Early to growth-stageEst. 2017

S32

About S32

A venture capital firm founded by former Google Ventures CEO Bill Maris, investing across technology, biotechnology, healthcare, and life sciences at early through growth stages.

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Founded in 2017 by Bill Maris (former CEO of Google Ventures) and Dr. Michael Pellini (former chairman of Foundation Medicine) as "Section 32"; rebranded to "S32" with the tagline "Venture Beyond." Manages more than $3B in AUM across multiple funds, including a $740M fund closed in 2022 (third-party sourced, not firm-published), with offices in San Diego, the Bay Area, and Boston.

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