capital founded 1980 headquarters cambridge ma united states products venture capital funds total assets 3 billion number of employees 15 website www.atlasventure.com this article is about the life sciences venture capital firm atlas venture which previously also invested in technology . for the technology team formerly at atlas venture see accomplice . atlas venture is an early stage venture capital firm that invests in life sciences startup companies in the u.s. . atlas is headquartered in cambridge massachusetts where the majority of its investments are located . 1 atlas is currently investing its tenth fund which closed in april 2015 with 280 million in commitments . 2 the team is led by five investment partners peter barrett bruce booth jean francois formela david grayzel and jason rhodes . 3 history edit atlas has invested in over 150 life sciences startups since it began investing in the sector in 1990 . atlas invests in a range of therapeutic areas including immuno oncology autoimmunity inflammation neuroscience gene cell therapy and editing and anti infectives . the current portfolio includes gene editing company intellia therapeutics ; 4 oncology companies bicycle therapeutics replimune surface oncology and unum therapeutics ; autoimmunity companies nimbus therapeutics and padlock therapeutics ; anti infectives company spero therapeutics ; synthetic biology company synlogic ; rna companies miragen therapeutics and rana therapeutics ; and cns companies quartet medicine and rodin therapeutics . notable prior exits from atlas life sciences portfolio include actelion adnexus therapeutics alnylam pharmaceuticals annovation biopharma annovation biopharma arqule arrow therapeutics arteaus therapeutics avila therapeutics costim pharmaceuticals crucell decode genetics exelixis micromet momenta pharmaceuticals morphosys novexel stromedix and u3 pharma . 5 originally formed in 1980 atlas historically invested in both life sciences and information technology startup companies . in october 2014 atlas announced its shift to a biotech only venture capital firm with the technology focused investment team forming a new firm accomplice to continue investing in information technology startups . 6 7 previously as a diversified firm atlas had raised over 3.0 billion of investor commitments across nine venture capital funds . the firm raised 705 million for its 2000 vintage fifth fund 600 million for its 2001 vintage sixth fund 385 million for its 2006 vintage seventh fund 283 million for its 2009 vintage eighth fund and 265 million for its 2013 vintage ninth fund . 8 9 at its largest the firm had offices on the west coast as well as in europe in addition to the boston area headquarters . today the firm operates from a single office in cambridge massachusetts . 10 11 references edit exclusive atlas venture is splitting up . fortune october 2 2014 keshavan meghana april 17 2015 . with new 280m fund atlas venture cuts the it and right sizes to biotech . medcitynews . atlas team atlas venture . atlas venture . retrieved 2016 03 15 . house douglas w. 29 april 2016 . intellia therapeutics on deck for ipo . seeking alpha . retrieved 1 may 2016 . portfolio atlas venture . atlas venture . retrieved 2016 03 15 . atlas venture the next chapter lifescivc . life sci vc . october 2 2014 . huang gregory t. june 29 2015 . fka atlas has a new name accomplice . xconomy . atlas venture closes new fund with 283m does the staffing shuffle . xconomy january 2009 atlas venture aims for new 500m fund . mass high tech november 6 2008 atlas venture ups sticks to boston . tech crunch europe january 19 2010 atlas brings its european ops back to boston . new york times dealbook january 20 2010 external links edit atlas venture bruce booth atlas venture partner blog v t e private equity and venture capital investment firms investment strategy venture growth mezzanine secondaries leveraged buyout history history of private equity and venture capital early 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