ARTICLE | Emerging Company Profile
Versant’s Monte Rosa debuts with $32.5M, library of molecular glues for protein degradation
Versant-built start-up finds targets, compounds for protein degradation via structural biology and proteomics
May 27, 2020 2:13 AM UTC
Monte Rosa has built a library of small molecule protein degraders that make broader use of the “degron” structures grabbed by the field’s first drugs, thalidomide derivatives.
Launched from Versant Ventures’ Swiss incubator lab Ridgeline, Monte Rosa Therapeutics Inc. is also backed by New Enterprise Associates. On Tuesday, the company announced a $32.5 million series A round and a preclinical lead oncology candidate that degrades an undisclosed protein. ...