2019.

Arcus Biosciences

Series C in 2017
Arcus Biosciences is an oncology-focused clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops, and commercializes novel therapies for the treatment of cancer. It aims to create new cancer therapeutics through the utilization of emerging insights in immunology. The company has four molecules in clinical development: Etrumadenant (AB928), the first dual A2a/A2b adenosine receptor antagonist to enter the clinic, is being evaluated in multiple Phase 2 and 1b studies across different indications, including prostate, colorectal, non-small cell lung, pancreatic and triple-negative breast cancers. AB680, the first small-molecule CD73 inhibitor to enter the clinic, is in Phase 1/1b development for first-line treatment of metastatic pancreatic cancer in combination with zimberelimab and gemcitabine/nab-paclitaxel. Domvanalimab (AB154), an anti-TIGIT monoclonal antibody and new potential immuno-oncology backbone therapy, is in a three-arm randomized Phase 2 study for first-line treatment of PD-L1-high metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) evaluating zimberelimab monotherapy, domvanalimab with zimberelimab and domvanalimab plus AB928 with zimberelimab. AB308, an anti-TIGIT antibody that is FcR enabled, is advancing into clinical development to investigate additional indications, with a focus on hematological malignancies. Zimberelimab (AB122), Arcus’s anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody, was in-licensed to enable the development of Arcus’s combination regimens and is being evaluated in various combinations across the portfolio. Arcus was formed in 2015 in Hayward, California by Terry Rosen and Juan Jaen.

Exonics Therapeutics

Series A in 2017
Exonics’ laboratory has demonstrated the ability to use adeno-associated virus (AAV) to deliver a payload based on CRISPR/Cas9 technology that can identify and correct exon mutations that prevent the production of dystrophin, a protein that helps stabilize and protect muscle fibers.

Gritstone bio

Series B in 2017
Gritstone bio develops immunotherapies for cancer and infectious diseases. They started with tumor-specific neoantigens and their programs to include viral antigens displayed on the surface of the virally infected cells. Their biological immune system recognition of targets on the surface of abnormal cells is common to anti-tumor and anti-viral immunity. With the development and commercialization of immunotherapy drugs including checkpoint inhibitors, the field of immuno-oncology is transforming the treatment of patients with cancer.

Effector Therapeutics

Series C in 2017
eFFECTOR is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on pioneering the development of a new class of oncology drugs referred to as selective translation regulator inhibitors (STRIs). eFFECTOR’s STRI product candidates target the eIF4F complex and its activating kinase, mitogen-activated protein kinase 1/2 (MNK 1/2). The eIF4F complex is a central node where two of the most frequently mutated signaling pathways in cancer, the PI3K-AKT and RAS-MEK pathways, converge to activate the translation of select messenger RNA into proteins that are frequent culprits in key disease driving processes. Each of eFFECTOR’s product candidates is designed to act on a single protein that drives the expression of multiple functionally related proteins, including oncoproteins and immunosuppressive proteins in T cells, that together control tumor growth, survival and immune evasion. eFFECTOR’s lead product candidate, tomivosertib, is a MNK 1/2 inhibitor. KICKSTART, a randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled Phase 2b trial of tomivorsertib in NSCLC in combination with pembrolizumab is currently open for enrollment. Zotatifin, eFFECTOR’s inhibitor of eIF4A, is currently in the dose-escalation portion of a Phase 1/2 trial, with Phase 2a expansion cohorts expected to initiate in the second half of 2021. eFFECTOR has a global collaboration with Pfizer to develop inhibitors of a third target, eIF4E.
Constellation Pharmaceuticals is the first biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the development of novel therapeutics in the emerging field of Epigenetics, a new field of science which is focused on selective regulators of epigenetic function, which are critical to controlling gene expression.

Surrozen

Series A in 2017
Surrozen is a biotechnology company discovering and developing drug candidates to selectively modulate the Wnt pathway. Surrozen is developing tissue-specific antibodies designed to engage the body’s existing biological repair mechanisms with potential application across multiple disease areas, including diseases of the intestine, liver, retina, cornea, lung, kidney, cochlea, skin, pancreas and central nervous system.

Revolution Medicines

Series A in 2016
Revolution Medicines Inc is a clinical-stage precision oncology company focused on developing novel targeted therapies to inhibit elusive, frontier targets within notorious growth and survival pathways, with particular emphasis on the RAS and mTOR signaling pathways. The company's products includes RMC-4630, a SHP2 inhibitor, RAS(ON) portfolio, and SOS1 and 4EBP1/mTORC1 programs.

Tenaya Therapeutics

Series A in 2016
Tenaya Therapeutics is a developer of novel therapies designed to offer treatment for heart disease. The company's therapies address heart failure through multipronged efforts that target the fundamental cellular pathologies present in diseased cardiac muscle and that leverage cutting-edge research in cardiac development and regeneration, enabling physicians to regenerate heart tissue, and additional programs focused on cardiomyopathies.

Peloton Therapeutics

Series D in 2016
A peloton is a team of bicyclists who achieve great efficiency of motion through cooperative action. It is also the root of platoon, a nimble military unit with capabilities that exceed the sum of its component parts. Founded by Chairman of Biochemistry Steven L. McKnight of UT Southwestern Medical Center, Peloton Therapeutics represents a unique combination of innovative science, strong financial support from the Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT), and seasoned investors and management. Working in close collaboration with scientists at UT Southwestern, Peloton is advancing a promising discovery and development pipeline, comprised of several small molecule-based programs, each with a distinct target and mechanism of action. Peloton's vision is to become a major biotech company in Dallas with a passion for discovering and developing novel cancer drugs.

Arcus Biosciences

Series B in 2016
Arcus Biosciences is an oncology-focused clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops, and commercializes novel therapies for the treatment of cancer. It aims to create new cancer therapeutics through the utilization of emerging insights in immunology. The company has four molecules in clinical development: Etrumadenant (AB928), the first dual A2a/A2b adenosine receptor antagonist to enter the clinic, is being evaluated in multiple Phase 2 and 1b studies across different indications, including prostate, colorectal, non-small cell lung, pancreatic and triple-negative breast cancers. AB680, the first small-molecule CD73 inhibitor to enter the clinic, is in Phase 1/1b development for first-line treatment of metastatic pancreatic cancer in combination with zimberelimab and gemcitabine/nab-paclitaxel. Domvanalimab (AB154), an anti-TIGIT monoclonal antibody and new potential immuno-oncology backbone therapy, is in a three-arm randomized Phase 2 study for first-line treatment of PD-L1-high metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) evaluating zimberelimab monotherapy, domvanalimab with zimberelimab and domvanalimab plus AB928 with zimberelimab. AB308, an anti-TIGIT antibody that is FcR enabled, is advancing into clinical development to investigate additional indications, with a focus on hematological malignancies. Zimberelimab (AB122), Arcus’s anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody, was in-licensed to enable the development of Arcus’s combination regimens and is being evaluated in various combinations across the portfolio. Arcus was formed in 2015 in Hayward, California by Terry Rosen and Juan Jaen.

Rapt

Series B in 2016
RAPT Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company based in South San Francisco, California, specializing in the discovery and development of oral small molecule therapies for oncology and inflammatory diseases. The company is focused on addressing significant unmet medical needs through its proprietary discovery engine. Its lead oncology candidate, FLX475, is a C-C motif chemokine receptor 4 antagonist currently undergoing Phase 2 clinical trials, both as a monotherapy and in combination with pembrolizumab, for various tumor types. Additionally, RAPT's lead inflammation drug candidate, RPT193, aims to selectively inhibit the migration of type 2 T helper cells into allergically inflamed tissues. The company is also exploring other potential targets, including general control nonderepressible 2 and hematopoietic progenitor kinase 1, which are in the discovery phase. Founded in 2015, RAPT Therapeutics was previously known as FLX Bio, Inc. before its name change in May 2019.

Ribon Therapeutics

Series A in 2016
Ribon Therapeutics is a biotechnology company pioneering the discovery of new cancer medicines that target monoPARP proteins, critical regulators of cancer survival mechanisms. The diverse and central functions that PARPs, or poly(ADP-ribose) polymerases, play in cancer cell survival pathways are just emerging, and many of the seminal discoveries in the field have been made by Ribon’s scientific founders. By combining insights from our founders and an experienced management team, Ribon is building a proprietary drug discovery platform to investigate the molecular action and biological function of a subset of the PARP protein family, called monoPARPs. Based on its platform, Ribon is creating a pipeline of innovative medicines that selectively target monoPARPs to treat cancer and may have the potential to impact other diseases. The company is backed by prominent life science investors, including The Column Group, U.S. Venture Partners, Deerfield Management and Osage University Partners.

Effector Therapeutics

Series B in 2015
eFFECTOR is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on pioneering the development of a new class of oncology drugs referred to as selective translation regulator inhibitors (STRIs). eFFECTOR’s STRI product candidates target the eIF4F complex and its activating kinase, mitogen-activated protein kinase 1/2 (MNK 1/2). The eIF4F complex is a central node where two of the most frequently mutated signaling pathways in cancer, the PI3K-AKT and RAS-MEK pathways, converge to activate the translation of select messenger RNA into proteins that are frequent culprits in key disease driving processes. Each of eFFECTOR’s product candidates is designed to act on a single protein that drives the expression of multiple functionally related proteins, including oncoproteins and immunosuppressive proteins in T cells, that together control tumor growth, survival and immune evasion. eFFECTOR’s lead product candidate, tomivosertib, is a MNK 1/2 inhibitor. KICKSTART, a randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled Phase 2b trial of tomivorsertib in NSCLC in combination with pembrolizumab is currently open for enrollment. Zotatifin, eFFECTOR’s inhibitor of eIF4A, is currently in the dose-escalation portion of a Phase 1/2 trial, with Phase 2a expansion cohorts expected to initiate in the second half of 2021. eFFECTOR has a global collaboration with Pfizer to develop inhibitors of a third target, eIF4E.

Ribon Therapeutics

Venture Round in 2015
Ribon Therapeutics is a biotechnology company pioneering the discovery of new cancer medicines that target monoPARP proteins, critical regulators of cancer survival mechanisms. The diverse and central functions that PARPs, or poly(ADP-ribose) polymerases, play in cancer cell survival pathways are just emerging, and many of the seminal discoveries in the field have been made by Ribon’s scientific founders. By combining insights from our founders and an experienced management team, Ribon is building a proprietary drug discovery platform to investigate the molecular action and biological function of a subset of the PARP protein family, called monoPARPs. Based on its platform, Ribon is creating a pipeline of innovative medicines that selectively target monoPARPs to treat cancer and may have the potential to impact other diseases. The company is backed by prominent life science investors, including The Column Group, U.S. Venture Partners, Deerfield Management and Osage University Partners.

Kallyope

Series A in 2015
Kallyope is pioneering the science and understanding of gut and gut-brain biology to create medicines that transform human health. Based in New York City, Kallyope is home to some of the world’s most intrepid scientific minds from the world’s top institutions, working alongside a seasoned team with a proven track record of success in drug discovery and development. Kallyope leverages a unique combination of leading technologies and a foundation of internally-developed capabilities to bring fundamentally new solutions to some of the most pressing unmet needs in human health – from diabetes, obesity, and gut disorders to inflammatory disease, migraine, allergies, and more.
Constellation Pharmaceuticals is the first biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the development of novel therapeutics in the emerging field of Epigenetics, a new field of science which is focused on selective regulators of epigenetic function, which are critical to controlling gene expression.

ORIC Pharmaceuticals

Series B in 2015
ORIC Pharmaceuticals is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to improving patients’ lives by Overcoming Resistance In Cancer. ORIC’s lead product candidate, ORIC-101, is a potent and selective small molecule antagonist of the glucocorticoid receptor, which has been linked to resistance to multiple classes of cancer therapeutics across a variety of solid tumors. ORIC’s second product candidate, ORIC-533, is an orally bioavailable small molecule inhibitor of CD73, a key node in the adenosine pathway believed to play a central role in resistance to chemotherapy- and immunotherapy-based treatment regimens. Beyond these two product candidates, ORIC is also developing multiple precision medicines targeting other hallmark cancer resistance mechanisms. ORIC’s scientific founders, Charles Sawyers, MD, and Scott Lowe, Ph.D., have long records of discovering novel targets in cancer that have led to innovative treatments.

Neurona Therapeutics

Series A in 2015
Neurona Therapeutics is a pre-clinical stage biotechnology company that was founded by four neuroscientists and stem cell pioneers at The University of California, San Francisco. They are focused on the discovery and development of cell-based therapies to treat intractable neurological disease. Its initial aim is to generate therapeutic compositions of a specific type of nerve cell (or neuron) for targeted delivery into the injured nervous system. Based on nearly two decades of research, they believe that particular subpopulations of neurons have the unique ability to integrate and repair dysregulated neural circuits. Its talented team of scientists, scientific advisors, and board directors is working to accelerate breakthrough treatments for patients with significant unmet medical needs.

Gritstone bio

Series A in 2015
Gritstone bio develops immunotherapies for cancer and infectious diseases. They started with tumor-specific neoantigens and their programs to include viral antigens displayed on the surface of the virally infected cells. Their biological immune system recognition of targets on the surface of abnormal cells is common to anti-tumor and anti-viral immunity. With the development and commercialization of immunotherapy drugs including checkpoint inhibitors, the field of immuno-oncology is transforming the treatment of patients with cancer.

Arcus Biosciences

Series A in 2015
Arcus Biosciences is an oncology-focused clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops, and commercializes novel therapies for the treatment of cancer. It aims to create new cancer therapeutics through the utilization of emerging insights in immunology. The company has four molecules in clinical development: Etrumadenant (AB928), the first dual A2a/A2b adenosine receptor antagonist to enter the clinic, is being evaluated in multiple Phase 2 and 1b studies across different indications, including prostate, colorectal, non-small cell lung, pancreatic and triple-negative breast cancers. AB680, the first small-molecule CD73 inhibitor to enter the clinic, is in Phase 1/1b development for first-line treatment of metastatic pancreatic cancer in combination with zimberelimab and gemcitabine/nab-paclitaxel. Domvanalimab (AB154), an anti-TIGIT monoclonal antibody and new potential immuno-oncology backbone therapy, is in a three-arm randomized Phase 2 study for first-line treatment of PD-L1-high metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) evaluating zimberelimab monotherapy, domvanalimab with zimberelimab and domvanalimab plus AB928 with zimberelimab. AB308, an anti-TIGIT antibody that is FcR enabled, is advancing into clinical development to investigate additional indications, with a focus on hematological malignancies. Zimberelimab (AB122), Arcus’s anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody, was in-licensed to enable the development of Arcus’s combination regimens and is being evaluated in various combinations across the portfolio. Arcus was formed in 2015 in Hayward, California by Terry Rosen and Juan Jaen.

NGM Biopharmaceuticals

Series D in 2015
NGM Biopharmaceuticals is a privately-held drug discovery company committed to identifying transformational medicines that dramatically improve human health. Based on emerging human clinical and genetic observations, the company has devised several innovative experimental approaches to discover new therapies for the treatment of metabolic and cardiovascular diseases. The company's current focus is on the gastrointestinal endocrine system, with an aim to identify novel factors implicated in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes and the apparent resolution of this grievous disease in patients who have undergone gastric bypass surgery.

Flexus Biosciences

Series B in 2014
Flexus is a privately-held biopharmaceutical company focused on the creation, development, and commercialization of novel anti-cancer therapeutics through an innovative application of unexploited insights in immunology. Founded in 2013, Flexus is headquartered in San Carlos, California.

ORIC Pharmaceuticals

Series A in 2014
ORIC Pharmaceuticals is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to improving patients’ lives by Overcoming Resistance In Cancer. ORIC’s lead product candidate, ORIC-101, is a potent and selective small molecule antagonist of the glucocorticoid receptor, which has been linked to resistance to multiple classes of cancer therapeutics across a variety of solid tumors. ORIC’s second product candidate, ORIC-533, is an orally bioavailable small molecule inhibitor of CD73, a key node in the adenosine pathway believed to play a central role in resistance to chemotherapy- and immunotherapy-based treatment regimens. Beyond these two product candidates, ORIC is also developing multiple precision medicines targeting other hallmark cancer resistance mechanisms. ORIC’s scientific founders, Charles Sawyers, MD, and Scott Lowe, Ph.D., have long records of discovering novel targets in cancer that have led to innovative treatments.

Nurix Therapeutics

Series B in 2014
Nurix Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of small molecule therapies designed to modulate cellular protein levels as a novel treatment approach for cancer and other challenging diseases. Leveraging Nurix’s extensive expertise in E3 ligases together with its proprietary DNA-encoded libraries, Nurix has built DELigase, an integrated discovery platform to identify and advance novel drug candidates targeting E3 ligases, a broad class of enzymes that can modulate proteins within the cell. Nurix’s drug discovery approach is to either harness or inhibit the natural function of E3 ligases within the ubiquitin proteasome system to selectively decrease or increase cellular protein levels. Nurix’s wholly owned pipeline includes targeted protein degraders of Bruton’s tyrosine kinase, a B-cell signaling protein, and inhibitors of Casitas B-lineage lymphoma proto-oncogene B, an E3 ligase that regulates T cell activation.

Igenica

Series C in 2014
Igenica Biotherapeutics is focused on the discovery and development of antibodies and antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) for the treatment of cancer. They are the only biotherapeutic company that fully powers the ADC development spectrum from a clinically relevant approach to target and functional antibody discovery to ADC creation, accelerating development and the delivery of effective therapies to patients. Founded in 2009, Igenica is led by a proven team of leaders that have demonstrated success in antibody drug discovery, clinical development and commercialization. Their leadership team has played a seminal role in six out of the 36 currently approved antibody therapeutic products. Based in Burlingame, Calif., they are well-funded by a premier team of life science investors including The Column Group, OrbiMed, 5AM Ventures and Third Rock Ventures.

Immune Design

Series C in 2013
Immune Design Corp. (IDC) uses breakthrough technology to develop safe and effective vaccines and therapeutics, with emphasis on the prevention and treatment of infectious disease. This goal is being achieved through dedicated research aimed towards a greater understanding of the immune system, and by developing a new generation of immune-based products for the pharmaceutical industry. IDC is passionate about its mission to alleviate human suffering and pursues this goal with high energy and an unsurpassed standard of excellence

Seragon Pharmaceuticals

Series A in 2013
Seragon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., headquartered in Irvine, California, is a research-based biopharmaceutical company dedicated to improving human and animal health through innovative science. Seragon Pharmaceuticals is committed to applying cutting-edge scientific and technological advancements to the fields of metabolism, gene therapy and bioinformatics. From the research end to consumer products and clinical applications, Seragon strives to bring people access to the most significant breakthroughs in medicine. For more information, please visit www.seragon.com

Nurix Therapeutics

Venture Round in 2013
Nurix Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of small molecule therapies designed to modulate cellular protein levels as a novel treatment approach for cancer and other challenging diseases. Leveraging Nurix’s extensive expertise in E3 ligases together with its proprietary DNA-encoded libraries, Nurix has built DELigase, an integrated discovery platform to identify and advance novel drug candidates targeting E3 ligases, a broad class of enzymes that can modulate proteins within the cell. Nurix’s drug discovery approach is to either harness or inhibit the natural function of E3 ligases within the ubiquitin proteasome system to selectively decrease or increase cellular protein levels. Nurix’s wholly owned pipeline includes targeted protein degraders of Bruton’s tyrosine kinase, a B-cell signaling protein, and inhibitors of Casitas B-lineage lymphoma proto-oncogene B, an E3 ligase that regulates T cell activation.

Aragon Pharmaceuticals

Series D in 2012
Aragon Pharmaceuticals is a discovery-stage small molecule company focused on therapeutics for the treatment of hormone-resistant cancers, with an initial focus on prostate and breast cancer.

Carmot Therapeutics

Venture Round in 2012
Carmot Therapeutics provides drugs to treat inflammatory, metabolic, and neurological diseases. They employ their patented technology, chemotype evolution, to address the fundamental causes of disease and speed the discovery of disease-modifying therapies.

Igenica

Series C in 2012
Igenica Biotherapeutics is focused on the discovery and development of antibodies and antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) for the treatment of cancer. They are the only biotherapeutic company that fully powers the ADC development spectrum from a clinically relevant approach to target and functional antibody discovery to ADC creation, accelerating development and the delivery of effective therapies to patients. Founded in 2009, Igenica is led by a proven team of leaders that have demonstrated success in antibody drug discovery, clinical development and commercialization. Their leadership team has played a seminal role in six out of the 36 currently approved antibody therapeutic products. Based in Burlingame, Calif., they are well-funded by a premier team of life science investors including The Column Group, OrbiMed, 5AM Ventures and Third Rock Ventures.

Nurix Therapeutics

Seed Round in 2012
Nurix Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of small molecule therapies designed to modulate cellular protein levels as a novel treatment approach for cancer and other challenging diseases. Leveraging Nurix’s extensive expertise in E3 ligases together with its proprietary DNA-encoded libraries, Nurix has built DELigase, an integrated discovery platform to identify and advance novel drug candidates targeting E3 ligases, a broad class of enzymes that can modulate proteins within the cell. Nurix’s drug discovery approach is to either harness or inhibit the natural function of E3 ligases within the ubiquitin proteasome system to selectively decrease or increase cellular protein levels. Nurix’s wholly owned pipeline includes targeted protein degraders of Bruton’s tyrosine kinase, a B-cell signaling protein, and inhibitors of Casitas B-lineage lymphoma proto-oncogene B, an E3 ligase that regulates T cell activation.

NGM Biopharmaceuticals

Series B in 2011
NGM Biopharmaceuticals is a privately-held drug discovery company committed to identifying transformational medicines that dramatically improve human health. Based on emerging human clinical and genetic observations, the company has devised several innovative experimental approaches to discover new therapies for the treatment of metabolic and cardiovascular diseases. The company's current focus is on the gastrointestinal endocrine system, with an aim to identify novel factors implicated in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes and the apparent resolution of this grievous disease in patients who have undergone gastric bypass surgery.

Peloton Therapeutics

Series A in 2011
A peloton is a team of bicyclists who achieve great efficiency of motion through cooperative action. It is also the root of platoon, a nimble military unit with capabilities that exceed the sum of its component parts. Founded by Chairman of Biochemistry Steven L. McKnight of UT Southwestern Medical Center, Peloton Therapeutics represents a unique combination of innovative science, strong financial support from the Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT), and seasoned investors and management. Working in close collaboration with scientists at UT Southwestern, Peloton is advancing a promising discovery and development pipeline, comprised of several small molecule-based programs, each with a distinct target and mechanism of action. Peloton's vision is to become a major biotech company in Dallas with a passion for discovering and developing novel cancer drugs.
Constellation Pharmaceuticals is the first biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the development of novel therapeutics in the emerging field of Epigenetics, a new field of science which is focused on selective regulators of epigenetic function, which are critical to controlling gene expression.

Immune Design

Series B in 2010
Immune Design Corp. (IDC) uses breakthrough technology to develop safe and effective vaccines and therapeutics, with emphasis on the prevention and treatment of infectious disease. This goal is being achieved through dedicated research aimed towards a greater understanding of the immune system, and by developing a new generation of immune-based products for the pharmaceutical industry. IDC is passionate about its mission to alleviate human suffering and pursues this goal with high energy and an unsurpassed standard of excellence

Igenica

Series B in 2010
Igenica Biotherapeutics is focused on the discovery and development of antibodies and antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) for the treatment of cancer. They are the only biotherapeutic company that fully powers the ADC development spectrum from a clinically relevant approach to target and functional antibody discovery to ADC creation, accelerating development and the delivery of effective therapies to patients. Founded in 2009, Igenica is led by a proven team of leaders that have demonstrated success in antibody drug discovery, clinical development and commercialization. Their leadership team has played a seminal role in six out of the 36 currently approved antibody therapeutic products. Based in Burlingame, Calif., they are well-funded by a premier team of life science investors including The Column Group, OrbiMed, 5AM Ventures and Third Rock Ventures.
Constellation Pharmaceuticals is the first biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the development of novel therapeutics in the emerging field of Epigenetics, a new field of science which is focused on selective regulators of epigenetic function, which are critical to controlling gene expression.

Aragon Pharmaceuticals

Series B in 2010
Aragon Pharmaceuticals is a discovery-stage small molecule company focused on therapeutics for the treatment of hormone-resistant cancers, with an initial focus on prostate and breast cancer.

Carmot Therapeutics

Series A in 2010
Carmot Therapeutics provides drugs to treat inflammatory, metabolic, and neurological diseases. They employ their patented technology, chemotype evolution, to address the fundamental causes of disease and speed the discovery of disease-modifying therapies.

NGM Biopharmaceuticals

Series A in 2009
NGM Biopharmaceuticals is a privately-held drug discovery company committed to identifying transformational medicines that dramatically improve human health. Based on emerging human clinical and genetic observations, the company has devised several innovative experimental approaches to discover new therapies for the treatment of metabolic and cardiovascular diseases. The company's current focus is on the gastrointestinal endocrine system, with an aim to identify novel factors implicated in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes and the apparent resolution of this grievous disease in patients who have undergone gastric bypass surgery.

PTC Therapeutics

Venture Round in 2009
PTC Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, engages in the discovery, development, and commercialization of orally administered and small-molecule drugs. It offers Ataluren, an orally administered small-molecule investigational new drug for the treatment of cystic fibrosis and duchenne muscular dystrophy caused by nonsense mutations. The company also provides PTC299, an anti-angiogenesis drug for the treatment of metastatic breast cancer, multiple tumors, and neurofibromatosis. Its products are used for the treatment of genetic disorders, oncology, and infectious diseases. PTC Therapeutics, Inc. was founded in 1998 and is based in South Plainfield, New Jersey.
Constellation Pharmaceuticals is the first biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the development of novel therapeutics in the emerging field of Epigenetics, a new field of science which is focused on selective regulators of epigenetic function, which are critical to controlling gene expression.

Sagimet Biosciences

Series B in 2009
Sagimet Biosciences is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing novel therapeutics to treat important diseases such as the liver disease NASH and specific cancers, with focus on targeting dysfunctional metabolic pathways. The company has unique expertise in FASN biology and has created a pipeline of proprietary FASN inhibitors.

Aragon Pharmaceuticals

Series A in 2009
Aragon Pharmaceuticals is a discovery-stage small molecule company focused on therapeutics for the treatment of hormone-resistant cancers, with an initial focus on prostate and breast cancer.

Igenica

Series A in 2009
Igenica Biotherapeutics is focused on the discovery and development of antibodies and antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) for the treatment of cancer. They are the only biotherapeutic company that fully powers the ADC development spectrum from a clinically relevant approach to target and functional antibody discovery to ADC creation, accelerating development and the delivery of effective therapies to patients. Founded in 2009, Igenica is led by a proven team of leaders that have demonstrated success in antibody drug discovery, clinical development and commercialization. Their leadership team has played a seminal role in six out of the 36 currently approved antibody therapeutic products. Based in Burlingame, Calif., they are well-funded by a premier team of life science investors including The Column Group, OrbiMed, 5AM Ventures and Third Rock Ventures.

Immune Design

Series A in 2008
Immune Design Corp. (IDC) uses breakthrough technology to develop safe and effective vaccines and therapeutics, with emphasis on the prevention and treatment of infectious disease. This goal is being achieved through dedicated research aimed towards a greater understanding of the immune system, and by developing a new generation of immune-based products for the pharmaceutical industry. IDC is passionate about its mission to alleviate human suffering and pursues this goal with high energy and an unsurpassed standard of excellence
Constellation Pharmaceuticals is the first biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the development of novel therapeutics in the emerging field of Epigenetics, a new field of science which is focused on selective regulators of epigenetic function, which are critical to controlling gene expression.
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