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Hat trick for Versant as Graphite follows Monte Rosa, Century to NASDAQ

Firm’s portfolio companies quickly lining up to tap biotech’s yawning IPO window

June 25, 2021 2:25 AM UTC

With Monte Rosa and Graphite Bio pricing IPOs late this week, a trio of companies backed by Versant have completed offerings valuing each at more than $850 million in the span of a few days.

Graphite Bio Inc. (NASDAQ:GRPH),  Monte Rosa Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ:GLUE) and  Century Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ:IPSC) raised a total of $703 million with postmoney valuations of $850 million-$1.1 billion. Versant holds stakes of at least 20% in all three...