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Dimension

San Francisco, CA · Invests in US; North America; Europe · Website

Thesis

Technology and biology are converging to create the next generation of transformative companies. The digitization of life sciences—driven by exponential growth in biological data and advances in AI/ML—is enabling a new class of platform companies that will dominate the industry. Tomorrow's biotech will be built by teams of three: a biologist, a chemist, and a computer scientist.

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Dimension avoids pure consumer apps, hardware-only plays, non-technical founders, and business models that don't leverage the tech-bio convergence opportunity.

How they invest

Lead or follow
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Typical decision
~2 months
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Not required
Involvement
Takes a board seat
Fund status
Actively deploying
Assets under mgmt
$850M
Decision process
Partnership vote

Partners & team

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Nan Li

General PartnerFounder & Managing Partner · Primary contact

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Adam Goulburn

General PartnerFounder & Managing Partner

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Zavain Dar

General PartnerFounder & Managing Partner

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Simon Barnett

PartnerPartner and Head of Research

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Reha Mathur

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Rami Hathwar

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Bauer LeSavage

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Frank Gao

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Portfolio

RecursionBiotech Life Sciences

Recursion Pharmaceuticals is a clinical stage TechBio company leading the space by decoding biology to radically improve lives. Enabling its mission is the Recursion OS, a platform built across diverse technologies that continuously expands one of the world’s largest proprietary biological and chemical datasets. Recursion leverages sophisticated machine-learning algorithms to distill from its dataset a collection of trillions of searchable relationships across biology and chemistry unconstrained

Modal LabsEnterprise Software

Modal Labs provides high-performance AI infrastructure designed to facilitate the development and deployment of applications for data, AI, and machine learning. Their platform allows developers to run inference, training, and batch processing with instant autoscaling and a seamless developer experience.

EnvedaBiotech Life Sciences

Enveda Bio leverages evolutionary intelligence for drug discovery, utilizing a large foundation model called PRISM for analyzing small molecule mass spectra.

Monte Rosa TherapeuticsBiotech Life Sciences

Monte Rosa Therapeutics is focused on developing molecular glue degraders (MGDs) that target undruggable proteins for therapeutic purposes, particularly in immunology and inflammation.

Aspect BiosystemsBiotech Life Sciences

Aspect Biosystems is a biotechnology company pioneering the development of bioprinted tissue therapeutics to transform how we treat some of the most elusive diseases. Aspect's bioprinted tissue therapeutics are designed to replace, repair, or supplement biological function inside the body.

NewLimitBiotech Life Sciences

NewLimit is a biotechnology company focused on extending human healthspan through epigenetic reprogramming, developing medicines to treat aging and related diseases.

AutomataBiotech Life Sciences

Automata Technologies is a leading automation company powering life sciences labs with its LINQ platform, which automates lab workflows and is designed to be easily adoptable by various research institutions and pharmaceutical companies.

Kimia TherapeuticsBiotech Life Sciences

Kimia Therapeutics is focused on generating a chemical atlas for treating human diseases using advanced technologies that combine machine learning with chemical design and synthesis.

ConvokeEnterprise Software

Convoke is a modern recovery management system in a single, secure SaaS platform. Convoke enables creditors to increase recovery rates, reduce the burden of third-party oversight, and ensure regulatory compliance.

AxiomLegal Regtech

Axiom provides on-demand legal talent and business lawyers in Canada, offering flexible legal solutions and access to a network of over 14,000 legal professionals.

Kaleidoscope BioBiotech Life Sciences

Kaleidoscope Bio provides solutions to accelerate R&D workflows for internal and CRO projects, optimizing experiment and FTE spend for complex programs.

LaminBiotech Life Sciences

Lamin is an open data framework for biology that allows users to query, trace, and validate datasets and models at scale, automating context for agents and humans.

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Dimension: Pioneering the Convergence of Technology and Life Sciences Investment Thesis Dimension is a specialized venture capital firm singularly focused at the intersection of technology and life sciences. The firm's core conviction is that technology and biology are not separate disciplines but are fundamentally converging to create the next generation of transformative companies. Founded in Ma

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