Versant Ventures — 2023 Investments
8 investments dated 2023 · listed companies and verified rows first · show all
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 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
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
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
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.
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.



















