Nested Therapeutics
Nested Therapeutics hunts for hidden cancer-driving mutations and designs drugs to fit them. Its first drug, NST-628, sticks two signalling proteins (RAF and MEK) together to switch off a common cancer growth pathway.
Overview
Nested Therapeutics is a Cambridge, Massachusetts precision oncology company founded by Versant Ventures. Its platform maps mutational clusters onto protein structures to reveal cryptic driver mutations and druggable pockets, combining genomics, computational biophysics and machine learning. The lead programme, NST-628, is a non-degrading, brain-penetrant pan-RAF/MEK molecular glue that outperformed single agents and vertical combinations in RAS/MAPK-driven preclinical models; it is in a phase 1 study (NCT06326411) in adults with MAPK pathway-mutated or -dependent advanced solid tumours. A mutation-selective p53 pathway programme targets a cryptic pocket in a transcriptional regulator and has a lead compound. Nested launched in October 2022 with a 90 million US dollar Series A led by Goldman Sachs Asset Management, bringing total funding to 125 million US dollars.
Funding
All startups| Round | Year | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Series A · Led by Goldman Sachs Asset Management; brought total financing to 125 million US dollars since Versant Ventures founded the company | 2022 | $90M | nestedtx.com |
Amounts only where the cited source states them. Rounds without a public source are not listed.
Notes
top- No SEC Form D filings were found under the company name. The seed funding (35 million US dollars implied by the 125 million total) is not itemised in the release. Founding year not sourced.
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