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ARCH Venture Partners — 2020 Investments

15 investments dated 2020 · listed companies and verified rows first · show all

Erascaerasca.comin𝕏NASDAQ: ERASSeries A · Apr 2020 · $42M

Erasca is a clinical-stage oncology company developing therapies targeting RAS- and MAPK pathway-driven cancers using a modality-agnostic approach including small molecules, large molecules, and protein degraders.

BiotechDeep TechDigital HealthMedical DevicesSan Diego, US

Jonathan E. Lim, M.D.(Chairman, CEO and Co-founder)Gary Yeung, CFA(Chief Business Officer)in

BoardAlexander W. Casdin(Director)Pratik S. Multani, M.D.(Director)Valerie Harding-Start(Director)James A. Bristol, Ph.D.(Director)

PartnerKristina Burow· quoted

Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzColt VenturesEvolution VC PartnersFrazier Life SciencesLifeSci Venture PartnersCity Hill Ventures+1 more

Aspen Neuroscienceaspenneuroscience.comin𝕏Apr 2020 · $70M✓ verified

Aspen Neuroscience develops iPSC-derived autologous cell therapies for neurological diseases, with a lead product (ANPD001) in Phase 1/2a clinical trials for Parkinson's disease.

BiotechDeep TechDigital HealthMedical DevicesSan Diego, US

Andrés Bratt-Leal(Co-Founder and Senior Vice President, Research & Development)inANDRÉS BRATT-LEAL, Ph.D.(Co-Founder; Senior Vice President, Research & Development)Damien McDevitt(President and Chief Executive Officer)inDAMIEN MCDEVITT, Ph.D.(President and Chief Executive Officer)

Co-investorsLifeforce CapitalOrbiMedDomain AssociatesEDB InvestmentsSection 32Frazier Life Sciences+10 more

Insitroinsitro.comin𝕏Series B · Mar 2020 · $143M

insitro is a drug discovery and development company that uses machine learning and cellular data to identify therapeutic insights and accelerate the creation of new medicines.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechSouth San Francisco, US

Daphne Koller(Founder)inDuane Valz(General Counsel)inMary Rozenman(Chief Financial Officer)in

BoardVijay Pande(Director)in

Board seatRobert Nelsen· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzDeviation CapitalForesite CapitalGV (Google Ventures)HOF CapitalSoftBank Vision Fund+9 more

Resilienceresilience.com𝕏Nov 2020

Resilience is a contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) that manufactures complex pharmaceutical products and active pharmaceutical ingredients to broaden access to medicines and protect biopharmaceutical supply chains against disruption.

Advanced ManufacturingBiotechEnterprise SoftwareBlue Ash, US

William S. Marth(Chief Executive Officer)William S. Marth, RPh., MBA(President & CEO)

Board seatRobert Nelsen· per SEC Form D

Co-investors8VCCatalio Capital Management, LPGlobal Health Investment CorporationGV (Google Ventures)Koch Disruptive TechnologiesLux Capital+14 more

Bit Biobit.bioin𝕏Jun 2020 · $41.5M

bit.bio is a synthetic biology company that engineers human induced pluripotent stem cells into defined cell types for research, drug discovery, and cell therapy applications.

BiotechDeep TechHealthtechMedical Devices

Dr Mark Kotter(Founder)Przemek Obloj(CEO)inEmma Pepperell(CEO)inMark Kotter(Founder)

Co-investorsForesite CapitalBlueYard CapitalDynamk CapitalGood AI CapitalHarmonix FundHAWKTAIL+7 more

Encoded Therapeuticsencoded.comin𝕏Jul 2020

Encoded develops gene therapies for neurological disorders through an integrated platform approach.

BiotechSouth San Francisco, US

Stephanie Tagliatela(Founder)inKartik Ramamoorthi, Ph.D.(Co-founder, Chief Executive Officer & Board Member)Kartik Ramamoorthi(Founder)

Co-investorsBioBritGV (Google Ventures)Illumina VenturesMenlo VenturesSoftBank Vision FundVenrock+2 more

EQRxeqrx.comJan 2020Acquired

EQRx was a Cambridge, MA biopharma that aimed to sell lower-priced novel drugs; it was acquired by Revolution Medicines in 2023.

Alexis Borisy(Founder)

Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzArboretum VenturesGV (Google Ventures)Nextech InvestBain CapitalCasdin Capital+1 more

Glympse Bioglympsebio.comJul 2020Acquired

Cambridge, MA biotechnology company developing injectable synthetic biomarkers for noninvasive disease staging and treatment monitoring.

BiotechCambridge, US

Gabriel Kwong(Executive Officer)inSangeeta BhatiainRoopom Banerjee(Executive Officer)in

BoardTheresia Gouw(Director)inAmy Schulman(Director)Stan Lapidus(Director)in

Co-investorsGreatPoint VenturesAcrew CapitalAspect VenturesCatalio Capital ManagementCRV (Charles River Ventures)Dns Capital+7 more

Lyelllyell.cominMar 2020

Lyell develops CAR T-cell therapies for cancer patients by leveraging deep expertise in T-cell biology and oncology.

BiotechDeep TechHealthtechMedical DevicesBothell, US

Stan Riddell(Executive Officer)Richard Klausner(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Stephen Hill(Executive Officer)inHeather Turner(Executive Officer)inRichard Goold(Executive Officer)inMargo Roberts(Executive Officer)

Co-investorsForesite CapitalvenBio Partners8VCAxial VC

Omniomeomniome.comJan 2020 · $60MAcquired

San Diego DNA sequencing company behind the Sequencing by Binding short-read platform; acquired by Pacific Biosciences in 2021.

BiotechSan Diego, US

David S. Mullarkey(Executive Officer, Director)Arnold Oliphant(Executive Officer)inKen Song, M.D., Ph.D.(Executive Officer, Director)Kelly Perez(Executive Officer)John Murphy, Ph.D.(Executive Officer)Millard Y Chan(Chief Operating Officer, Secretary and Director)

Co-investorsATEL VenturesDCVC (Data Collective)Decheng CapitalLam CapitalPivotal Life SciencesALTITUDE LIFE SCIENCE VENTURES+3 more

ROME Therapeuticsrometx.comApr 2020

Boston-based biotech developing drugs against the 'dark genome'/repeatome for autoimmune disease, cancer and neurodegeneration.

Benjamin Greenbaum(Founder)David Ting(Founder)Rosana Kapeller(Founder)

Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzGV (Google Ventures)Luma GroupSanofi VenturesAbingworthAdvent Life Sciences+11 more

SciNeuro Pharmaceuticalsscineuro.cominDec 2020 · $100M

SciNeuro develops targeted therapeutics for neurodegenerative and age-related brain diseases by integrating patient genetics, health history, and advanced diagnostic tools.

BiotechDeep TechDigital HealthLongevityMedical DevicesRockville, US

Min Li(CEO & Director)inSam Agus(CSO/CMO)Paul Stead(CBO)in

Co-investorsGeneral AtlanticLAV

Transcenta Holdingtranscenta.comJan 2020

Hong Kong-listed, Suzhou-headquartered biopharmaceutical company developing antibody therapeutics with in-house biomanufacturing.

Suzhou, CN

Xueming Qian(Executive Director, Chairman and CEO)in

Co-investorsChina Structural Reform FundFortune Venture CapitalHillhouse CapitalLilly Asia VenturesQatar Investment AuthorityTemasek

Walden Bioscienceswaldenbiosciences.cominOct 2020

Walden Biosciences is a clinical-stage biotech company developing disease-modifying therapies that selectively target the kidney to treat the underlying drivers of kidney disease.

BiotechMedical Devices

Co-investorsATEM Capital FundPandect BioventuresUCB Ventures

Other

Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.

SciNeuro

Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.