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Atlas Venture

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USBio/PharmaHealthtechDeep Tech

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Investment thesis

Atlas Venture is a leading early-stage biotech venture capital firm that has been building breakthrough biotechnology companies for over 30 years. The firm employs a seed-led venture creation strategy, working shoulder-to-shoulder with exceptional scientists and entrepreneurs to translate high-impact science into life-changing medicines for patients. Atlas operates a two-fund model: an early-stage fund (Fund XIV, $450M) to found, seed, incubate, and invest in new biotech startups, and a complementary Opportunity Fund ($400M) for continued investment in later-stage private and public financings of portfolio companies. The firm's approach is characterized by a collaborative, science-first, patient-centric culture spanning disease areas including gene therapy, precision oncology, RNA biology, and immunology, with a disciplined focus on building scalable businesses that deliver both patient impact and superior investment returns.

Notable quotes

Core to Atlas is a disciplined approach to our firm, funds, and portfolio. We believe deeply in the power of a focused venture creation strategy, building biotech companies across the spectrum of disease areas, modalities, and business models.

Atlas Partnership (joint statement) · BusinessWire – Atlas Venture Fund XIV Announcement · 2024-12-05

If we can positively impact the lives of patients by discovering and developing an innovative new medicine, the system will reward that risk-taking with superlative investment returns.

Bruce Booth · LifeSciVC blog – Twenty Years In Early Stage Biotech VC · 2025-06-01

I am immensely proud of the organization Atlas Venture has become. I look forward to continuing to work alongside my partners, countless talented entrepreneurs, and the broader biopharma community toward our shared goal of bringing groundbreaking medicines forward.

Jean-François Formela · BusinessWire – Atlas Venture Fund XIV Announcement · 2024-12-05

Team

Bruce Booth

Partner

Bio/PharmaHealthtechDeep Tech

Kevin Bitterman

Partner

Bio/PharmaHealthtech

Michael Gladstone

Partner

Bio/PharmaHealthtech

Jason Rhodes

Partner

Bio/PharmaHealthtech

David Grayzel

Partner

Bio/PharmaHealthtech

Aimee Raleigh

Principal

Bio/Pharma

Recent investments

CompanyRoundSizeDate
Kailera TherapeuticsSeries A$400m2024-10-01
EthyrealSeries A$101m2025-01-01
Renasant BioSeed$55m2025-07-10
GRO BiosciencesSeries B$60m2024-07-19
Dyne TherapeuticsSeed2019-01-01
Kymera TherapeuticsSeed2016-01-01
Disc MedicineSeed2018-01-01
Accent TherapeuticsSeed2019-01-01
Affinia TherapeuticsSeed2020-01-01
HotSpot TherapeuticsSeed2018-01-01

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