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MRL Ventures Fund β€” Full Portfolio

39 tracked investments Β· listed companies and verified rows first

Aktis Oncologyaktisoncology.cominNASDAQ: AKTSSep 2024 Β· $175M

Aktis Oncology discovers and develops targeted radiopharmaceuticals for treating solid tumors.

BiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesBoston, US

Todd Foley(Co-founder and Chairman)inPatrick Baeuerle(Co-founder & Advisor)inShulamit Ron-Bigger(Executive Officer)in

BoardHelen S. Kim(Director)Oleg Nodelman(Director)inAndrew Levin(Director)

Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzEcoR1 CapitalMPM BioImpactRA CapitalTCG CrossoverVida Ventures+2 more

Alectoralector.comin𝕏NASDAQ: ALECSep 2015

Alector develops therapies targeting neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer's, frontotemporal dementia, and Parkinson's disease through protein removal, replacement, and immune cell restoration.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechHealthtechLongevityMedical DevicesSan Francisco, US

Arnon Rosenthal(Ph.D.)Tillman Gerngross(Director)Arnon Rosenthal PhD(Founder)in

BoardCarl Gordon(Director)Terry McGuire(Director)in

Co-investorsForesite CapitalMission Bay CapitalMission BiocapitalSV Health InvestorsPolaris Partners

Entrada TherapeuticsNASDAQ: TRDA

Intracellular delivery of biologics (NASDAQ: TRDA).

Invivydinvivyd.comin𝕏NASDAQ: IVVD

Invivyd develops monoclonal antibody medicines for the prevention and treatment of serious viral infectious diseases, starting with COVID-19 and other high-need indications.

BiotechHealthtech

Marc Elia(Founder)in

Co-investorsBain Capital Life SciencesForesite CapitalPremji Invest

Kymera Therapeuticskymeratx.comin𝕏NASDAQ: KYMR

Kymera is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing novel medicines using targeted protein degradation technology to treat diseases caused by previously "undrugged" proteins.

BiotechDeep TechHealthtech

Nello Mainolfi(Founder)in

Co-investorsAtlas VentureAvoro Capital AdvisorsBain Capital Life SciencesBessemer Venture PartnersHatteras Venture PartnersNextech Invest+3 more

Spero Therapeuticssperotherapeutics.cominNASDAQ: SPRO

Spero Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing medicines for immune-mediated diseases, led by SP001, a third-generation anti-CD40L antibody targeting IgG4-related disease.

BiotechCambridge, US

Ankit Mahadevia(Executive Officer, Director)inStephen Garbacz(Executive Officer)in

BoardJean-Francois Formela(Director)inReza Halse(Director)Casper Breum(Director)Vikas Goyal(Director)

Co-investorsHEALTHCARE ROYALTY PARTNERSOUP (Osage University Partners)RA CapitalAlphabetAtlas Venture

Xilio Therapeuticsxiliotx.cominNASDAQ: XLO

Xilio Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing masked immuno-oncology therapies that use protein engineering to remain inactive until activated by tumor-specific proteases within the tumor microenvironment.

BiotechHealthtechWaltham, US

Rene Russo(Executive Officer, Director)inJoseph Farmer(Executive Officer)Timothy Clackson(Executive Officer)Paul Clancy(Director)Daniel Curran(Director)Nancy Hong(Director)

Co-investorsBain Capital Life SciencesBay City CapitalF-Prime CapitalM VenturesRA CapitalRiverVest Venture Partners+4 more

ATB Therapeuticsatbtherapeutics.cominπ•βœ“ verified

ATB Therapeutics is a biotech company developing bispecific antibody therapies and related immunological treatments.

BiotechHealthtechMedical Devices

Dr. Mark Throsby(Chief Executive Officer)

Co-investorsV-Bio VenturesVIVES PartnersEQT Life SciencesSambrinvestWallonie Entreprendre

Axonis Therapeuticsaxonis.usinβœ“ verified

Axonis Therapeutics is a biotechnology company developing small-molecule medicines that target KCC2, a mediator of inhibition in the brain, to treat neurological disorders such as epilepsy and pain.

BiotechDeep TechBoston, US

Shane Hegarty(Executive Officer)Shane V. Hegarty(Chief Scientific Officer & Co-Founder)Jeffrey Imbaro(Executive Officer)Joanna Stanicka(Chief Executive Officer, President & Co-Founder)inJeff Imbaro(Chief Operating Officer)Tiasha Shafiq(Chief of Staff)

Co-investorsvenBio PartnersSofinnova VenturesCivilization Ventures Management, LlcCreative Destruction Lab (CDL)Hatteras Venture PartnersIaso Ventures+7 more

InduProinduprotx.cominβœ“ verified

InduPro develops next-generation protein therapeutics by leveraging inherent and induced proximity to modulate disease biology, with a focus on ADCs and T-cell engagers.

BiotechDeep TechMedical DevicesSeattle, US

K. Chris Garcia(Scientific Founder)Prakash Raman(CEO)Amanda J. Redig(Chief Medical Officer)Scott Lesley(President & CSO)Pamela Holland(SVP of Biology)Sally Johnson(Chief People Officer)

Co-investorsThe Column GroupVida Ventures

Photys Therapeutics, Inc.photys.cominβœ“ verified

Photys Therapeutics develops bifunctional small-molecule medicines that use induced proximity to recruit kinases and drive targeted protein phosphorylation, aiming to modulate and repair disease-driving proteins.

BiotechHealthtechLongevityWaltham, US

Amit Choudhary(Scientific Founder)David Steinberg(Chairman & Founding CEO)Edward Holson(Co-founder & CSO)Lizzie Ngo(Co-founder)Brian Fenton(President & CEO)

Co-investorsLongwood FundMPM BioImpact8VCOno Venture Investment, Inc.

Therini Biotherinibio.cominApr 2023 Β· $36Mβœ“ verified

Therini Bio is a biotechnology company developing fibrin-targeting therapeutics to treat neurological and ophthalmological diseases, leveraging scientific discoveries in neurovascular and neuroimmune mechanisms of disease.

BiotechDigital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesSacramento, US

Katerina Akassoglou(Scientific Founder, Director of the Center for Neurovascular Brain Immunology and Professor of Neurology at UCSF and Gladstone Institutes)inKaterina Akassoglou, PhD(Scientific Founder)Leslie Schulze(Executive Officer)Tara Nickerson(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardOlga Danilchanka(Director)Laia Crespo-Martin(Director)

Co-investorsSanofi VenturesSV Health InvestorsAngelini VenturesMitsui Global InvestmentApollo Health VenturesDementia Discovery Fund+1 more

Topo Therapeuticstopo-tx.comDec 2024SEC filingmedium confidence

Topo Therapeutics is a drug discovery company developing treatments targeting ion channels and transmembrane proteins for conditions such as pain, epilepsy, and CNS, pulmonary, and renal diseases.

BiotechHealthtechCambridge, US

Hui Tian(Executive Officer, Director)Madgalene Moran(Executive Officer, Director)Magdalene Moran(Chief Executive Officer)

BoardBruce Bean(Director)James Jeffrey Goater, Jr.(Director)

Board seatKarin KleinhansΒ· per SEC Form D Β· $95M raise Β· filed Dec 2024

Co-investorsSR One Capital ManagementThe Column Group

ADRx

Structure-based small-molecule drug design targeting protein aggregation diseases.

BiotechThousand Oaks, US

James Treanor(Also a former CEO)Gary Wilcox(Director)John Frank(Director)Madhavan Balachandran(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsRA Capital

Ambagon Therapeuticsambagontx.comin𝕏Jan 2025

Ambagon develops small molecule stabilizers of 14-3-3 protein complexes to modulate disease-related protein interactions, targeting therapeutic areas including cancer, metabolic disorders, neurodegenerative and infectious diseases.

BiotechDeep TechMedical DevicesEindhoven, US

Christian Ottmann(Executive Officer)inJosh Seidenfeld(Executive Officer)Michelle Arkin(Director)Nancy Pryer(Executive Officer)Margarita Chavez(Director)Bryan Miller(Executive Officer)

Co-investorsDroia VenturesMission BiocapitalNextech InvestInkefRA Capital

Anavo Therapeutics

Systematically drugging the phosphatase target class with small molecules.

Axonis

Restoring balance to disinhibited brain circuits to treat neurological disorders.

Carawaycarawaytx.comin𝕏acquired by Merck

Caraway Therapeutics was a preclinical biopharmaceutical company developing small-molecule therapies modulating lysosomal function to treat neurodegenerative and rare diseases.

BiotechHealthtech

Co-investorsEisai Innovation, Inc.SV Health Investors

Carisma Therapeuticscarismatx.comDec 2020

CAR-Macrophage cellular therapeutics with initial oncology focus (NASDAQ: CARM).

BiotechPhiladelphia, US

Steven Kelly(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardMargarita Chavez(Director)Eran Nadav(Director)Althea Stillman(Director)Jacob Gunterberg(Director)Regina Hodits(Director)

Co-investorsAju IB Invesment CorporationAnzu PartnersGrazia Equity GmbHHealthCapSolasta VenturesAgent Capital+1 more

EyeBioacquired by Merck

Global company developing next-generation eye disease therapies; acquired by Merck & Co.

Co-investorsBain Capital Life SciencesJeito CapitalSV Health Investors

Global Health Innovation Fundmsdghifund.com
HotSpot Therapeuticshotspotthera.comin𝕏

HotSpot Therapeutics develops novel biopharmaceutical products and therapeutic platforms focused on innovative biomedical technologies.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechHealthtech

BoardBruce Booth(Chairman)

Co-investorsAtlas VentureB Capital GroupB4 CapitalSofinnova PartnersSolasta VenturesSR One Capital Management

Imago Biosciencesacquired by Merck

Epigenetic therapeutics for oncology; NASDAQ IMGO, acquired by Merck.

Insamoinsamo.com

Insamo develops an automated platform for drug discovery that designs, synthesizes, and tests cyclic peptides at scale using machine learning and proprietary experimental data.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechChippendale, AU

TIMOTHY CRAVEN(Executive Officer, Director)TOBY PASSIOURA(Executive Officer, Director)Tim Craven(CEO)Toby Passioura(CSO)Glen McIntyre(COO)GLEN MCINTYRE(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsCivilization Ventures Management, LlcPlayground GlobalvenBio PartnersAxial VCvenBio Global Strategic

LAVA Therapeuticslavatherapeutics.comin𝕏

LAVA develops the Gammabody platform, which generates bispecific antibodies that activate gamma-delta T cells to treat cancer by directing immune cells to tumors and triggering anti-cancer immune responses.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechHealthtechMedical Devices

Ton AdangHans van der Vliet(Head of Innovation)Steve Hurly(Chief Executive Officer)Oxana Polyakova(Chief Scientific Officer)

Co-investorsSanofi VenturesYsios Capital

LifeMine

Leveraging fungal biology to find novel chemical matter for intractable targets.

Co-investorsRA Capital

Mozart Therapeuticsmozart-tx.comJun 2023 Β· $25M

Mozart Therapeutics develops protein therapeutics focused on immunology and oncology treatments.

BiotechMedical Devices

Mark Davis(Scientific Co-Founder)K. Christopher Garcia(Scientific Co-Founder)Calvin Kuo(Scientific Co-Founder)Katie Fanning(President & Chief Executive Officer)

Co-investorsARCH Venture PartnersJDRF T1D FundOno Venture Investment, Inc.Pfizer Venture InvestmentsSofinnova PartnersAlexandria+3 more

Msdmsd.comin𝕏

MSD is a pharmaceutical company focused on developing medicines and vaccines for patients globally, guided by a science-led innovation strategy.

BiotechHealthtechMedical Devices

Myoventive

RNA-based medicines for genetic heart disease.

PAQ Therapeuticspaqtx.comin

Developing novel KRAS degraders.

Burlington, US

Huaixiang Hao(Founder)

Photys

Bifunctional small molecules for control of post-translational modifications.

Ray Therapeutics

Restoring vision through optogenetics.

BiotechSan Francisco, US

Paul Bresge(Executive Officer, Director)Sean Ainsworth(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardTiba Aynechi(Director)inDmitry Kuzmin(Director)Raymond Camahort(Director)Hannah Chang(Director)

Co-investors4Bio VenturesNorwest Venture Partners

Tallac Therapeuticstallactherapeutics.comin

Tallac Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing oligonucleotide-based antibody conjugates (TRAAC candidates) designed to deliver immune-activating agents to tumor microenvironments for oncology indications.

BiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesBurlingame, US

Co-investorsLightstone VenturesvenBio PartnersMatrix Partners ChinavenBio Global Strategic

Tidal Therapeuticssanofi.comin𝕏acquired by Sanofi

Sanofi is an R&D-driven, AI-powered biopharmaceutical company that develops medicines and vaccines, with a focus on immunology and the immune system.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechHealthtech

Co-investorsNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Rho VenturesSanofi VenturesFJ Labs

Topo

Transmembrane protein drug discovery.

Translate Bioacquired by Sanofi

RNA therapeutics; NASDAQ TBIO, acquired by Sanofi.

Co-investorsM VenturesSofinnova Ventures

VectorY Therapeutics

Vectorized antibodies for neurodegenerative diseases.

Viridian Therapeuticsviridiantherapeutics.comin𝕏

Viridian Therapeutics develops treatments for thyroid eye disease, a rare autoimmune condition affecting the eyes and orbit.

BiotechDigital HealthMedical DevicesWaltham, US

Jonathan Violin(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardPeter Harwin(Director)Tomas Kiselak(Director)

Co-investorsBroadview VenturesLongitude Capital

Visterraacquired by Otsuka

Hierotope platform for precision biologics; acquired by Otsuka.

Co-investorsCTI Life Sciences Fund L.P.Cycad Group LLCLux Capital

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