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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

Per the firm's website.

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-Francois Formela
General Partner at Atlas Venture
Jean-François Formela
Partner 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).

Founder mafias

Massachusetts Institute of Technology mafia1,220

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Elad GilPhDFounded Brain Co. +1Hemant TanejaM.Eng.Founded Hippocratic AINat FriedmanBachelor of ScienceFounded XamarinBrad FeldS.B.Founded TechstarsMatt HuangB.S.Founded Paradigm +1Delian AsparouhovDropoutFounded Nightingale +1

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UC San Diego mafia235

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Elad GilBAFounded Brain Co. +1Chester NgBSFounded DivXWendy JohanssonCognitive ScienceFounded Misaludhealth +2Elizabeth A. MullerBachelorsFounded Deep Isolation +2Sean AinsworthB.S.Founded RetroSense Therapeutics +1Chris YinFounded plume.org PLUME +1

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Atlas Venture mafia21

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Nessan BerminghamVenture PartnerFounded Korro Bio +2Romesh SubramanianEntrepreneur In ResidenceFounded RaNA Therapeutics +2Sumit AgarwalAssociateFounded Ariodata +2Henri MoissinacPrincipal, Internet and software in EuropeFounded TIER Mobility +1Jason RhodesPartnerFounded Rectifypharma +1Adam NashAssociate PartnerFounded Daffy +1

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Flagship Pioneering mafia21

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Noubar AfeyanFounder and CEOFounded ProFound Therapeutics +13Avak KahvejianGeneral PartnerFounded ProFound Therapeutics +5Geoffrey von MaltzahnGeneral PartnerFounded Sienna Biopharmaceuticals +5Lovisa AfzeliusGeneral PartnerFounded AllTrna +2Inca ComanVentureLabs FellowFounded RIPPL Care +1Ignacio MartinezPartnerFounded Cibo Technologies +1

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Codiakbio mafia4

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Noubar AfeyanDirectorFounded ProFound Therapeutics +12Avak KahvejianBoard ObserverFounded ProFound Therapeutics +5Kathryn GoldenDirector of ManufacturingFounded Sunflower TX

Same school

Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology2,000

Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesElad GilSolo general partner investing through Gil CapitalAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesHemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystPhilippe LaffontFounder & CIO of Coatue ManagementNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDG

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Also attended UC San Diego446

Elad GilSolo general partner investing through Gil CapitalMark SusterManaging Partner at Upfront VenturesChester NgGeneral Partner at AtomicBirgitteInvestor at InvestinorHouman HaghighiPartner, Business & Corporate Development at Menlo VenturesFreya Svedberg-KeatingInvestor at Medicxi

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Shared employers

Also worked at Generation Bio2

Jeffrey M. JonasPartner at Cure VenturesDoug KerrScience Advisor at Exceptional Ventures

Also worked at Dyne Therapeutics6

Carlo IncertiOperating Partner at ForbionJason RhodesPartner at Atlas VentureSudhir AgrawalInvestor at 82VSRomesh SubramanianVenture Partner at Scion Life SciencesDoug KerrScience Advisor at Exceptional VenturesStephen CurtisManaging Partner at MPM BioImpact

Also worked at Translate Bio2

Dan LynchInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Christian CobaughChief Scientific Officer and Founder at Vernal Biosciences

Also worked at Merck153

Anika GuptaInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Sam BlackmanEntrepreneur in Residence at GV (Google Ventures)Catherine Pearce, DHSc, MBAAdvisor at CincyTechDavid MollerInvestor at Third Rock VenturesAlan EzekowitzInvestor at Third Rock VenturesUri LopatinInvestor at Khosla Ventures

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