EcoR1 Capital

EcoR1 Capital is an investment fund based in San Francisco that focuses on biotechnology, building long-term partnerships with entrepreneurs working on new therapeutics. It says its role is to support the discovery and development of medicines by backing scientists as they turn research into treatments for patients. The firm points to advances in understanding the molecular basis of disease as the backdrop for its investment approach, and describes itself as contributing to both the science and the strategy behind the companies it backs. EcoR1 Capital has been associated with companies such as Relay Therapeutics and Eikon Therapeutics as part of its portfolio. The firm is based in San Francisco, California.