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Maurizio Fazio

Investor

Principal 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.

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Invests in

Biotech

Experience

  1. Atlas VenturePrincipalcurrent2024 — presentBoston, Massachusetts, United States
  2. Atlas VentureSenior Associate2023
  3. Atlas VentureAssociate2021 — 2022
  4. Boston Children's HospitalPhD Candidate2015 — 2021Greater Boston Area
  5. Flagship PioneeringFellow2020Greater Boston
  6. Vida Ventures, LLCFellow2019 — 2020Greater Boston Area
  7. Harvard UniversityEducation Innovation Fellow - HILT Operation Impact2019 — 2020Greater Boston Area
  8. Harvard UniversityInstructor2017 — 2019
  9. Harvard UniversityTeaching Fellow2015 — 2019Cambridge, MA
  10. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer CenterResearch Fellow2013 — 2014Greater New York City Area
  11. Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele MilanoMedical student - Functional Genomics of Cancer Unit, Division of Molecular Oncology - Tonon's Lab2011 — 2012Milan Area, Italy
  12. Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele MilanoMedical student - Cancer Gene and Immunotherapy program - Bonini`s Lab2011Milan Area, Italy
  13. Children's Hospital BostonArmenise Harvard Summer Fellow2011Boston
  14. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer CenterShort term fellow - Breast cancer center2010Greater New York City Area

Education

  1. Harvard UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Biological and Biomedical Sciences Program2014 — 2021
  2. Libera Università Vita-Salute San RaffaeleDoctor of Medicine (MD)2007 — 2013
  3. Harvard Business SchoolLab to Market field course2019
  4. Harvard Medical SchoolTranslational Medicine Program, Identifying Unmet Medical Needs and Translational Solutions2016

Skills & more

Oncology25Cancer Research23Stem Cells21Cancer26Clinical Research14Medicine8Cell Biology5Cell Culture5Molecular Biology3Molecular Cloning2Life Sciences2Science1
+4 moreFlow CytometryResearchEpigeneticsTechnology Start-up

Languages English · Italian

From Maurizio's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Harvard University1,171

Alfred LinPartner at Sequoia CapitalChris DixonFounder & Managing Partner of a16z crypto at Andreessen HorowitzSarah TavelVenture Partner at BenchmarkDanny RimerPartner at Index VenturesLaela SturdyManaging Partner at CapitalGRyan IsonoDeal Partner at Felicis Ventures

+ 1,165 more

Also attended Libera Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele4

Laura ArgelichAssociate at Ysios CapitalBianca BenattiJr. Analyst at XGEN VentureFrancesca CignarellaAssociate at Dolby Family VenturesAlex LaterzaAdvisor at Exceptional Ventures

Also attended Harvard Business School1,777

Brad GerstnerFounder & CEO of Altimeter CapitalAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesJim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalTim DraperFounder of Draper AssociatesMike Maples JrCo-founding Partner at FloodgateMamoon HamidPartner at Kleiner Perkins

+ 1,771 more

Also attended Harvard Medical School113

Niko BonatsosInvestment Team at General CatalystAnthony PhilippakisInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Ben RobbinsInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)David ReshefInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Krishna YeshwantInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Morgan CheathamPartner and Head of Healthcare and Life Sciences at Breyer Capital

+ 107 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Atlas Venture51

Karim FarisInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Nessan BerminghamInvestor at Khosla VenturesKristen LaguerreExecutive Partner at MPM BioImpactKate GunioController at Long Ridge Equity PartnersHenri MoissinacInvestor at FELIX CAPITALPeter BarrettPartner Legacy Funds at Atlas Venture

+ 45 more

Also worked at Boston Children's Hospital30

Sam BlackmanEntrepreneur in Residence at GV (Google Ventures)Molly RobertsonOperations Associate at Founder CollectiveNasra MohamedInvestor at Third Rock VenturesMarin LangSenior Associate at .406 VenturesJane SuhPrincipal at AlleyCorpJohn BrownsteinSenior Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer at Flare Capital Partners

+ 24 more

Also worked at Flagship Pioneering66

Anika GuptaInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Noubar AfeyanInvestor at Flagship PioneeringPatrickBiotech Investment Lead at Hummingbird VenturesSamir KaulInvestor at Khosla VenturesCassidy BlundellPartner at Mission BiocapitalDiana BernsteinDirector at Northpond Ventures

+ 60 more

Also worked at Vida Ventures, LLC19

Nicole FraenkelInvestor at Khosla VenturesRajul JainManaging Director at Vida VenturesJill GoldsteinPrincipal at Vida VenturesMark SpringelPrincipal at Vida VenturesAndrei Ramirez-ValdezVenture Associate at 82VSBeccaInvestor at Sanofi Ventures

+ 13 more

Colleagues at Atlas Venture

Aimee Raleigh
Principal at Atlas Venture
Bruce Booth
Partner at Atlas Venture
Chelsea Johnson
Principal at Atlas Venture
David Grayzel
Partner at Atlas Venture
Fred Destin
Investor at Atlas Venture
Jason Rhodes
Partner at Atlas Venture
Jean-François Formela
Partner at Atlas Venture
Jernej Godec
Principal at Atlas Venture