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Versant Ventures — 2023 Investments

8 investments dated 2023 · listed companies and verified rows first · show all

Gate Biogatebio.comSeries A · Nov 2023 · $60M✓ verified

Gate Bioscience develops small molecule therapeutics called Molecular Gates for disease treatment.

BiotechDeep TechMedical DevicesBrisbane, US

Jordi Mata-Fink(Chief Executive Officer, Co-Founder)inRaman Talwar(Chief Technology Officer, Co-Founder)inPat Sharp(Scientific Founder)inJordi Mata-Fink, Ph.D.(Chief Executive Officer, Co-Founder)Raman Talwar, M.S.(Chief Technology Officer, Co-Founder)Pat Sharp, Ph.D.(Scientific Founder)

Co-investorsForbionAndreessen HorowitzARCH Venture PartnersFelicis VenturesGV (Google Ventures)

Santa Ana Biosantaana.bioinSeries A · Feb 2023 · $43M✓ verified

Santa Ana Bio is a biotech company developing engineered antibody therapeutics that target the immune pathways and cells driving autoimmune and inflammatory diseases.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesAlameda, US

Peter Emtage(Founder & CEO)inAlexander Rudensky(Scientific Founder)Richard Flavell(Scientific Founder)Graham Lord(Scientific Founder)inAnsuman Satpathy(Scientific Founder)inNewman Yeilding(Chief Medical Officer)in

Co-investorsAccess BiotechnologyAndreessen HorowitzGV (Google Ventures)RTW Investments L.P.TPGAccess Industries+1 more

Tentarixtentarix.cominSep 2023 · $35M✓ verified

Tentarix Biotherapeutics develops multifunctional biologics to modernize healthcare standards through precision medicine.

BiotechDeep TechHealthtechMedical Devices

BoardSrini Akkaraju(Director, Founder)inPaul Kang(Director, Founder)

Co-investorsSamsara BioCapitalGilead Sciences

Belharra Therapeuticsbelharratx.comSeries A · Jan 2023 · $50M

Belharra Therapeutics develops small molecule therapies aimed at previously undruggable protein targets across the proteome.

BiotechDeep Tech

Kate Therapeuticskatetherapeutics.comin𝕏Series A · Jun 2023 · $51M

BiotechSan Diego, US

Kevin Forrest, Ph.D.(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardClare Ozawa, Ph.D.(Director)Beth Seidenberg, M.D.(Director)

Co-investorsOUP (Osage University Partners)Westlake Village BioPartnersKleiner Perkins

Lenzlenz-tx.comin𝕏Mar 2023 · $83.5M

LENZ Therapeutics is a pharmaceutical company developing and commercializing VIZZ™, an FDA-approved aceclidine-based eye drop for treating presbyopia, a vision condition affecting over 128 million people in the US.

BiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesSan Diego, US

James McCollum(Co-founder, Board Member)Eef SchimmelpenninkinEvert Schimmelpennink(President and CEO)

Co-investorsAlpha Wave GlobalRA CapitalRaptor GroupRTW Investments L.P.Sectoral Asset Management

Other

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

Firefly Bio, Inc.Presbyopia Therapies

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.