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Ascenta Capital backs biotech companies building multi-asset platforms to translate science into therapies. They invest early and provide strategic and operational support across clinical, regulatory, manufacturing, and capital planning. The firm focuses on multi-product platform investments and collaborates with management to advance from preclinical science to early human data. Their approach combines concentrated investments with hands-on guidance to de-risk development and scale platforms. Based in New York, the firm targets biopharma companies creating medicines with broad platform potential.
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Investment focus
Investment style
Specialist
Latest fund size
$325 million
Latest fund vintage
2025
Data last enriched
Aug 14, 2026
Investing team
- Evan RachlinCo-Founder and Managing Partner
- Lorence KimCo-Founder and Advisory Partner
- Paul DeutschAdvisory Partner
- Michael RosenblattAdvisory Partner
- Jeff ChodakewitzAdvisory Partner
- Daniel BloomfieldAdvisory Partner
- John GutierrezPrincipal
- Leighanne OhVice President