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About
Venture Partner at Versant with extensive experience leading drug discovery across small molecule, biotherapeutic, and technology platforms. Previously co-founded and served as CEO of Interline Therapeutics, was CSO of Denali Therapeutics, and held drug discovery leadership roles at Genentech, Roche, Novartis, and Revolution Medicines. He works with entrepreneurs to build new companies from early-stage science.
Experience
- Versant VenturesVenture Partnercurrent2024 — present
- Interline TherapeuticsCEO2020 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
- Denali TherapeuticsChief Scientific Officer and Head of Discovery2015 — 2020
- REVOLUTION MedicinesSenior Director of Chemistry2015
- Novartis Institutes for BioMedical ResearchDirector of Medicinal and Analytical Chemistry2011 — 2015San Francisco Bay Area
- GenentechProject Leader2009 — 2011
- Roche PharmaceuticalsPrincipal Research Scientist2002 — 2008Roche Palo Alto
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Zach Sweeney?
- Venture Partner at Versant with extensive experience leading drug discovery across small molecule, biotherapeutic, and technology platforms. Previously co-founded and served as CEO of Interline Therapeutics, was CSO of Denali Therapeutics, and held drug discovery leadership roles at Genentech, Roche, Novartis, and Revolution Medicines. He works with entrepreneurs to build new companies from early-stage science.
- Where does Zach Sweeney work?
- Zach Sweeney is Venture Partner at Versant Ventures.
- Where did Zach Sweeney go to school?
- Zach Sweeney studied at Harvard University (NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship, Chemistry); University of California, Berkeley (PhD, Chemistry); Stanford University (BS, Chemistry).
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Also worked at Interline Therapeutics1
Also worked at Denali Therapeutics5
Also worked at REVOLUTION Medicines5
Also worked at Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research352
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