Ono Venture Investment

Violet Therapeutics is a pre-clinical stage company leveraging first-in-class platforms to identify, map, and mine the cellular connectome. Violet’s drug discovery programs are focused on CNS diseases enabled by the novel targets elucidated by their platforms. Violet was co-founded by Mass General Brigham Ventures and scientists from Brigham & Women’s Hospital.

Mediar is a pre-clinical stage biotechnology company developing therapeutics for the treatment of fibrosis. Its therapeutics target key fibrotic mediator proteins that aid in the development of fibrosis in chronically-damaged organs. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Immunitas is unlocking human immunology using novel single cell analyses to develop targeted therapeutics for patients with challenging, complex cancers. Translating findings from laboratory research to meaningful clinical advances in humans is a longstanding challenge in the oncology field. Immunitas was founded to directly address this problem and unlock a variety of novel drug targets based on discovery rooted in human biology. They are pursuing this goal with a team of pioneers in these areas across their scientific founders, management, and investors. At Immunitas, they employ a single cell sequencing platform to dissect the biology of immune cells in human tumors. Their focus on human samples allows us to start with and stay closer to the most relevant and translatable biology for patients and accelerates the pace of their research. They are identifying novel, exciting oncology targets and, importantly, developing key biomarkers to guide the selection of patients who may benefit from their new drugs. They are leveraging expertise in antibody discovery and engineering to create powerful therapies that modulate these targets, and are currently advancing a number of programs toward early human studies.

Curreio is a drug discovery business utilizing structural analysis using a cryo-electron microscope. Their product provides structural analysis technology that allows observation by freezing the in-vivo structure without staining, enabling researchers to discover and analyze life-saving drugs using structural analysis-based drug discovery methods.

Mediar is a pre-clinical stage biotechnology company developing therapeutics for the treatment of fibrosis. Its therapeutics target key fibrotic mediator proteins that aid in the development of fibrosis in chronically-damaged organs. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.