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Maze Therapeutics Announces $190 Million Financing To Support The Advancement Of Nine Precision Medicine Programs And Compass Platform For Genetically Defined Diseases

Jan 10, 2022•over 3 years ago

Amount Raised

$190 Million

San Francisco

Description

Maze Therapeutics, a company translating genetic insights into new precision medicines, today announced a $190 million financing led by Matrix Capital Management with participation from General Catalyst, a16z Bio+Health, Woodline Partners, Casdin Capital, City Hill Ventures, Foresite Capital, Driehaus Capital Management, Moore Strategic Ventures, Terra Magnum Capital Partners, NS Investments and several others. Maze was launched in 2019 with a financing led by Third Rock Ventures and ARCH Venture Partners, with participation from GV, Foresite Capital, Casdin Capital, Alexandria Venture Investments and other undisclosed investors and has since generated nine programs and two joint-ventures. In conjunction with the financing, Maze also announced that Matrix Capital Management’s Andy Tran has joined the company’s board of directors.

Company Information

Company

Maze Therapeutics

Location

San Francisco, California, United States

About

Maze Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company applying advanced data science methods in tandem with a robust suite of research and development capabilities to advance a pipeline of novel precision medicines for patients with genetically defined diseases. Maze has developed the Maze CompassTM platform, a proprietary, purpose-built platform that combines human genetic data, functional genomic tools and data science technology to map novel connections between known genes and their influence on susceptibility, timing of onset and rate of disease progression. Using Compass, Maze is building a broad portfolio, including wholly owned programs targeting Pompe disease, chronic kidney disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, as well as partnered programs in cardiovascular and ophthalmic diseases. Maze is based in South San Francisco. For more information, please visit mazetx.com, or follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.

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