Firms

Scion Life Sciences

Scion Life Sciences

New York, United States

Scion Life Sciences is a New York biotechnology venture investor and company builder affiliated with Petrichor. It creates therapeutics companies around academic, industry and internally developed discoveries, combining long-term financing with scientific and operating support from initial incubation through clinical development and potential commercialization. Its internal Scion Innovations hub designs and tests protein therapeutics, antibodies and other biologics, supporting drug-discovery and company-formation work. The firm backs medicines across serious diseases rather than a neuroscience-only mandate; its team includes experienced developers of neurological and neuromuscular therapies.

Founded
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Type
Venture capital

Funds1

  • Scion Life Sciences Fund I$310M

    Scion’s inaugural biotechnology venture fund finances formation and long-term development of therapeutics companies, supporting scientific incubation, drug discovery, clinical development and potentially public-market expansion. Scion Innovations supplies internal R&D capabilities and operating support.

Team

Operations and support

Aaron KantoffManaging Partner
Abhishek DattaSenior Vice President & Head of Research
Amanda Rodrigues MarianoSenior Associate Scientist, In-Vitro Pharmacology
Anumeha RajvanshiResearch Associate-II, Molecular Biology & Protein Expression
Ariella GolbinCo-op Student
David KatonaHead of Business Development & Investor Relations
Douglas SauterScientist II, Protein Sciences
Eddie HosseinDirector of Finance
Elliot Akama-GarrenFormer Fellow (2025/26 cohort)
Elliot WarnerSenior Associate · Former Fellow (2023/24 cohort)
Hugh ChenHugh ChenFormer Fellow (2025/26 cohort)
Huw NashVenture Partner
James BellushFormer Fellow (2023/24 cohort)
Jeffrey EdelmanPartner & Head of Operations; Chief Compliance Officer
Kartik MenonFormer Fellow (2025/26 cohort)
Khikmet SadykovScientist II, Antibody Discovery
Lalo FloresVenture Partner
Leticia AngeliniScientist II, Antibody Discovery & Protein Expression
Mary YoungFormer Fellow (2023/24 cohort)
MaryAnn LungarielloExecutive Assistant
Megan BlewettPrincipal
Miguel ChuapocoFormer Fellow (2023/24 cohort)
Nathan BealsFormer Fellow (2024/25 cohort)
Nick BayhiFormer Fellow (2024/25 cohort)
Romesh SubramanianVenture Partner
Sakshi ThakreCo-op Student
Samuel HallManaging Partner
Shabnam EghbaliFormer Fellow (2022/23 cohort)
Steve O’NeilPrincipal Scientist, Protein Sciences
Tadd WesselManaging Partner
Todd BorlandPrincipal Scientist, in-vitro & in-vivo Pharmacology
Wesley HuangFormer Fellow (2025/26 cohort)
William ChourAssociate · Former Fellow (2022/23 cohort)
William WangFormer Fellow (2022/23 cohort)

Co-investing

No co-investors on record yet.

Investments