# Westlake Village BioPartners

> Westlake Village BioPartners is a VC fund backing Biotechnology. See 44 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Westlake Village, United States
- Total investments: 44
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 39%
- Last fund: Jul 2023
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/westlake-village-biopartners
- X (Twitter): https://mobile.twitter.com/biowestlake
- Website: http://westlakebio.com/

Westlake Village BioPartners is a venture capital firm focused on incubating and building life sciences companies with entrepreneurs that have the potential to bring transformative therapies and technologies to patients. The Westlake model is built on the founding team’s unique experience in successfully identifying and developing breakthroughtherapies and building organizations.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Biotechnology | 15 | 34% |
| Health Care | 12 | 27% |
| Medical | 8 | 18% |
| Therapeutics | 8 | 18% |
| Life Science | 5 | 11% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 15 | 34% |
| Series B | 9 | 20% |
| Series C | 5 | 11% |
| Series D | 2 | 5% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 5% |

9 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 18 | 41% |
| Canada | 1 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sean E. Harper | Managing Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sean-e-harper |
| Beth Seidenberg | Managing Director | 35 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/beth-seidenberg |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Vedana Therapeutics | Vedana Therapeutics is a Seattle biotechnology company developing next-generation antibody therapies for migraine prevention. | $46M | Series A | Jun 17, 2026 |  |
| Oorja Bio | Oorja Bio is is a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing therapies for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and other fibrotic and cardiopulmonary diseases, with a focus on restoring lung tissue function and promoting cellular repair. | $30M | Series A | May 19, 2026 |  |
| Recludix Pharma | Recludix pharma is a developing platform to discover potent and selective inhibitors of challenging protein targets. The platform approach integrates custom generated DNA-encoded libraries, massively parallel determination of structure-activity relationships, and a proprietary screening tool to ensure selectivity. |  |  | Jan 12, 2026 |  |
| Electra Therapeutics | Electra Therapeutics is a clinical stage biotechnology company developing therapies for cancer and other immunological diseases. | $183M | Series C | Oct 22, 2025 |  |
| Star Therapeutics | Star Therapeutics mission is to develop therapies for as many diseases as possible for millions of patients. | $125M | Series D | Sep 30, 2025 |  |
| AllRock Bio | AllRock Bio is a drug developing firm that offers novel therapies to patients suffering hypertension and other fibrotic conditions. | $50M | Series A | Sep 16, 2025 |  |
| Neuron23 | Neuron23 is a developer of drugs intended to treat Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease. | $96.5M | Series D | Jun 24, 2025 |  |
| Latigo Biotherapeutics | Operator of a drug discovery company intended to develop novel, non-opioid therapies for chronic pain. The company utilizes unique, translated insights to provide a differentiated approach to targeting therapeutics across the blood-nerve barrier, enabling patients to get access to a pain management therapy that does not create addiction, dependenceor tolerability. | $150M | Series B | Mar 17, 2025 |  |
| Latigo Biotherapeutics | Operator of a drug discovery company intended to develop novel, non-opioid therapies for chronic pain. The company utilizes unique, translated insights to provide a differentiated approach to targeting therapeutics across the blood-nerve barrier, enabling patients to get access to a pain management therapy that does not create addiction, dependenceor tolerability. | $150M | Series B | Mar 17, 2025 |  |
| Borealis Biosciences | Borealis Biosciences is a company in the field of next-generation RNA medicines, specializing in molecular and cellular biology, vivarium space, chemistry, and analytical capabilities. | $30M | Series A | Dec 19, 2024 |  |

10 of 44 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [OrbiMed](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/orbimed-advisors) — VC Fund, 12 deals together
- [Cowen Healthcare Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cowen-healthcare-investments) — VC Fund, 10 deals together
- [Redmile Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/redmile-group) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
- [RA Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ra-capital-management) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Cormorant Asset Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cormorant-asset-management) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Surveyor Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/surveyor-capital) — VC Fund, 7 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Westlake Village BioPartners invest in?

Westlake Village BioPartners invests primarily in Biotechnology, Health Care and Medical startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 44 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Westlake Village BioPartners?

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### Who are the partners at Westlake Village BioPartners?

The team at Westlake Village BioPartners includes Sean E. Harper (Managing Partner) and Beth Seidenberg (Managing Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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