Maurizio Fazio
InvestorPrincipal at Atlas Venture
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Writes $10M – $50M checks · typically $25M
About
Maurizio Fazio is a principal at Atlas Venture, where he works on building companies that turn scientific and technological advances into new therapeutics. He earned his PhD in biological and biomedical sciences at Harvard University, studying genetic and epigenetic drivers of melanoma progression in Leonard Zon's lab, and previously was a research fellow at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center investigating epigenetic therapies for pediatric leukemia. During graduate school he held fellowships at Vida Ventures and Flagship Pioneering and taught courses at the Harvard Summer School; he holds an MD from Vita-Salute San Raffaele University in Milan.
Invests in
Biotech
Experience
- Atlas VenturePrincipalcurrent2024 — presentBoston, Massachusetts, United States
- Atlas VentureSenior Associate2023
- Atlas VentureAssociate2021 — 2022
- Boston Children's HospitalPhD Candidate2015 — 2021Greater Boston Area
- Flagship PioneeringFellow2020Greater Boston
- Vida Ventures, LLCFellow2019 — 2020Greater Boston Area
- Harvard UniversityEducation Innovation Fellow - HILT Operation Impact2019 — 2020Greater Boston Area
- Harvard UniversityInstructor2017 — 2019
- Harvard UniversityTeaching Fellow2015 — 2019Cambridge, MA
- Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer CenterResearch Fellow2013 — 2014Greater New York City Area
- Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele MilanoMedical student - Functional Genomics of Cancer Unit, Division of Molecular Oncology - Tonon's Lab2011 — 2012Milan Area, Italy
- Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele MilanoMedical student - Cancer Gene and Immunotherapy program - Bonini`s Lab2011Milan Area, Italy
- Children's Hospital BostonArmenise Harvard Summer Fellow2011Boston
- Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer CenterShort term fellow - Breast cancer center2010Greater New York City Area
Skills & more
Oncology25Cancer Research23Stem Cells21Cancer26Clinical Research14Medicine8Cell Biology5Cell Culture5Molecular Biology3Molecular Cloning2Life Sciences2Science1
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Flow CytometryResearchEpigeneticsTechnology Start-upLanguages English · Italian
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Chelsea Johnson
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David Grayzel
Partner at Atlas Venture
Jason Rhodes
Partner at Atlas Venture
Jean-François Formela
Partner at Atlas Venture
Jernej Godec
Principal at Atlas Venture
Jodie Morrison
Venture Partner at Atlas Venture
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Maurizio Fazio?
- Maurizio Fazio is a principal at Atlas Venture, where he works on building companies that turn scientific and technological advances into new therapeutics. He earned his PhD in biological and biomedical sciences at Harvard University, studying genetic and epigenetic drivers of melanoma progression in Leonard Zon's lab, and previously was a research fellow at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center investigating epigenetic therapies for pediatric leukemia. During graduate school he held fellowships at Vida Ventures and Flagship Pioneering and taught courses at the Harvard Summer School; he holds an MD from Vita-Salute San Raffaele University in Milan.
- Where does Maurizio Fazio work?
- Maurizio Fazio is Principal at Atlas Venture.
- What does Maurizio Fazio invest in?
- Maurizio Fazio invests in Biotech.
- What check size does Maurizio Fazio write?
- Maurizio Fazio typically writes checks of $10M – $50M.
- Where did Maurizio Fazio go to school?
- Maurizio Fazio studied at Harvard University (Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Biological and Biomedical Sciences Program); Libera Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele (Doctor of Medicine (MD)); Harvard Business School (Lab to Market field course).
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