Tachyon Ventures
Venture capitalLos Angeles · Pre-Seed–Series A · 3 people tracked
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Investment thesis
Tachyon focuses on early-stage investment in disruptive scientific platforms across biology and medicine. The firm believes it can price scientific risk earlier than others by identifying strong science early and assessing its potential across development stages. It maximizes upside by backing disruptive platforms early while mitigating risk through a focus on world-class research with protected intellectual property. Tachyon backs teams with world-leading published research who are recognized leaders in their fields, and invests in companies with protected IP developed by or in collaboration with their scientific co-founders. It draws on a network of knowledgeable scientists at top research institutions.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 3 people
from public directories
What they invest in
from 16 of 18 portfolio companiesBiotech ×16Medical Devices ×8Deep Tech ×6Healthtech ×6AI & Machine Learning ×4Digital Health ×4
HQs:United States×10
Who they back
founder profiles across 13 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×92 founders×23 founders×14+ founders×1
Where their founders studiedfrom 16 founders with education data
Columbia Engineering ×2Harvard University ×2Indiana University Bloomington ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 13 founders with career history
Harvard Medical School ×3Stanford University ×3University of California, Berkeley ×3Boston Children's Hospital ×2
Investments · 18 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2024 · 22021 · 13 dated
Absci uses an AI-based drug creation platform combined with wet lab validation to design biologic therapeutics such as antibodies from scratch.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechPortland, US
Sean McClain(Executive Officer)inPhil Barish(Executive Officer)in
BoardZach Jonasson(Director)Daniel Gold(Director)Bryan Lawlis(Director)
Co-investorsDas & Co.Oregon Venture FundPhoenix Venture PartnersTau VenturesBiotechnology Value FundCasdin Capital+2 more
AI Proteins designs engineered miniproteins for drug discovery and development in the biopharmaceutical industry.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechAndover, US
Chris Bahl(Executive Officer, Director)inDominique Verhelle(Director)Bill McKee(Director)Julia Novina(Executive Officer)Marc A. Cohen(Executive Officer, Director)inGeoff Meyerson(Director)
Co-investorsMission BiocapitalCobro Ventures
Altay Therapeutics develops small molecule inhibitors targeting transcription factors to treat serious diseases including facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy and cancer.
BiotechDigital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesSan Francisco, US
Ali Ozes(Founder)inOsman Ozes(Founder)in
Co-investorsCreative Destruction Lab (CDL)Y Combinator
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 V. Hegarty(Chief Scientific Officer & Co-Founder)inJoanna Stanicka(Chief Executive Officer, President & Co-Founder)inJeff Imbaro(Chief Operating Officer)inTiasha Shafiq(Chief of Staff)in
BoardCorey . Goodman(Director)inJonathan Leff(Director)in
Co-investorsvenBio PartnersMRL Ventures FundSofinnova VenturesCivilization Ventures Management, LlcCreative Destruction Lab (CDL)Hatteras Venture Partners+7 more
BiotechBerkeley, US
Genine Winslow(Founder)inRan Geng(Director)Winnie Wan(Director)
Co-investorsBerkeley SkyDeck FundFuture Planet CapitalSolasta Ventures
EnClear Therapies is a bio/med-tech company developing the EnTrega CSF platform, focused on cerebrospinal fluid-related therapies.
BiotechDigital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesCambridge, US
Anthony DePasqua(Executive Officer, Director)inKevin Kalish(COO)inMarcie Glicksman(VP Biology)inWilliam Gormley(CMO)Jason Camm(Director)Kasper Roet(Director)
Co-investors20/20 HealthCare Partners LLCFlucas VenturesVU Venture PartnersDolby Family Ventures
EpiBone engineers bone tissue from stem cells for regenerative medicine and clinical reconstruction, serving patients requiring bone grafts or craniofacial repair.
BiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesNew York, US
Nina Tandon(Co-Founder, CEO)inSarindr Bhumiratana(Co-Founder)inGordana Vunjak-Novakovic(Director)Elma Hawkins(Director)
BoardRobert Langer(Director)David Zhu(Director)in
Co-investorsBeresford VenturesEMV CapitalHackensack Meridian Health Bear's DenKendall Capital PartnersPlum Alley InvestmentsTech Council Ventures
Haima Therapeutics is a pre-clinical stage biopharma company developing cell-inspired therapies for bleeding and blood-related diseases, with an initial focus on platelet-inspired treatments for active bleeding and bleeding risks from trauma, surgery, thrombocytopenia, and rare bleeding disorders.
BiotechMedical Devices
Anirban Sen Gupta(CTO)Michael Bruckman(CEO)inMatthew Neal(CMO)Christa Pawlowski(COO and EVP of R&D)Timothy Pelura(Executive Chair)
Co-investorsCWRU Technology Ventures
Mammoth Bio develops technology to read and write the code of life, operating in the biotechnology sector.
BiotechDeep TechMedical DevicesBrisbane, US
Jennifer Doudna(Founder)inTrevor Martin(Co-founder, Chief Executive Officer)inJanice Chen(Co-founder, Chief Scientific Officer & President, Research)inLucas Harrington(Co-founder)inAshley Tehranchi(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardUrshit Parikh(Director)
Co-investors8VCBerkeley FrontierCALIFORNIA INNOVATIONDecheng CapitalForesite CapitalMayfield Fund+9 more
miRecule is a biotechnology company developing therapeutics, with programs focused on oncology.
BiotechHealthtechGaithersburg, US
Anthony D. Saleh(CEO)inDave Lemus(COO/CFO)inAnthony D. Saleh, Ph.D.(CEO)in
Co-investorsBrown and White VenturesPathway BioventuresAlexandria
Palm Therapeutics develops palmitoylation-targeted drugs using its proprietary PalmReader screening platform to identify novel therapeutic molecules.
BiotechDeep TechMedical Devices
Andrew Rudd(Cofounder & CEO)in
Peptilogics is a clinical-stage surgical therapeutics company developing zaloganan (PLG0206), a novel anti-biofilm drug to treat and prevent medical device-related infections such as prosthetic joint infections.
BiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesPittsburg, US
Jonathan Steckbeck(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardStephan Dietrich(Director)in
Co-investorsAAF Management Ltd.Alpha Wave GlobalAMR Action FundMountain State CapitalNarya CapitalRiverfront Ventures, LLC+5 more
Co-investorsBoston Harbor Angels
Scipher Medicine is a precision immunology company that combines molecular data from autoimmune patients, protein interaction mapping, and AI to match patients with the most effective therapy for immunological diseases.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDigital Health
Joseph Loscalzo(Founder | Physician-in-Chief, Brigham and Women's Hospital)Albert-László Barabási(Founder | Professor, Harvard and Northeastern University)
Co-investorsaMoonKhosla VenturesB3 HoldingCobalt VenturesEcho Health VenturesHitachi Ventures+1 more
Stylus Medicine develops in vivo genetic medicines using engineered recombinases, with initial focus on creating CAR-T therapies delivered via lipid nanoparticles for oncology, autoimmune, and genetic diseases.
BiotechDigital HealthMedical Devices
Michael C. Bassik, Ph.D.(Scientific Founder)inEmile Nuwaysir, Ph.D.(Chairman & Chief Executive Officer)inJason Fontenot, Ph.D.(Chief Scientific Officer)
Co-investorsBrainstorm VenturesKhosla VenturesNeva Sgr.RA Capital
Valo builds an AI-driven drug discovery and development platform that combines real-world human data, causal inference, statistical genetics, and predictive chemistry to identify disease targets and engineer small-molecule compounds.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep Tech
Co-investorsLifeforce Capital
BiotechHealthtech
Co-investorsClal Biotechnology IndustriesExSight VenturesLongitude CapitalThe Column Group
Exits · 1
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioAbsciNASDAQ: ABSI
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesAbsci · investing.com · Jun 25, 2026
Peptilogics · nasdaqprivatemarket.com · Oct 28, 2025
Stylus Medicine · bio-itworld.com · May 30, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Tachyon Ventures made?
- Tachyon Ventures has 18 tracked investments, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Tachyon Ventures invest at?
- Tachyon Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What sectors does Tachyon Ventures focus on?
- Tachyon Ventures focuses on Biotech, Deep Tech, Medical Devices.
- Where is Tachyon Ventures located?
- Tachyon Ventures is headquartered in Los Angeles, US.
- Who does Tachyon Ventures co-invest with?
- Tachyon Ventures most often shares deals with Creative Destruction Lab (CDL), Mission Biocapital, Pathway Bioventures, among 61 tracked co-investors.
Co-investors · 6
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Flucas Ventures is a solo GP fund led by Ashley Flucas, who simultaneously serves as COO of Summit Ventures while personally investing in 250-275+ startups and deploying over $75M through a syndicate of 2,000+ LPs in less than two years. The fund operates with true stage, sector, and geography agnosticism while democratizing access to top-tier venture deals by inviting diverse, nontraditional LPs to co-invest alongside marquee firms like Sequoia and Andreessen Horowitz.
Triatomic Capital is an investment firm focused on 'century defining' themes across advanced technology areas including AI infrastructure, semiconductors, materials, robotics, and energy.
Cantos Ventures is an early-stage venture firm founded in 2016 that provides initial capital and ongoing counsel to founders building deep technology in areas such as robotics, energy, space, defense, and advanced manufacturing.
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