Headquartered in South San Francisco, Lycia Therapeutics is a biotechnology company using its proprietary lysosomal targeting chimeras (LYTACs) platform to discover and develop first-in-class therapeutics that degrade extracellular and membrane-bound proteins that drive a wide range of difficult-to-treat diseases, including autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. Lycia was established in 2019 when it was launched from Versant Ventures’ Inception Sciences Discovery Engine in collaboration with academic founder and Nobel Laureate Carolyn Bertozzi, Ph.D., professor of chemistry and HHMI investigator at Stanford University.