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Phillip Samayoa

Investor

Venture Partner at Atlas Venture

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

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About

Phillip Samayoa is a venture partner with over 15 years of experience as a biotech investor, executive, and company builder. He most recently was chief scientific officer and chief strategy officer at Generation Bio, where he built business development, portfolio strategy, and discovery research functions and raised over $750M across financings and partnerships. He was previously a principal on the Atlas investment team, co-founded Generation Bio and Dyne Therapeutics, and earlier held roles at Merck's MRL Ventures Fund and Flagship Pioneering; he holds a Ph.D. in systems biology from UC San Diego and dual B.S. degrees from MIT.

Invests in

Biotech

Experience

  1. Atlas VentureVenture Partnercurrent2026 — presentCambridge, Massachusetts
  2. Generation BioCo-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer2025
  3. Generation BioChief Strategy Officer2022 — 2025Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
  4. Generation BioSenior Vice President, Head of Corporate Development2021 — 2022Cambridge, Massachusetts
  5. Generation BioVice President, Strategy and Portolio Development2018 — 2021
  6. Generation BioSenior Director, Strategy and Portfolio Development2017 — 2018
  7. Dyne TherapeuticsCo-Founder2017 — 2018
  8. Atlas VenturePrincipal2016 — 2018Cambridge, Massachusetts
  9. Translate BioBoard Observer2015 — 2016Cambridge, MA
  10. MerckPrincipal, MRL Ventures2016Cambridge, MA
  11. MerckAssociate, MRL Ventures2015 — 2016Cambridge, MA
  12. Flagship PioneeringAssociate2012 — 2015Cambridge, MA
  13. Flagship PioneeringVentureLabs Entrepreneurial Fellow2012Cambridge, MA
  14. Codiak BiosciencesCo-Founder2014 — 2015Cambridge, MA
  15. IndigoFounding Team2014Cambridge, MA
  16. AxcellaProduct Strategy and Intellectual Property2012 — 2014Cambridge, MA
  17. Bayer Technology ServicesComputational Systems Biology2009
  18. Decision ResourcesConsulting2008
  19. Infinity PharmaceuticalsCancer Biochemistry2007

Skills & more

Biotechnology18Lifesciences7Business Strategy2Project Management1Pharmaceutical Industry1Start-up Ventures3C++Python1Matlab3CADSynthetic Biology6Microbial Ecology1
+8 moreGenetic EngineeringMolecular CloningCell CultureMicrofluidicsPhotolithographyMicrofabricationVenture CapitalEntrepreneurship

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Investments

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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
Dmitry Balyasny
General Partner at Atlas Venture
Jason Rhodes
Partner at Atlas Venture
Jean-François Formela
Partner at Atlas Venture
Jernej Godec
Principal at Atlas Venture

Frequently asked questions

Who is Phillip Samayoa?
Phillip Samayoa is a venture partner with over 15 years of experience as a biotech investor, executive, and company builder. He most recently was chief scientific officer and chief strategy officer at Generation Bio, where he built business development, portfolio strategy, and discovery research functions and raised over $750M across financings and partnerships. He was previously a principal on the Atlas investment team, co-founded Generation Bio and Dyne Therapeutics, and earlier held roles at Merck's MRL Ventures Fund and Flagship Pioneering; he holds a Ph.D. in systems biology from UC San Diego and dual B.S. degrees from MIT.
Where does Phillip Samayoa work?
Phillip Samayoa is Venture Partner at Atlas Venture.
What does Phillip Samayoa invest in?
Phillip Samayoa invests in Biotech.
What companies has Phillip Samayoa invested in?
Investments tracked here include Dyne Therapeutics, Generation Bio.
Where did Phillip Samayoa go to school?
Phillip Samayoa studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Dual S.B., Biological Engineering); UC San Diego (PhD, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology).

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