Venture Creation Spotlight: Jeremy Caldwell (Versant Ventures)

Venture Creation Spotlight: Jeremy Caldwell (Versant Ventures)
Company: Lycia Therapeutics
What if we could harness our cell’s lysosomal degradation mechanisms to target and break down disease causing proteins? Versant Ventures is taking this question head on with the creation of Lycia, a biotechnology company using LYTAC (lysosomal targeting chimera) protein degraders to target both soluble and membrane bound extracellular proteins. Nucleate was thrilled to have Jeremy Caldwell speak about the inception and creation of Lycia, and teach us about the Versant Ventures’ model of venture creation!
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Links:
Versant Ventures: www.versantventures.com/
Jeremy Caldwell: www.versantventures.com/team/...
Lycia Therapeutics: lyciatx.com/