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Samsara BioCapital2021 Investments

6 investments dated 2021 · listed companies and verified rows first · show all

LENZ Therapeutics, Inc.NASDAQ: LENZMar 2021

Late-stage clinical company developing innovative ophthalmic pharmaceutical products that improve vision.

BiotechSouth San Francisco, US

Josh Lehrer(Executive Officer, Director)Katherine Stultz(Executive Officer)inPhilip Gutry(Executive Officer)Evert Schimmelpennink(Chief Executive Officer, President, Secretary, and Director)Daniel Chevallard(Chief Financial Officer)Shawn Olsson(Chief Commercial Officer)in

Co-investorsVersant Ventures

Arcellxarcellx.cominApr 2021 · $115M

Arcellx develops CAR T-cell therapies that are individually designed for each patient, using the immune system to target and attack cancer.

BiotechHealthtechGaithersburg, US

Han Lee(Executive Officer)Rami Elghandour(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardJill Carroll(Director)inAli Behbahani(Director)inDerek Yoon(Director)inTiba Aynechi(Director)in

Co-investorsLG Technology VenturesNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Quan CapitalSixty Degree CapitalSolasta VenturesSR One Capital Management+5 more

Attralusattralus.comin𝕏Sep 2021 · $116M

Attralus develops pan-amyloid removal (PAR) therapeutics — biologics and imaging agents designed to bind and remove toxic amyloid — to treat patients with systemic amyloidosis across all disease types and stages.

BiotechHealthtechSouth San Francisco, US

Jonathan Wall(Executive Officer)inSpencer Guthrie(Executive Officer)Mark Timney(Executive Officer, Director)inBenson Fong(Executive Officer)Rahul Kakkar(Director)inGreg Bell(Executive Officer)

Co-investorsAlpha Wave GlobalBioBritvenBio PartnersJanus Henderson InvestorsREDMILEvenBio Global Strategic+1 more

Exo Therapeuticsexo-therapeutics.comin𝕏Oct 2021 · $78M

Exo Therapeutics is a small molecule drug discovery company developing therapeutics through its ExoSight platform, which targets exosites—unique binding pockets on enzymes—to address previously undruggable diseases in oncology, inflammation, and other therapeutic areas.

BiotechDeep TechMedical Devices

David Liu, PhD(Founder)Alan Saghatelian, PhD(Co-Founder)David LiuinAlan Saghetelian

Co-investorsNewpath PartnersCRV (Charles River Ventures)Nextech InvestRaptor GroupBiotechnology Value FundCasdin Capital+1 more

Neurogastrxneurogastrx.cominAug 2021 · $60M

Neurogastrx is a biopharmaceutical company developing therapies for patients with gastrointestinal disorders.

BiotechHealthtechWoburn, US

Cyril De Colle(Founder)inCYRIL DE COLLE(Executive Officer, Director)inJAMES DETORE(Executive Officer)JAMES O'MARA(Executive Officer, Director)inPAUL ROGERS(Executive Officer)in

BoardDAVID ALLISON(Director)in

Co-investors5AM VenturesOrbiMedvenBio PartnersVivo CapitalRTW Investments L.P.venBio Global Strategic+1 more

NiKang Therapeuticsnikangtx.comMay 2021

NiKang Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing small molecule drugs for cancer, using structure-based drug design against targets such as HIF2α, CDK2, KRAS, and SHP2.

BiotechHealthtechWilmington, CN

Yan Lou(Founder)inZhenhai Gao(President, CEO, and Secretary)Hong (Kelsey) Chen(Chief Financial Officer)

BoardGary Yeung(Director)Ting Jia(Director)Roderick Wong(Director)

Co-investorsEcoR1 CapitalLAVLilly Asia VenturesRA CapitalThe Innovation SpaceLogos

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