# Mission BioCapital

> Mission BioCapital is a VC fund backing Biotechnology and Health Care. See 94 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cambridge, United States
- Total investments: 94
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 22%
- Fund size: $275M
- Last fund: Nov 2021
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/missionbiocapital
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/MissionBioCap
- Website: http://www.missionbiocapital.com

Mission BioCapital is a life science venture capital firm that invests in early-stage companies. The company leadership team has a long history together, investing in and launching dozens of early-stage life science companies. They are located in regions with a rich concentration of research, discovery, and venture capital investment, and they areknown by leaders of portfolio companies for the expertise and deep support they provide.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Mission BioCapital. Shizune tracks 6 team members at Mission BioCapital. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/bioinnovation-capital?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $4.2M–$80M |
| Series B | $21M–$112M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Biotechnology | 60 | 64% |
| Health Care | 35 | 37% |
| Therapeutics | 27 | 29% |
| Medical | 17 | 18% |
| Life Science | 7 | 7% |

34 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 24 | 26% |
| Series B | 18 | 19% |
| Funding Round | 15 | 16% |
| Seed | 11 | 12% |
| Pre-Seed | 7 | 7% |

9 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 65 | 69% |
| Switzerland | 2 | 2% |
| France | 1 | 1% |
| Germany | 1 | 1% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Douglas Crawford | Managing Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/douglas-crawford |
| Eric W. Linsley | Managing General Partner; Managing General Partner | 7 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eric-w-linsley |
| Johannes Fruehauf | General Partner, Co-Founder | 7 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/johannes-fruehauf |
| Johannes Fruehauf | General Partner and Co-Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/johannes-fruehauf-1042 |
| Peter Parker | Managing General Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/peter-parker |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deck Bio | Deck Bio develops multi-target T cell engager immunotherapies for solid tumors. | $3.1M | Seed | Apr 09, 2026 |  |
| Beech Biotech | Beech Biotech is utilizing cutting-edge biology to develop innovative therapies for preeclampsia and other pregnancy-related issues. This business extends pregnancy and lessens the effects of premature birth. | $500K | Seed | Apr 02, 2026 |  |
| Enodia Therapeutics | Enodia Therapeutics is a biotech company that provides transforming treatments for cancer, inflammation, and viral infection diseases. | $24.2M | Seed | Jan 08, 2026 |  |
| EpiBiologics | EpiBiologics develops first-in-class antibody based targeted therapies against membrane and extracellular proteins that drive underlying disease biology. | $107M | Series B | Jan 08, 2026 |  |
| Nocion Therapeutics | Nocion Therapeutics is a developer of novel pharmaceuticals intended to treat the conditions arising from neurogenic inflammation. The company is developing "nocions" which are a new kind of therapy that selectively affects actively firing nociceptors, enabling patients to provide targeted, robust and sustained relief for the treatment ofserious conditions including cough, itch, pain and inflammation. | $23M | Series B | Jan 07, 2026 |  |
| AI Proteins | AI Proteins is a biotechnology company that focuses on the design and engineering of synthetic mini protein therapeutics. The company was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts. | $42.5M | Series A | Nov 19, 2025 |  |
| Zag Bio | Zag Bio™ has discovered a novel approach to create thymus-targeted medicines to treat and prevent autoimmune diseases by restoring central immune tolerance. Zag Bio designs bifunctional antibodies that deliver self-antigens to antigen-presenting cells in the thymus to harness the body’s natural process for training immune cells to recognize andtolerate self, halting or preventing autoimmune attacks on the body’s own tissues. Zag Bio’s pipeline includes ZAG-101, its lead program for Type 1 diabetes, as well as discovery programs for thymus-targeted therapies to address other autoimmune diseases and help patients and their caregivers. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Zag Bio’s team includes experienced experts in thymus biology, autoimmune diseases and innovative drug development.Zag Bio is a biotechnology company that designs thymus-targeting bifunctional antibody medicines to treat and prevent autoimmune diseases. | $80M | Series A | Oct 28, 2025 |  |
| Sensorium Therapeutics | Sensorium Therapeutics is a drug discovery platform that develops novel FDA-approved psychoactive medicines. Founded in 2021, the company is based in Boston, Massachusetts. | $25M | Series A | Aug 29, 2025 |  |
| D2B3 | D2B3 is a pre-clinical biotechnology startup dedicated to creating innovative drug delivery technologies for the brain and central nervous system. | $500K | Pre-Seed | Apr 07, 2025 |  |
| D2B3 | D2B3 is a pre-clinical biotechnology startup dedicated to creating innovative drug delivery technologies for the brain and central nervous system. | $500K | Pre-Seed | Apr 07, 2025 |  |

10 of 94 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Mission Bay Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mission-bay-capital-llc) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Pfizer Venture Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pfizer-venture-investments) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Alexandria Venture Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alexandria-venture-investments) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Polaris Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/polaris-partners) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [RA Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ra-capital-management) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Canaan Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/canaan-partners) — VC Fund, 5 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Mission BioCapital invest in?

Mission BioCapital invests primarily in Biotechnology, Health Care and Therapeutics startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 94 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Mission BioCapital's check size?

Mission BioCapital typically joins rounds of $4.2M–$80M at Series A and $21M–$112M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Mission BioCapital participates in.

### How do I contact Mission BioCapital?

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### Who are the partners at Mission BioCapital?

The team at Mission BioCapital includes Douglas Crawford (Managing Partner), Eric W. Linsley (Managing General Partner; Managing General Partner) and Johannes Fruehauf (General Partner, Co-Founder), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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