SEC Form 10-Q filed by Monte Rosa Therapeutics Inc.

5/8/25 7:14:15 AM ET

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Biotechnology: Biological Products (No Diagnostic Substances)

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10-Q

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)


☒	QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2025


☐	TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from ____________ to ____________

Commission File Number: 001-40522

Monte Rosa Therapeutics, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware	84-3766197
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

321 Harrison Avenue, Suite 900 Boston, Massachusetts	02118
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 949-2643

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

     Title of each class

     Trading
Symbol(s)

     Name of each exchange on which registered

     Common stock, par value $0.0001 per share

     GLUE

     The Nasdaq Global Select Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.


Large accelerated filer	☐	Accelerated filer	☐
Non-accelerated filer	☒	Smaller reporting company	☒
		Emerging growth company	☒

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒

As of May 5, 2025, the registrant had 61,509,821 shares of common stock, $0.0001 per share, outstanding.

Special note regarding forward-looking statements

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, or Quarterly Report, contains forward-looking statements which are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the or the Securities Act, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act. All statements other than statements of historical facts contained in this Quarterly Report are forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may”, “will”, “should”, “expects”, “intends”, “plans”, “anticipates”, “believes”, “estimates”, “predicts”, “potential”, “continue” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. These statements are not guarantees of future results or performance and involve substantial risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements in this Quarterly Report include, but are not limited to, statements about:

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the initiation, timing, progress, results, costs, and any expectations and/or predictions of success of our current and future research and development programs and preclinical studies, including our expectations for our molecular glue degraders, or MGDs, molecules, including our GSPT1-directed MGD MRT-2359, VAV1-directed MGD MRT-6160 and NEK7-directed MGDs, including MRT-8102, and our CDK2 and CCNE1 MGDs;

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the initiation, timing, progress, results, costs, and any expectations and/or predictions of success of our current and any future clinical trials, including our clinical trials for our GSPT1-directed MGD MRT-2359, VAV1-directed MGD MRT-6160, including statements regarding the nature of or the timing for when any results of any clinical trials will become available;

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our ability to continue to develop our proprietary discovery engine, called QuEENTM, and to expand our proteomics and translational medicine capabilities;

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the potential advantages of our discovery engine technology and product candidates;

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the extent to which our scientific approach and discovery engine technology may target proteins that have been considered undruggable or inadequately drugged;

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our plans to submit Investigational New Drug, or IND applications to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, or the FDA for current and future product candidates;

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the potential benefits of strategic collaborations and our ability to enter into strategic collaborations with third parties who have the expertise to enable us to further develop our biological targets, product candidates and discovery engine technologies, including our agreement with Novartis AG, or Novartis, for MRT-6160 and our agreement with F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., or Roche Basel, and Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., or Roche US, and together with Roche Basel referred herein as Roche;

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our ability to obtain and maintain regulatory approval of our product candidates;

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our ability to maintain and expand, including through third-party vendors, our library of MGDs;

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our ability to manufacture, including through third-party manufacturers, our product candidates for preclinical use, future clinical trials and commercial use, if approved;

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our ability to commercialize our product candidates, including our ability to establish sales, marketing and distribution capabilities for our product candidates;

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the rate and degree of market acceptance of our product candidates;

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the size and growth potential of the markets for our product candidates, and our ability to serve those markets;

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our ability to establish and maintain intellectual property rights covering our current and future product candidates and technologies;

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the implementation of our business model and strategic plans for our business, product candidates, and technology;

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estimates of our future expenses, revenues, capital requirements, and our needs for additional financing;

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our expected use of proceeds from sales of our common stock in "at-the-market" offerings and other offerings, and the period over which such proceeds, together with existing cash, will be sufficient to meet our operating needs;

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our ability to obtain funding for our operations necessary to complete further development and commercialization of our product candidates;

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our financial performance;

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developments in laws and regulations in the United States, or the U.S., and foreign countries;

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the success of competing therapies that are or may become available;

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our ability to attract and retain key scientific or management personnel;

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the effect of global economic uncertainty and financial market volatility caused by economic effects of rising inflation and interest rates, global health crises, geopolitical events, elections, changes in international trade relationships and military conflicts on any of the foregoing or other aspects of our business or operations;

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the effect of any geopolitical conflicts or new or increased international tariffs, including mitigation efforts and economic effects, on any of the foregoing or other aspects of our business operations, including but not limited to our preclinical studies, ongoing clinical trials and future clinical trials; and

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other risks and uncertainties, including those listed under the section entitled “Risk factors" and those included in "Part 1, Item 1A, Risk Factors" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, or our 2024 Annual Report, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, on March 20, 2025.

Any forward-looking statements in this Quarterly Report reflect our current views with respect to future events and with respect to our future financial performance, and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations include, among other things, those described under Part II, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this Quarterly Report. Given these uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements.

All of our forward-looking statements are as of the date of this Quarterly Report only. In each case, actual results may differ materially from such forward-looking information. We can give no assurance that such expectations or forward-looking statements will prove to be correct. An occurrence of or any material adverse change in one or more of the risk factors or risks and uncertainties referred to in this Quarterly Report or included in our other public disclosures or our other periodic reports or other documents or filings filed with or furnished to the SEC could materially and adversely affect our business, prospects, financial condition and results of operations. Except as required by law, we do not undertake or plan to update or revise any such forward-looking statements to reflect actual results, changes in plans, assumptions, estimates or projections or other circumstances affecting such forward-looking statements occurring after the date of this Quarterly Report, even if new information becomes available in the future or if such results, changes or circumstances make it clear that any forward-looking information will not be realized. Any public statements or disclosures by us following this Quarterly Report that modify or impact any of the forward-looking statements contained in this Quarterly Report will be deemed to modify or supersede such statements in this Quarterly Report.

We may from time to time provide estimates, projections and other information concerning our industry, the general business environment, and the markets for certain diseases, including estimates regarding the potential size of those markets and the estimated incidence and prevalence of certain medical conditions. Information that is based on estimates, forecasts, projections, market research or similar methodologies is inherently subject to uncertainties, and actual events, circumstances or numbers, including actual disease prevalence rates and market size, may differ materially from the information reflected in this Quarterly Report. Unless otherwise expressly stated, we obtained this industry, business information, market data, prevalence information and other data from reports, research surveys, studies and similar data prepared by market research firms and other third parties, industry, medical and general publications, government data, and similar sources, in some cases applying our own assumptions and analysis that may, in the future, prove not to have been accurate.

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Table of Contents


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PART I.	FINANCIAL INFORMATION	1
Item 1.	Financial Statements (Unaudited)	1
	Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)	1
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Unaudited)	2
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity (Unaudited)	3
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)	4
	Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)	5
Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	16
Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	23
Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	23

PART II.	OTHER INFORMATION	24
Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	24
Item 1A.	Risk Factors	24
Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities, Use of Proceeds and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities	26
Item 3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities	26
Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures	26
Item 5	Other Information	26
Item 6.	Exhibits	27
Signatures		28

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Part I ─ Financial Information

Item 1. Financial Statements

Monte Rosa Therapeutics, Inc.

Condensed consolidated balance sheets (unaudited)


	March 31,			December 31,
(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)	2025			2024
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	78,530		$	224,254
Marketable securities		247,544			147,895
Other receivables		1,408			173
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		4,798			5,118
Total current assets		332,280			377,440
Property and equipment, net		29,336			29,483
Operating lease right-of-use assets		26,263			26,831
Restricted cash		4,880			4,863
Other long-term assets		440			115
Total assets	$	393,199		$	438,732
Liabilities and stockholders’ equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	6,489		$	17,215
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities		16,287			18,785
Current deferred revenue		32,575			117,232
Current portion of operating lease liability		3,865			3,714
Total current liabilities		59,216			156,946
Deferred revenue, net of current		16,863			16,147
Defined benefit plan liability		3,961			3,702
Operating lease liability, net of current		37,999			39,001
Total liabilities		118,039			215,796
Commitments and contingencies (Note 8)
Stockholders’ equity
Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value, 10,000,000 shares authorized		—			—
Common stock, $0.0001 par value; 500,000,000 shares authorized, 61,509,821 and 61,507,446 shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively		6			6
Additional paid-in capital		670,186			664,874
Accumulated other comprehensive loss		(3,329	)		(3,356	)
Accumulated deficit		(391,703	)		(438,588	)
Total stockholders’ equity		275,160			222,936
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$	393,199		$	438,732

See accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

Monte Rosa Therapeutics, Inc.

Condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss) (unaudited)


	Three months ended March 31,
(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)	2025			2024
Collaboration revenue	$	84,929		$	1,064
Operating expenses:
Research and development		32,190			27,026
General and administrative		8,703			8,985
Total operating expenses		40,893			36,011
Income (loss) from operations		44,036			(34,947	)
Other income:
Interest income		3,439			2,442
Foreign currency exchange gain, net		173			620
Gain on disposal of fixed assets		59			—
Total other income		3,671			3,062
Net income (loss) before income taxes		47,707			(31,885	)
Provision for income taxes		(822	)		(83	)
Net income (loss)	$	46,885		$	(31,968	)
Comprehensive income (loss):
Provision for pension benefit obligation		48			35
Unrealized loss on available-for-sale securities		(21	)		(4	)
Comprehensive income (loss)	$	46,912		$	(31,937	)
Earnings (loss) per share:
Basic	$	0.57		$	(0.53	)
Diluted	$	0.57		$	(0.53	)
Weighted average number of shares outstanding:
Basic		82,148,719			60,156,187
Diluted		82,956,423			60,156,187

See accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

Monte Rosa Therapeutics, Inc.

Condensed consolidated statements of stockholders’ equity (unaudited)


	Common stock
(in thousands, except share amounts)	Shares		Amount		Additional paid-in capital		Accumulated other comprehensive loss			Accumulated deficit			Total Stockholders’ equity
Balance—January 1, 2024		50,140,233	$	5		547,857	$	(2,724	)	$	(365,888	)	$	179,250
Restricted common stock vesting		4,691		—		—		—			—			—
Exercise of common stock options		45,108		—		246		—			—			246
Provision for pension benefit obligation		—		—		—		35			—			35
Stock-based compensation expense		—		—		4,873		—			—			4,873
Unrealized loss on available-for-sale securities		—		—		—		(4	)		—			(4	)
Issuance of common stock		10,272		—		87		—			—			87
Net Loss		—		—		—		—			(31,968	)		(31,968	)
Balance—March 31, 2024		50,200,304	$	5		553,063	$	(2,693	)	$	(397,856	)	$	152,519

Balance—January 1, 2025		61,507,446	$	6		664,874	$	(3,356	)	$	(438,588	)	$	222,936
Exercise of common stock options		2,375		—		14		—			—			14
Provision for pension benefit obligation		—		—		—		48			—			48
Stock-based compensation expense		—		—		5,298		—			—			5,298
Unrealized loss on available-for-sale securities		—		—		—		(21	)		—			(21	)
Net Income (Loss)		—		—		—		—			46,885			46,885
Balance—March 31, 2025		61,509,821	$	6		670,186	$	(3,329	)	$	(391,703	)	$	275,160

See accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements

Monte Rosa Therapeutics, Inc.

Condensed consolidated statements of cash flows (unaudited)


	Three months ended March 31,
(in thousands)	2025			2024
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income (loss)	$	46,885		$	(31,968	)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities
Stock-based compensation expense		5,298			4,873
Depreciation		2,048			1,897
Net accretion of discounts/premiums on marketable securities		(1,029	)		(69	)
Gain on disposal of property and equipment		(59	)		—
Changes in operating assets and liabilities
Other receivables		(1,235	)		(10	)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		(4	)		(2,287	)
Accounts payable		(10,874	)		(5,070	)
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities		(2,606	)		(3,886	)
Defined benefit plan liability		307			(110	)
Right-of-use assets and operating lease liabilities		(283	)		(471	)
Deferred revenue		(83,940	)		(1,064	)
Net cash used in operating activities	$	(45,492	)	$	(38,165	)
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment		(1,587	)		(1,384	)
Purchases of marketable securities		(138,014	)		(56,068	)
Proceeds from maturities of marketable securities		39,372			67,305
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	$	(100,229	)	$	9,853
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from exercise of employee stock options		14			246
Net cash provided by financing activities	$	14		$	246
Net decrease in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	$	(145,707	)	$	(28,066	)
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash—beginning of period		229,117			132,681
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash—end of period	$	83,410		$	104,615
Reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
Cash and cash equivalents	$	78,530		$	99,752
Restricted cash		4,880			4,863
Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	$	83,410		$	104,615
Supplemental disclosure of noncash items
Purchases of property and equipment in accounts payable and accrued expenses	$	304		$	983

See accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

Monte Rosa Therapeutics, Inc.

Notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements

(unaudited)

1. Description of business and liquidity

Business

Monte Rosa Therapeutics, Inc. is a biotechnology company developing a portfolio of novel small molecule precision medicines that employ the body’s natural mechanisms to selectively degrade therapeutically-relevant proteins. As used in these consolidated financial statements, unless the context otherwise requires, references to the Company or Monte Rosa refer to Monte Rosa Therapeutics, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiaries Monte Rosa Therapeutics AG and Monte Rosa Therapeutics Securities Corp. Monte Rosa Therapeutics AG, a Swiss operating company, was incorporated under the laws of Switzerland in April 2018. Monte Rosa Therapeutics, Inc. was incorporated in Delaware in November 2019. The Company is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts with research operations in both Boston and Basel, Switzerland.

Liquidity considerations

Since inception, the Company has devoted substantially all its efforts to business planning, research and development, recruiting management and technical staff, and raising capital and has financed its operations primarily through issuance and sale of convertible promissory notes, convertible preferred stock, public offerings of common stock or warrants to purchase common stock, registered direct offerings, and through its collaborations with Roche and Novartis.

The Company’s continued discovery and development of its product candidates will require significant additional research and development efforts, including extensive preclinical and clinical testing and regulatory approval prior to commercialization. These efforts require significant amounts of additional capital, adequate personnel and infrastructure and extensive compliance-reporting capabilities. Even if product development efforts are successful, it is uncertain when, if ever, the Company will realize significant revenue from product sales.

As of March 31, 2025, the Company had an accumulated deficit of $391.7 million. The Company has incurred losses and negative cash flows from operations since inception. The Company expects that its operating losses and negative cash flows will continue for the foreseeable future as the Company continues to develop its product candidates. The Company currently expects that its cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities of $326.1 million as of March 31, 2025 will be sufficient to fund operating expenses and capital requirements for at least 12 months from the date the first quarter interim condensed consolidated financial statements are issued. However, additional funding will be necessary to fund future discovery research, pre-clinical and clinical activities. The Company will seek additional funding through public financings, debt financings, collaboration agreements, strategic alliances and licensing arrangements. Although it has been successful in raising capital in the past, there is no assurance that the Company will be successful in obtaining such additional financing on terms acceptable to it, if at all, and the Company may not be able to enter into collaborations or other arrangements. If the Company is unable to obtain funding, it could be forced to delay, reduce or eliminate its research and development programs, product portfolio expansion or commercialization efforts, which could adversely affect the Company’s business prospects, even the ability to continue operations.

2. Summary of significant accounting policies

Basis of presentation

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S., or GAAP, and are stated in U.S. dollars. Any reference in these notes to applicable guidance is meant to refer to the authoritative GAAP as found in the Accounting Standards Codification and Accounting Standards Updates, or ASUs, of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Unaudited Financial Information

The Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements included herein have been prepared in conformity with GAAP and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC. In the Company’s opinion, the information furnished reflects all adjustments, all of which are of a normal and recurring nature, necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position and results of operations for the reported interim periods. The Company considers events or transactions that occur after the balance sheet date but before the financial statements are issued to provide additional evidence relative to certain estimates or to identify matters that require additional disclosure.

The results of operations for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for the full year or any other interim period.

Recently issued accounting pronouncements

The Company has elected to use the extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards as available under the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, or the JOBS Act.

In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures, which is intended to provide enhancements to annual income tax disclosures. The standard will require more detailed information in the rate reconciliation table and for income taxes paid, among other enhancements. The standard is effective for years beginning after December 15, 2024 and early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact the adoption of this standard will have on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

On November 4, 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03 Income Statement Reporting Comprehensive Income—Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40), which requires disaggregated disclosure of income statement expenses for public business entities. ASU 2024-03 requires, in a tabular presentation, each relevant expense caption on the face of the income statement that includes any of the following natural expenses: (1) purchases of inventory, (2) employee compensation, (3) depreciation, (4) intangible asset amortization, and (5) depreciation, depletion, and amortization (DD&A) recognized as part of oil- and gas-producing activities or other types of depletion expenses. The tabular disclosure would also include certain other expenses, when applicable. The standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2027. The Company is currently evaluating the impact the adoption of this standard will have on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

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3. Fair value measurements

The following tables present information about the Company’s financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis and indicate the level of the fair value hierarchy utilized to determine such fair values (in thousands):


	As of March 31, 2025
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Current assets
Money market funds	$	77,796	$	—	$	—	$	77,796
Pension plan assets		—		9,741		—		9,741
Corporate debt securities		—		105,634		—		105,634
U.S Treasury securities		—		141,910		—		141,910
Total assets measured at fair value	$	77,796	$	257,285	$	—	$	335,081


	As of December 31, 2024
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Current assets
Money market funds	$	223,657	$	—	$	—	$	223,657
Pension plan assets		—		9,413		—		9,413
Corporate debt securities		—		63,758		—		63,758
U.S Treasury securities		—		84,137		—		84,137
Total assets measured at fair value	$	223,657	$	157,308	$	—	$	380,965

Money market funds are highly liquid investments and are actively traded. The pricing information on the Company’s money market funds are based on quoted prices in active markets for identical securities. This approach results in the classification of these securities as Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.

The fair value of pension plan assets has been determined as the surrender value of the portfolio of active insured members held within the Columna Collective Foundation Group investment fund and are classified within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

Marketable securities consist of corporate debt securities and U.S. Treasury securities which are classified as available-for-sale pursuant to ASC 320, Investments—Debt and Equity Securities. Marketable securities are classified within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy because pricing inputs are other than quoted prices in active markets. The fair values of these investments are estimated by taking into consideration valuations obtained from third-party pricing services. The pricing services utilize industry standard valuation models, including both income- and market-based approaches, for which all significant inputs are observable, either directly or indirectly, to estimate fair value. These inputs include reported trades of

and broker/dealer quotes on the same or similar securities, issuer credit spreads, benchmark securities based on historical data and other observable inputs.

There were no transfers among Level 1, Level 2 or Level 3 categories in the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024.

4. Marketable Securities

Marketable securities as of March 31, 2025 consisted of the following (in thousands):


	Amortized		Unrealized		Unrealized			Fair
	Cost		Gains		Losses			Value
Description
Corporate debt securities	$	105,603	$	40	$	(9	)		105,634
U.S Treasury securities		141,845		70		(5	)		141,910
Total	$	247,448	$	110	$	(14	)	$	247,544

Marketable securities as of December 31, 2024 consisted of the following (in thousands):


	Amortized		Unrealized		Unrealized			Fair
	Cost		Gains		Losses			Value
Description
Corporate debt securities	$	63,710	$	56	$	(8	)		63,758
U.S Treasury securities		84,068		75		(6	)		84,137
Total	$	147,778	$	131	$	(14	)	$	147,895

As of March 31, 2025, unrealized gain and losses on marketable securities are recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) in the accompanying condensed consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive income (loss). There were no realized gains or losses recognized on the sale or maturity of marketable securities for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 and, as a result, the Company did not reclassify any amounts out of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) for the same periods.

The Company holds debt securities of companies with high credit quality and has determined that there was no material change in the credit risk of any of its debt securities. The Company also believes that it will be able to collect both principal and interest amounts due to it at maturity.

5. Property and Equipment, net

Property and equipment, net, consist of the following (in thousands):


	March 31, 2025			December 31, 2024
Laboratory equipment	$	25,342		$	25,041
Computer hardware and software		1,271			1,256
Furniture and fixtures		1,157			1,099
Leasehold improvements		22,387			22,387
Construction in process		484			64
Total property and equipment, at cost	$	50,641		$	49,847
Less: accumulated depreciation		(21,305	)		(20,364	)
Property and equipment, net	$	29,336		$	29,483

Depreciation expense for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 was $2.0 million and $1.9 million, respectively.

6. Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities consist of the following (in thousands):


	March 31,		December 31,
	2025		2024
Compensation and benefits	$	3,841	$	8,220
Accrued research and development		8,025		7,211
Other		4,421		3,354
Total other current liabilities	$	16,287	$	18,785

7. Leases

The Company determines if an arrangement is a lease at inception. Operating leases are included in operating lease right-of-use, or ROU, assets and operating lease liabilities in the condensed consolidated balance sheets. The Company has no finance leases as of March 31, 2025.

ROU assets represent the right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and lease liabilities represent the obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. Operating lease ROU assets and liabilities are recognized at commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term. As the Company’s leases do not provide an implicit rate, management estimated the incremental borrowing rate based on the rate of interest the Company would have to pay to borrow a similar amount on a collateralized basis over a similar term. The Company uses its incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at commencement date in determining the present value of lease payments.

Klybeckstrasse Lease

In March 2021, the Company entered into an operating lease agreement for office and lab space with Wincasa AG, or the landlord, that occupies approximately 21,422 square feet located at Klybeckstrasse 191, 4057 Basel, Basel-City, Switzerland. In April 2023, the Company and the Landlord amended the Klybeckstrasse Lease which increased the office and lab space square footage from 21,422 square feet to 44,685 square feet and extended the term of the lease through June 30, 2027. The amendment was accounted for as a lease modification and resulted in an increases to the related ROU asset and operating lease liability of $1.8 million.

Harrison Avenue Lease

In December 2021, the Company entered into a non-cancelable lease agreement for 63,327 square feet of office and laboratory space to support its expanding operations, or the Harrison Avenue Lease. The term of the lease commenced on April 1, 2022 and the Company’s obligation to pay rent began on December 21, 2022. The initial term of the lease is 128 months following the commencement date at which point the Company has the option to extend the lease an additional 5 years. As of the lease commencement date, the Company has determined that it is not reasonably certain to exercise the option to extend the lease and has not included the extension period in the lease term. The annual base rent under the Harrison Avenue Lease is $95.00 per square foot for the first year, which is subject to scheduled annual increases of 3%, plus certain costs, operating expenses and property management fees.

Pursuant to the terms of the Harrison Avenue Lease, the landlord reimbursed the Company for $13 million of tenant improvements. The Company reduced the related ROU asset by the amounts reimbursed by the landlord and capitalized the leasehold improvements as fixed assets on the consolidated balance sheet.

The components of lease expense for the three months ended March 31, 2025 are as follows (in thousands):


	Three months ended March 31,
	2025		2024
Operating lease expense	$	1,634	$	1,651
Variable lease expense		852		879
Total lease expense	$	2,486	$	2,530

The variable lease expenses generally include common area maintenance and property taxes.

The following table summarizes lease expense incurred (in thousands):


	Three months ended March 31,
	2025		2024
Research and development	$	2,078	$	2,110
General and administrative		408		420
Total lease expense	$	2,486	$	2,530

Short-term lease costs for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 were immaterial.

The weighted average remaining lease term and discount rate related to the Company's leases are as follows:


	March 31, 2025			December 31, 2024
Weighted average remaining lease term (years)		7.5			7.7
Weighted average discount rate		9.8	%		9.8	%

Supplemental cash flow information relating to the Company's leases for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 are as follows (in thousands):


	Three months ended March 31,
	2025		2024
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for operating lease obligations	$	-	$	108
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities	$	908	$	759

The amortization of the ROU assets for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 was $0.6 million and $0.8 million, respectively.

Future minimum lease payments under non-cancelable leases as of March 31, 2025 for each of the years ending December 31 are as follows (in thousands):


Undiscounted lease payments
2025	$	5,775
2026		7,903
2027		7,633
2028		7,360
2029		7,581
Thereafter		23,443
Total undiscounted minimum lease payments		59,695
Less: Imputed interest		(17,831	)
Total operating lease liability	$	41,864

8. Commitments and contingencies

Legal Proceedings

From time to time, the Company may be subject to legal proceedings, claims and disputes that arise in the ordinary course of business. The Company accrues a liability for such matters when it is probable that future expenditures will be made and that such expenditures can be reasonably estimated. As of March 31, 2025, the Company is not a party to any litigation and does not have a contingency reserve established for any litigation liabilities.

9. Collaboration and license agreements

Roche Collaboration and License Agreement

Description

In October 2023, Monte Rosa Therapeutics AG, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Monte Rosa Therapeutics, Inc, or the Company, entered into a collaboration and license agreement, or the Roche Agreement, with F. Hoffman-La Roche Ltd. and Hoffman-La Roche Inc., or Roche. Pursuant to the Roche Agreement, the parties will seek to identify and develop molecular glue degraders, or MGDs, against cancer or neurological disease targets using the Company’s proprietary drug discovery engine for an initial set of targets in oncology and neuroscience selected by Roche, with Roche having an option to expand the collaboration to include additional option targets, wherein a certain number of targets selected by Roche are subject to replacement rights owned by Roche. The Company will lead pre-clinical discovery and research activities with Roche leading late pre-clinical and clinical development activities.

Under the Roche Agreement, Roche will have a worldwide, exclusive license under patents and know-how controlled by the Company to develop and commercialize products directed to applicable targets. The license exclusivity is subject to the Company’s retained rights solely to fulfill its obligations under the arrangement.

The research collaboration activities governed by the Roche Agreement will be overseen by a joint research committee.

Unless earlier terminated, the Roche Agreement will remain in effect for each product licensed under the Agreement until expiration of the royalty term for the applicable product. The parties have included termination provisions in the Roche

Agreement, allowing termination of the Roche Agreement in its entirety, on a country-by-country or a target-by-target basis.

Pricing

In November 2023, the Company received a $50.0 million non-refundable upfront payment for the initial set of targets. Pursuant to the terms of the Roche Agreement, the Company expects to be entitled to receive from Roche certain variable consideration including potential pre-clinical milestones up to $172 million, and potential clinical, commercial and sales milestones exceeding $2 billion. For the additional option targets, upon Roche’s exercise of their option, the Company is entitled to receive an upfront payment of up to $28 million and potential pre-clinical, clinical, commercial and sales milestones exceeding $1 billion. The Company is also eligible to receive tiered royalties ranging from high-single-digits to low-teens on any products that are commercialized by Roche as a result of the collaboration.

To date through March 31, 2025, the Company has received $9.0 million related to Roche's decision to exercise its option rights for continued research and development services. The related payments are initially classified as deferred revenue in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet and recognized in revenue as the related research and development services are performed.

Accounting

This agreement represents a transaction with a customer and therefore is accounted for under ASC 606 Revenue From Contracts With Customers.

The Company determined that the development and commercialization licenses for each of the collaboration targets is neither capable of being distinct nor distinct within the context from the promised initial research services. In addition, the Company has determined that each target in the agreement is distinct from other targets because: (i) Roche can benefit from the license and research services for a given target on their own since the results related thereto can be evaluated discretely and (ii) the results of the research and development of each target does not affect either the Company’s ability to perform or Roche’s ability to assess the results for any other target. As such, the Company has identified certain performance obligations within the agreement as follows:

•

Performance obligations for the research and development of initial targets

•

Performance obligations for the research and development services related to Roche’s option to replace certain targets

The total transaction price of the Roche Agreement is allocated to the performance obligations based on their relative standalone selling price. The Company developed the standalone selling price for the performance obligations included in the Roche Agreement by determining the total estimated costs to fulfill each performance obligation identified with the objective of determining the price at which it would sell such an item if it were to be sold regularly on a standalone basis. The allocated transaction price is recognized as revenue from collaboration agreements in one of two ways:

•

Research and development of the initial targets: The Company recognizes the portion of the transaction price allocated to each of the research and development performance obligations as the research and development services are provided, using an input method, in proportion to costs incurred to date for each research development target as compared to total costs incurred and expected to be incurred in the future to satisfy the underlying obligation related to said research and development target. The transfer of control occurs over this period and, in management’s judgment, is the best measure of progress towards satisfying the performance obligation.

•

Option rights: The transaction price allocated to the options rights, which are considered material rights, is deferred until the period that Roche elects to exercise or elects to not exercise its option right to license and commercialize the underlying research and development target. Upon Roche's exercise of an option right, the Company will recognize the portion of the transaction price allocated using the input method described above. Any payments made to exercise option rights will be added to the allocated value and recognized as the related services are performed.

To date through March 31, 2025, $34.7 million has been recognized as collaboration revenue in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss and the remaining $24.3 million of the upfront payment and subsequent milestone payments related to customer options are recorded as deferred revenue in the liabilities section of the condensed consolidated balance sheets.

Novartis License Agreement

Description

In October 2024, Monte Rose Therapeutics AG, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Monte Rosa Therapeutics, Inc, or the Company, entered into a license agreement with Novartis, or the Novartis Agreement. Pursuant to the Novartis Agreement, the Company granted to Novartis an exclusive, royalty-bearing, sublicensable and transferable license to develop, manufacture, and commercialize VAV1 MGDs, including MRT-6160, which is currently in Phase 1 clinical development for immune-mediated conditions. The Company is responsible for completing the ongoing Phase 1 clinical study and Novartis is responsible for all subsequent development and commercial activities starting at Phase 2.

Pricing

In December 2024, the Company received a $150 million non-refundable upfront payment. Pursuant to the Agreement, the Company is entitled to receive from Novartis up to $2.1 billion in development, regulatory, and sales milestones, beginning upon initiation of Phase 2 studies including (a) potential development and regulatory milestone payments, exceeding $1.5 billion if multiple indications achieve regulatory approval in multiple territories, (b) potential sales milestones payments in connection with sales outside of the United States, and tiered royalties on sales outside of the United States. The Company will continue to be responsible for costs associated with the ongoing Phase 1 clinical study and Novartis will be responsible for costs associated with any subsequent clinical studies. The Company and Novartis also agreed to a net profit and loss sharing arrangement, pursuant to which the Company could co-fund any global clinical development from Phase 3 onwards and will share 30% of any profits and losses associated with the manufacturing and commercialization of the licensed products in the United States. The Company has defined opportunities to opt out of the net profit and loss sharing arrangement prior to the initiation of Phase 3 clinical trials, in such case, sales in the United States would be entitled to the potential sales milestones payments and tiered royalties as sales outside of the United States. Any costs for any co-funded development and commercialization activities are subject to budgets reviewed by the Company and Novartis.

Accounting

The goods and services that the Company is obligated to deliver and perform (the license and Licensor Clinical Trial) will be accounted for under ASC 606 as they represent a transaction with a customer.

The Company has concluded that the license and the completion of the Licensor Clinical Trial promises are treated as a single, combined performance obligation. The Company has determined the total transaction price to be $150 million, which consists solely of the upfront payment. All milestone payments were constrained as the achievement of the milestones are contingent upon the success of the underlying research and development activities and are generally outside the control of the Company. The Company’s options to share in further development and commercialization efforts via its opt-in/opt-out rights will be assessed and accounted for as separate units of accounting under the relevant guidance if, and when, such options are exercised by the Company.

The Company recognizes revenue associated with the combined performance obligation will be recognized over time using a cost-based input methodology. The transfer of control occurs over the course of the Licensor Clinical Trial promise and, in management’s judgment, is the best measure of progress towards satisfying the combined performance obligation. The amounts received that have not yet been recognized as revenue are classified as deferred revenue on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet and will be recognized over the remaining Phase 1 clinical trial period until the performance obligation is satisfied.

In early 2025, at the request of Novartis, the scope of the Licensor Clinical Trial was expanded to include an additional cohort. The Company will be reimbursed for the cost incurred related to the additional cohort. The Company has concluded that this change represents a contract modification and that additional cohort is not distinct from the combined performance obligation previously identified in the License Agreement. As such, the contract modification will be accounted for as a cumulative catch-up adjustment to the original License Agreement. For the three months ended March 31, 2025 the Company recorded a cumulative catch-up adjustment of $6.2 million as collaboration revenue in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss).

To date through March 31, 2025, $125.9 million of revenue has been recognized as collaboration revenue in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss) and the remaining $25.1 million of the upfront payment is recorded as deferred revenue in the current liabilities section of the consolidated balance sheets as related performance obligations are expected to be completed within the next 12 months.

10. Equity

Undesignated Preferred Stock

The Company had 10,000,000 shares authorized of undesignated preferred stock, par value of $0.0001, of which no shares were issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2025.

Common Stock

The Company had 500,000,000 shares of common stock authorized, of which 61,509,821 shares were issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2025.

Additionally, the Company has issued pre-funded warrants to purchase 20,638,924 shares of the Company's common stock to accredited investors. The pre-funded warrants are immediately exercisable at an exercise price of $0.0001 per share. The Pre-Funded Warrants are exercisable at any time after the date of issuance. A holder of a Pre-Funded Warrant may not exercise such Pre-Funded Warrant if the holder, together with its affiliates, would beneficially own more than 4.99% (or, at the election of the holder, up to 19.99%) of the number of shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such exercise. No pre-funded warrants have been exercised as of March 31, 2025.

The holders of common stock are entitled to dividends when and if declared by the board of directors, subject to the preferences applicable to any outstanding shares of preferred stock. The board of directors has not declared any dividends and the Company has not paid any dividends.

The holders of common stock are entitled to one vote per share on all matters to be voted upon by the stockholders.

As of March 31, 2025, and December 31, 2024, the Company has reserved the following shares of common stock for the vesting of restricted stock and exercise of stock options:


	March 31, 2025		December 31, 2024
Options to purchase common stock		15,152,144		11,589,269
Unvested restricted common stock units		894,334		112,159
Pre-funded warrants		20,638,924		20,638,924
		36,685,402		32,340,352

Underwritten Public Offering

In May 2024, the Company entered into an underwriting agreement with TD Securities (USA) LLC, as representative of the several underwriters, related to an underwritten public offering, or the Offering, of 10,638,476 shares of common stock at a price of $4.70 per share, and, in lieu of Common Stock to certain investors, pre-funded warrants to purchase 10,638,524 shares of Common Stock at a price of $4.6999 per pre-funded warrant, which represents the price per share at which shares of Common Stock were sold in this Offering, minus $0.0001, which is the exercise price of each pre-funded warrant. The pre-funded warrants are immediately exercisable and may be exercised at any time until the pre-funded warrants are exercised in full. Aggregate gross proceeds from the Offering were $100 million, or aggregate net proceeds of $96.4 million after deducting the underwriter discounts, commissions, and other offering costs.

At-the-Market Offering

In July 2022, the Company entered into a sales agreement, or the Sales Agreement, with Jefferies LLC, or Jefferies, as amended on March 20, 2025, pursuant to which the Company may offer and sell shares of its common stock pursuant to the then-effective prospectus from time to time in “at-the-market” offerings through Jefferies, as the Company’s sales agent. The Company currently has a prospectus for $100M pursuant to which it may sell shares through July 2025, and a prospectus for $150M, pursuant to which it may sell shares through March 2028. The Company agreed to pay Jefferies a commission of up to 3.0% of the gross proceeds of any shares sold by Jefferies under the Sales Agreement. During the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company did not sell shares under the Sales Agreement. During the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company sold 10,272 shares of common stock under the Sales Agreement for aggregate gross proceeds of $0.1 million.

11. Stock-based compensation

2020 Stock incentive plan

The Company’s 2020 Stock Option and Grant Plan, or the 2020 Plan, provided for the Company to grant stock options, restricted stock and other stock awards, to employees, non-employee directors, and consultants. Upon the effectiveness of the 2021 Plan (as defined below), no further issuances were made under the 2020 Plan.

2021 Stock incentive plan

The Company’s 2021 Stock Option and Incentive Plan, or the 2021 Plan, was approved by the Company’s board of directors on May 28, 2021 and the Company’s stockholders on June 17, 2021 and became effective on the date

immediately prior to the date on which the registration statement for the Company’s IPO was declared effective. The 2021 Plan provides for the grant of incentive stock options, non-qualified stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock units, restricted stock awards, unrestricted stock awards, cash-based awards and dividend equivalent rights to the Company’s officers, employees, directors and consultants. The number of shares initially reserved for issuance under the 2021 Plan was 4,903,145. Under the evergreen provision of the 2021 Plan, the shares available for issuance under the 2021 Plan will be automatically increased each January 1st by 5% of the outstanding number of shares of the Company’s common stock on the immediately preceding December 31st or such lesser number of shares as may be determined by the Company’s compensation, nomination and corporate governance committee. Effective January 1, 2025 the number of shares available under the 2021 Plan automatically increased by 3,075,372 shares pursuant to the evergreen provision of the 2021 Plan. As of March 31, 2025, 1,954,112 shares were available for issuance under the 2021 Plan.

2021 Employee stock purchase plan

The Company’s 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, or the 2021 ESPP, was approved by the Company’s board of directors on May 28, 2021 and the Company’s stockholders on June 17, 2021 and became effective on the date immediately prior to the date on which the registration statement for the Company’s IPO was declared effective. A total of 439,849 shares of the Company’s common stock were initially reserved for issuance under the 2021 ESPP. The shares available for issuance under the 2021 ESPP will be automatically increased on each January 1st, through January 1, 2031, by the least of (i) 439,849 shares of the Company’s common stock, (ii) 1% of the outstanding number of shares of the Company’s common stock on the immediately preceding December 31st or (iii) such lesser number of shares of the Company’s common stock as determined by the plan administrator of the 2021 ESPP. Effective January 1, 2025 the number of shares available under the 2021 ESPP automatically increased by 439,849 shares pursuant to the evergreen provision of the 2021 ESPP. As of March 31, 2025, 1,875,677 shares were available for issuance under the 2021 ESPP.

Stock option activity

The following summarizes stock option activity:


	Number of options			Weighted average exercise price		Weighted average remaining contractual term (years)		Aggregate intrinsic value (in thousands)
Outstanding—December 31, 2024		11,589,269		$	8.10		7.6	$	11,419
Granted		3,565,250			7.06		—		—
Exercised		(2,375	)		5.71		—		—
Forfeited		—			—		—		—
Outstanding—March 31, 2025		15,152,144		$	7.86		7.9	$	3,061
Vested or expected to vest—March 31, 2025		15,152,144		$	7.86		7.9	$	3,061
Exercisable—March 31, 2025		7,478,241		$	8.70		6.8	$	2,726

The aggregate intrinsic value of options granted is calculated as the difference between the exercise price of the options and the estimated fair value of the Company’s common stock.

Restricted stock unit activity

Starting in 2022, the Company granted restricted stock units, or RSUs, to employees under the 2021 Plan. Each of the RSUs represents the right to receive one share of the Company’s common stock upon vesting. The RSUs will vest over two or four years provided the individual remains in continuous service of the Company. Accordingly, stock-based compensation expense for each RSU is recognized on a straight-line basis over the vesting term. The fair value of each RSU is based on the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant.

The following summarizes restricted stock unit activity:


	Number of shares		Weighted average grant date fair value
Unvested restricted stock units as of December 31, 2024		112,159	$	7.55
Granted		782,175	$	7.06
Unvested restricted stock units as of March 31, 2025		894,334	$	7.12

No restricted stock units vested during the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024.

Stock-based compensation expense

Stock-based compensation expense is classified as follows (in thousands):


	Three months ended March 31,
	2025		2024
Research and development	$	3,135	$	2,677
General and administrative		2,163		2,196
Total stock-based compensation expense	$	5,298	$	4,873

As of March 31, 2025 total unrecognized stock-based compensation cost related to unvested stock options and restricted stock units was $37.1 million and $5.3 million, respectively. The Company expects to recognize this remaining cost over a weighted average period of 2.8 years and 3.3 years, respectively.

12. Income taxes

During the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company recorded an income tax provision of $0.8 million and $0.1 million, respectively. The income tax provision is primarily related to interest income on marketable securities in Massachusetts and the US taxable income generated from the capitalization of research and development expenses.

The Company continues to maintain a full valuation allowance against all of its deferred tax assets. The Company has evaluated the positive and negative evidence involving its ability to realize our deferred tax assets. The Company has considered its history of cumulative net losses incurred since inception and its lack of any commercial products. The Company has concluded that it is more likely than not that it will not realize the benefits of its deferred tax assets. The Company reevaluates the positive and negative evidence at each reporting period.

13. Net income (loss) per common share

Basic and diluted net loss per share is calculated based upon the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period. Shares of the Company's common stock underlying pre-funded warrants are included in the calculation of the basic and diluted earnings per share. Basic and diluted net loss per share are as follows (in thousands except share and per share amounts):


	Three months ended March 31,
	2025		2024
Net income (loss)	$	46,885	$	(31,968	)
Basic weighted average shares outstanding		82,148,719		60,156,187
Effect of potentially dilutive securities:
Stock options to purchase common stock		729,311		—
Restricted stock units		78,393		—
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding		82,956,423		60,156,187

Basic net income (loss) per share	$	0.57	$	(0.53	)
Diluted net income (loss) per share	$	0.57	$	(0.53	)

The following outstanding potentially dilutive securities have been excluded from the calculation of diluted net loss per common share, as their effect is anti-dilutive:


	March 31,		March 31,
	2025		2024
Stock options to purchase common stock		14,422,833		11,710,090
Restricted stock awards		—		10,005
Restricted stock units		815,941		236,519

14. Employee retirement plans

The Company, in compliance with Swiss Law, is contracted with the AXA Leben AG, or AXA, for the provision of pension benefits in a defined benefit plan. All benefits are organized in a semi-autonomous collective foundation within the framework of the contract with AXA. Insurance benefits due are paid directly to the entitled persons by AXA in the name of and for the account of the collective foundation. The pension plan is financed by contributions of both employees and

employer. The contract between the Company and the collective foundation can be terminated by either side. In the event of a termination, the Company would have an obligation to find alternative pension arrangements for its employees. Because there is no guarantee that the employee pension arrangements would be continued under the same conditions, there is a risk, albeit remote, that a pension obligation may fall on the Company. The pension assets are pooled for all affiliated companies; the investment of assets is done by the governing bodies of the collective foundation.

The following table summarizes pension expense incurred (in thousands):


	Three months ended March 31,
	2025		2024
Pension expense	$	388	$	282

In February 2021, the Company adopted a defined contribution plan intended to qualify under Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code covering all eligible U.S. based employees of the Company. All employees are eligible to become participants of the plan immediately upon hire. Each active employee may elect, voluntarily, to contribute a percentage of their compensation to the plan each year, subject to certain limitations. The Company reserves the right, but is not obligated, to make additional contributions to this plan. The Company makes safe-harbor match contributions of 100% of the first 4% of each participant’s eligible compensation. In January 2024, the Company adopted a defined contribution supplemental pension plan for eligible Swiss based employees defined by Swiss Law Art.1e BVV 2, or the 1e Plan. Employees earning above a defined threshold are eligible and automatically enrolled in the 1e Plan and required contributions are determined by age and salary under Swiss Law. The Company and the employee share the costs of the 1e Plan.

The following table summarizes defined contribution expenses incurred (in thousands):


	Three months ended March 31,
	2025		2024
Defined contribution expense	$	409	$	356

15. Segment Data

The Company defines its segments on the basis of the way in which internally reported financial information is regularly reviewed by the chief operating decision maker, or CODM, to analyze financial performance, make decisions, and allocate resources. The Company manages its operations as a single operating and reportable segment committed to developing a portfolio of novel and proprietary MGDs. MGDs are small molecule drugs that employ the body’s natural protein destruction mechanisms to selectively degrade therapeutically-relevant proteins. As the internal reporting is based on the consolidated results, the Company has identified one operating and reportable segment. The CODM uses net income (loss) in the budget and forecasting process and considers budget-to-actual variances on a quarterly basis when making decisions about the allocation of operating and capital resources. The measure of the operating segment assets is reported on the consolidated balance sheet as total assets.

The accounting policies used in the segment reporting are the same as those described in the summary significant accounting policies (Note 2). The Company’s CODM is the Chief Executive Officer.

The Company's reportable segment net revenues and loss for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, consisted of the following:


	Three months ended March 31,
(in thousands)	2025			2024
Revenue:
Collaboration revenue	$	84,929		$	1,064
Operating expense:
Research and development:
External research and development expenses:
MRT-2359		1,945			3,886
MRT-6160		3,981			1,979
NEK7		1,882			1,390
Other development and discovery programs		4,802			3,154
Personnel expense		11,352			9,809
Overhead and administrative expense		8,228			6,808
General and administrative expenses:
Personnel expense		5,679			5,415
Professional services		1,478			1,922
Facility costs and other expense		1,546			1,648
Income (loss) from operations		44,036			(34,947	)
Other income (expense):
Interest and other income, net		3,671			3,062
Provision for income taxes		(822	)		(83	)
Net income (loss)	$	46,885		$	(31,968	)

Other development and discovery expenses are related to the development of our QuEENTM discovery engine and our disclosed and undisclosed programs, including CDK2 and CCNE1. The Company's tangible assets are held in the United States and Switzerland with 29% of the assets held in Switzerland. All of the Company's revenue has been generated in Switzerland.

Item 2. Management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations

The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report. This discussion and analysis and other parts of this Quarterly Report contain forward-looking statements based upon current beliefs, plans and expectations that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions, such as statements regarding our plans, objectives, expectations, intentions and projections. Our actual results and the timing of selected events could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of several factors, including those set forth in “Part I, Item 1A, Risk Factors” in our 2024 Annual Report and under Part II, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this Quarterly Report. You should carefully read the “Risk Factors” section of this Quarterly Report to gain an understanding of the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from our forward-looking statements. Please also see the section entitled “Special note regarding forward-looking statements.”

Overview

We are a biotechnology company developing a portfolio of novel and proprietary MGDs. MGDs are small molecule drugs that employ the body’s natural protein destruction mechanisms to selectively degrade therapeutically-relevant proteins. MGDs work by inducing the engagement of defined surfaces identified on target proteins by an E3 ligase, such as cereblon. We have developed a proprietary and industry-leading protein degradation discovery engine, called QuEENTM to enable our unique, target-centric, MGD discovery and development and our rational design of MGD products. We believe our small molecule MGDs may give us significant advantages over existing therapeutic modalities, including other protein degradation approaches. We prioritize our product development on therapeutic targets backed by strong biological and genetic rationale with the goal of discovering and developing novel medicines.

Monte Rosa Therapeutics AG, a Swiss operating company, was incorporated under the laws of Switzerland in April 2018. Monte Rosa Therapeutics, Inc. was incorporated in Delaware in November 2019. In 2020, through a common control reorganization, Monte Rosa Therapeutics, Inc. acquired the net assets and shareholding of Monte Rosa Therapeutics AG. Monte Rosa Therapeutics, Inc. includes wholly owned subsidiaries Monte Rosa Therapeutics AG and Monte Rosa

Securities Corporation. We are headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts with research operations in both Boston and Basel, Switzerland.

Liquidity

To date, we have financed our operations primarily through the issuance and sale of convertible promissory notes, convertible preferred stock, public offerings of our common stock or warrants to purchase common stock, registered direct offerings, and through our collaboration agreements. From our inception through the date hereof, there have been aggregate inflows of $835.8 million of gross proceeds from such transactions. Since inception, we have had significant operating losses. Our primary use of cash is to fund operating expenses, which consist primarily of research and development expenditures and, to a lesser extent, general and administrative expenditures. Our net loss was $72.7 million and $135.4 million for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. As of March 31, 2025, we had an accumulated deficit of $391.7 million and $331.0 million in cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and marketable securities.

Impact of global economic and political developments

The development of our product candidates could be disrupted and materially adversely affected in the future by global economic or political developments. In addition, economic uncertainty in global markets caused by political instability and conflict, and economic challenges caused by global pandemics or other public health events, may lead to market disruptions, including significant volatility in commodity prices, credit and capital market instability and supply chain interruptions. Our business, financial condition and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected by negative impacts on the global economy and capital markets resulting from these global economic conditions, particularly if such conditions are prolonged or worsen.

Components of operating results

Collaboration Revenue

Collaboration revenue represents amounts earned from our collaboration and license agreements with Roche and Novartis. We expect that our revenue for the next several years will be derived primarily through our current collaboration and license agreements and any additional collaborations that we may enter into in the future.

Research and development expenses

Our research and development expenses include:

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expenses incurred under agreements with consultants, third-party service providers that conduct research and development activities on our behalf;

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personnel costs, which include salaries, benefits, pension and stock-based compensation;

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laboratory and vendor expenses related to the execution of preclinical and clinical studies;

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laboratory supplies and materials used for internal research and development activities; and

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facilities and equipment costs.

Most of our research and development expenses have been related to the development of our QuEENTM discovery engine and advancement of our GSPT1 and VAV1 programs, advancement of our disclosed and undisclosed programs including for NEK7, CDK2, and CCNE1.

We expense all research and development costs in the periods in which they are incurred. Costs for certain research and development activities are recognized based on an evaluation of the progress to completion of specific tasks using information and data provided to us by our vendors and third-party service providers.

The process of conducting the necessary clinical research to obtain regulatory approval is costly and time-consuming, and the successful development of our product candidates is highly uncertain. As a result, we are unable to determine the duration and completion costs of our research and development projects, the costs of related clinical development costs or when and to what extent we will generate revenue from the commercialization and sale of any of our product candidates.

We expect our research and development expenses to increase substantially for the foreseeable future as we continue to invest in research and development activities related to developing our product candidates, including investments in manufacturing, as we advance our programs and conduct clinical trials. The process of conducting the necessary clinical research to obtain regulatory approval is costly and time-consuming, and the successful development of our product

candidates is highly uncertain. As a result, we are unable to determine the duration and completion costs of our research and development projects, the costs of related clinical development costs or when and to what extent we will generate revenue from the commercialization and sale of any of our product candidates.

General and administrative expenses

Our general and administrative expenses consist primarily of personnel costs and other expenses for outside professional services, including legal fees relating to patent and corporate matters, professional fees for accounting, auditing, tax and administrative consulting services, insurance costs and other operating costs. We expect our general and administrative expenses to increase over the next several years to support our continued research and development activities, manufacturing activities, and the potential commercialization of our product candidates and development of commercial infrastructure. We also anticipate our general and administrative costs will increase with respect to the hiring of additional personnel, fees to outside consultants, lawyers and accountants, and increased costs associated with being a public company, such as expenses related to services associated with maintaining compliance with Nasdaq listing rules and SEC reporting requirements, insurance and investor relations costs.

Non-operating income and (expense)

Our non-operating income and (expense) includes (i) interest earned on our investments, including principally U.S. government-backed money-market funds and marketable securities; (ii) gains and losses on transactions of our Swiss subsidiary denominated in currencies other than the U.S. Dollar; and (iii) proceeds from the sale of fixed assets.

Results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024

The following sets forth our results of operations:


	Three months ended March 31,
(in thousands)	2025			2024			Dollar change
Collaboration revenue	$	84,929		$	1,064		$	83,865
Operating expenses:
Research and development		32,190			27,026			5,164
General and administrative		8,703			8,985			(282	)
Total operating expenses		40,893			36,011			4,882
Income (loss) from operations		44,036			(34,947	)		78,983
Other income		3,671			3,062			609
Net loss before income taxes	$	47,707		$	(31,885	)	$	79,592
Provision for income taxes		(822	)		(83	)		(739	)
Net income (loss)	$	46,885		$	(31,968	)	$	78,853

Collaboration revenue

Collaboration revenue of $84.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 represents revenue recorded under our collaboration and license agreements with Roche and Novartis. As of March 31, 2025, $32.6 million was classified as current deferred revenue on the condensed consolidated balance sheet.

Research and development expenses

Research and development expenses were comprised of:


	Three months ended March 31,
(in thousands)	2025		2024		Dollar change
External research and development expense:
MRT-2359	$	1,945	$	3,886	$	(1,941	)
MRT-6160		3,981		1,979		2,002
NEK7		1,882		1,390		492
Other development and discovery programs		4,802		3,154		1,648
Compensation and related personnel expense		11,352		9,809		1,543
Overhead and administrative expense		8,228		6,808		1,420
Total research and development expense	$	32,190	$	27,026	$	5,164

As of March 31, 2025, we had 112 employees engaged in research and development activities in our facilities in the U.S. and Switzerland. As of March 31, 2024, we had 104 research and development employees in our facilities in the U.S. and Switzerland.

Most of our research and development expenses were driven by the successful achievement of key research milestones in our research and development organization, including the continuation of the MRT-2359 clinical study, the advancement of MRT-6160 into the clinic, the progression of our preclinical pipeline including research performed for our collaboration with Roche, and the continued development of the Company’s QuEEN™ discovery engine, and reflect increased personnel expense and external R&D costs to achieve these milestones. Research and development expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 included non-cash stock-based compensation expense of $3.1 million and $2.7 million, respectively.

General and administrative expenses

General and administrative expenses to support our business activities were comprised of:


	Three months ended March 31,
(in thousands)	2025		2024		Dollar change
Personnel costs	$	5,679	$	5,415	$	264
Professional services		1,478		1,922		(444	)
Facility costs and other expenses		1,546		1,648		(102	)
Total general and administrative expenses	$	8,703	$	8,985	$	(282	)

As of March 31, 2025 and 2024 we had 30 and 26 employees engaged in general and administrative activities, respectively. General and administrative expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 included non-cash stock-based compensation expense of $2.2 million and $2.2 million, respectively.

Other income (expense)

Other income (expense), net was comprised of:


	Three months ended March 31,
(in thousands)	2025		2024
Interest income, net	$	3,439	$	2,442
Foreign currency exchange gain (loss), net		173		620
Gain on disposal of fixed assets		59		—
Other income	$	3,671	$	3,062

The increase in interest and other income for the three months ended March 31, 2025, is principally attributable to higher interest rates on marketable securities.

Provision for income taxes

For the three months ended March 31, 2025, we recorded a provision for income taxes of $0.8 million, primarily driven by the current federal and state taxes related to the $150.0 million upfront payment for the Novartis License Agreement, which will be recognized as taxable Global Intangible Low Tax Income, or GILTI.

Liquidity and capital resources

Overview

Due to our significant research and development expenditures, we have generated operating losses since our inception. We have funded our operations primarily through the issuance and sale of convertible promissory notes, convertible preferred stock, public offerings of our common stock or warrants to purchase common stock, registered direct offerings, and through our collaboration agreements. As of March 31, 2025, we had $331.0 million in cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and marketable securities. We have incurred losses since our inception and, as of March 31, 2025, we had an accumulated deficit of $391.7 million. Our primary use of cash is to fund operating expenses, which consist primarily of research and development expenditures, and to a lesser extent, general and administrative expenditures. Cash used to fund operating expenses is impacted by the timing of when we pay these expenses, as reflected in the change in our outstanding accounts payable and accrued expenses.

Underwritten Public Offering

In May 2024, we entered into an underwriting agreement with TD Securities (USA) LLC, as representative of the several underwriters, related to an underwritten public offering, or the Offering, of 10,638,476 shares of common stock at a price of $4.70 per share, and, in lieu of Common Stock to certain investors, pre-funded warrants to purchase 10,638,524 shares of Common Stock at a price of $4.6999 per pre-funded warrant The purchase price per share of each pre-funded warrant represents the per share public offering price for the common stock, minus the $0.0001 per share exercise price of such

pre-funded warrant. The pre-funded warrants are immediately exercisable and may be exercised at any time until the pre-funded warrants are exercised in full. Aggregate gross proceeds from the Offering were $100 million, or aggregate net proceeds of $96.4 million after deducting the underwriter discounts, commissions, and other offering costs.

At-the-Market Offering

On July 1, 2022, we filed a registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-266003) with the SEC, which was declared effective on July 13, 2022, or the 2022 Shelf Registration Statement, in relation to the registration of common stock, preferred stock, debt securities, warrants and/or units of any combination thereof for the purposes of selling, from time to time, our common stock, debt securities or other equity securities in one or more offerings. We also simultaneously entered into the Open Market Sale AgreementSM, or the Sales Agreement, with Jefferies LLC, or Jefferies, to provide for the offering, issuance and sale of up to an aggregate amount of $100.0 million of our common stock from time to time in “at-the-market” offerings, or the ATM Program, under the 2022 Shelf Registration Statement and subject to the limitations thereof.

On March 20, 2025, we filed a registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-285942) with the SEC, which was declared effective on March 31, 2025, or the 2025 Shelf Registration Statement, in relation to the registration of common stock, preferred stock, debt securities, warrants and/or units of any combination thereof for the purposes of selling, from time to time, our common stock, debt securities or other equity securities in one or more offerings. We also simultaneously entered into the Amendment No. 1 to the Sales Agreement, or the Amendment, with Jefferies, to provide for the offering, issuance and sale of up to an aggregate amount of $150.0 million of our common stock from time to time under the ATM Program, pursuant to the 2025 Shelf Registration Statement and subject to the limitations thereof.

We will pay to the Jefferies cash commissions of up to 3.0 percent of the aggregate gross proceeds of sales of common stock under the Sales Agreement. To date through March 31, 2025, 2,612,514 shares have been sold pursuant to the ATM Program.

Cash flows

The following table summarizes our cash flows for the periods indicated:


	Three months ended March 31,
(in thousands)	2025			2024
Net cash provided by (used in):
Operating activities	$	(45,492	)	$	(38,165	)
Investing activities		(100,229	)		9,853
Financing activities		14			246
Net decrease in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	$	(145,707	)	$	(28,066	)

Operating activities

Net cash used in operating activities of $45.5 million during the three months ended March 31, 2025, was attributable to our net income of $46.9 million, off-set by decreases in our working capital of $14.7 million, and a decrease in deferred revenue of $83.9 million. The decreases in working capital accounts and deferred revenue were partially off-set by non-cash charges of $6.3 million, principally with respect to depreciation expense and stock-based compensation.

Net cash used in operating activities of $38.2 million during the three months ended March 31, 2024, was attributable to our net loss of $32.0 million and decreases in our working capital of $12.9 million, partially off-set by non-cash charges of $6.7 million principally with respect to depreciation expense and stock-based compensation.

Investing activities

Cash used in investing activities of $100.2 million during the three months ended March 31, 2025 was primarily attributable to proceeds from the maturity of marketable securities of $39.4 million, offset by purchases of marketable securities of $138.0 million and purchases of property and equipment of $1.6 million.

Cash provided by investing activities of $9.9 million during the three months ended March 31, 2024 was primarily attributable to proceeds from the maturity of marketable securities of $67.3 million, offset by purchases of marketable securities of $56.1 million and purchases of property and equipment of $1.4 million.

Funding requirements

Any product candidates we may develop may never achieve commercialization and we anticipate that we will continue to incur losses for the foreseeable future. We expect that our research and development expenses, general and administrative expenses and capital expenditures will continue to increase. As a result, until such time, if ever, as we can

generate substantial product revenue, we expect to finance our cash needs through a combination of equity offerings, debt financings or other capital sources, including potential collaborations, licenses and other similar arrangements. Our primary uses of capital are, and we expect will continue to be, compensation and related expenses, third-party clinical research, manufacturing and development services, costs relating to the build-out of our headquarters, laboratories and manufacturing facility, license payments or milestone obligations that may arise, laboratory and related supplies, clinical costs, manufacturing costs, legal and other regulatory expenses and general overhead costs.

Based upon our current operating plan, we believe that our existing cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities will enable us to fund our operating expenses and capital expenditure requirements for at least the next twelve months. We base this estimate on assumptions that may prove to be wrong, and we could utilize our available capital resources sooner than we currently expect.

We will continue to require additional financing to advance our current product candidates through clinical development, to develop, acquire or in-license other potential product candidates and to fund operations for the foreseeable future. We will continue to seek funds through equity offerings, debt financings or other capital sources, including potential collaborations, licenses and other similar arrangements. However, we may be unable to raise additional funds or enter into such other arrangements when needed on favorable terms or at all. If we do raise additional capital through public or private equity offerings, the ownership interest of our existing stockholders will be diluted, and the terms of these securities may include liquidation or other preferences that adversely affect our stockholders’ rights. If we raise additional capital through debt financing, we may be subject to covenants limiting or restricting our ability to take specific actions, such as incurring additional debt, making capital expenditures or declaring dividends. Any failure to raise capital as and when needed could have a negative impact on our financial condition and on our ability to pursue our business plans and strategies. If we are unable to raise capital, we will need to delay, reduce or terminate planned activities to reduce costs.

Because of the numerous risks and uncertainties associated with research, development and commercialization of pharmaceutical products, we are unable to estimate the exact amount of our operating capital requirements. Our future funding requirements will depend on many factors, including, but not limited to:

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the scope, progress, results and costs of researching, developing and manufacturing our current product candidates or any future product candidates, and conducting preclinical studies and clinical trials;

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the timing of, and the costs involved in, obtaining regulatory approvals or clearances for our lead product candidates or any future product candidates;

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the number and characteristics of any additional product candidates we develop or acquire;

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the cost of manufacturing our lead product candidate or any future product candidates and any products we successfully commercialize, including costs associated with building-out our manufacturing capabilities;

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our ability to establish and maintain strategic collaborations, licensing or other arrangements and the financial terms of any such agreements that we may enter into;

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the expenses needed to attract and retain skilled personnel;

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the costs associated with being a public company;

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the timing, receipt and amount of sales of any future approved or cleared products, if any; and

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the impact of global economic and political developments, future public health events and the corresponding responses of businesses and governments.

Further, our operating plans may change, and we may need additional funds to meet operational needs and capital requirements for clinical trials and other research and development activities. We currently have no credit facility or committed sources of capital. Because of the numerous risks and uncertainties associated with the development and commercialization of our product candidates, we are unable to estimate the amounts of increased capital outlays and operating expenditures associated with our current and anticipated product development programs.

Critical accounting policies and significant judgments and estimates

Our unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the U.S. The preparation of our unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements and related disclosures requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, costs and expenses, and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities in our condensed financial statements. We base our estimates on historical experience, known trends and events and various other factors that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the

carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. We evaluate our estimates and assumptions on an ongoing basis. However, even though we believe we have used reasonable estimates and assumptions in preparing our interim condensed consolidated financial statements, the future effects of global economic and political developments and any future public health events on our results of operations, cash flows, and financial position are unclear. Our actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

There have been no significant changes to our critical accounting policies from those described in “Part II, Item 7, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” included in our 2024 Annual Report.

For a complete discussion of our significant accounting policies and recent accounting pronouncements, see Note 2 to our condensed consolidated financial statements appearing elsewhere in this Quarterly Report and Note 2 to our 2024 Annual Report.

Recently issued and adopted accounting pronouncements

Refer to Note 2, “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies,” in the accompanying notes to our and consolidated financial statements appearing elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for a discussion of recent accounting pronouncements.

Contractual obligations and commitments

During the three months ended March 31, 2025, there have been no material changes to our contractual obligations and commitments from those described under “Part II, Item 7, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 20, 2025.

Off-balance sheet arrangements

During the periods presented, we did not have, nor do we currently have, any off-balance sheet arrangements as defined under SEC rules.

Emerging growth company status

In April 2012, the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, or the JOBS Act, was enacted. Section 107 of the JOBS Act provides that an “emerging growth company” may take advantage of the extended transition period provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act for complying with new or revised accounting standards. Therefore, an emerging growth company can delay the adoption of certain accounting standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies. We have elected to avail ourselves of this extended transition period and, as a result, we may adopt new or revised accounting standards on the relevant dates on which adoption of such standards is required for non-public companies instead of the dates required for other public companies. However, we may early adopt these standards.

We will cease to be an emerging growth company on the date that is the earliest of (i) the last day of the fiscal year in which we have total annual gross revenues of $1.235 billion or more, (ii) the last day of our fiscal year following the fifth anniversary of the date of the closing of our initial public offering, or our IPO, (iii) the date on which we have issued more than $1.0 billion in nonconvertible debt during the previous three years or (iv) the date on which we are deemed to be a large, accelerated filer under the rules of the SEC.

We are also a “smaller reporting company,” meaning that the market value of our stock held by non-affiliates plus the aggregate amount of gross proceeds to us as a result of our IPO is less than $700 million and our annual revenue was less than $100 million during the most recently completed fiscal year. We may continue to be a smaller reporting company after our IPO if either (i) the market value of our stock held by non-affiliates is less than $250 million or (ii) our annual revenue was less than $100 million during the most recently completed fiscal year and the market value of our stock held by non-affiliates is less than $700 million. If we are a smaller reporting company at the time we cease to be an emerging growth company, we may continue to rely on exemptions from certain disclosure requirements that are available to smaller reporting companies. Specifically, as a smaller reporting company we may choose to present only the two most recent fiscal years of audited financial statements in our annual reports on Form 10-K and, similar to emerging growth companies, smaller reporting companies have reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation.

Item 3. Quantitative and qualitative disclosures about market risk

We are a smaller reporting company as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act and are not required to provide the information required under this Item 3.

Item 4. Controls and procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Our management, with the participation of our principal executive officer and our principal financial officer have evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, as of March 31, 2025. The term “disclosure controls and procedures,” as defined in the Exchange Act, means controls and other procedures of a company that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the company’s management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Based on the evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of March 31, 2025, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures as of such date are effective at the reasonable assurance level.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during three months ended March 31, 2025 that materially affected, or were reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

Inherent Limitations on Effectiveness of Controls

Our disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting are designed to provide reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives. Our management recognizes that any control system, no matter how well designed and operated, is based upon certain judgments and assumptions and cannot provide absolute assurance that its objectives will be met. Similarly, an evaluation of controls cannot provide absolute assurance that misstatements due to error or fraud will not occur or that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, have been detected.

Part II ─ Other Information

Item 1. Legal proceedings

From time to time, we may become subject to various legal proceedings and claims that arise in the ordinary course of our business activities. Although the results of litigation and claims cannot be predicted with certainty, as of March 31, 2025, we do not believe we are party to any claim or litigation the outcome of which, if determined adversely to us, would individually or in the aggregate be reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect on our business. Regardless of the outcome, litigation can have an adverse impact on us because of defense and settlement costs, diversion of management resources and other factors.

Item 1A. Risk factors

Investing in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the following risks and uncertainties, those risks and uncertainties discussed in “Part I, Item 1A, Risk Factors” in our 2024 Annual Report, as amended and supplemented by the information in our subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, together with all of the other information contained in this Quarterly Report, including our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and the related notes appearing elsewhere in this Quarterly Report. The risk factor disclosure in our 2024 Annual Report and subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q is qualified by the information that is described in this Quarterly Report. If any of the risks described below or in our 2024 Annual Report actually occur, our business, prospects, operating results and financial condition could suffer materially. In such event, the trading price of our common stock could decline and you might lose all or part of your investment.

Other than as set forth below, there have been no material changes to the risk factors set forth in our 2024 Annual Report.

We have incurred significant operating losses since our inception and anticipate that we will incur continued losses for the foreseeable future.

Since our inception, we have focused substantially all of our efforts and financial resources on developing our proprietary QuEENTM discovery engine, our proprietary MGD library and our initial pipeline of product candidates. To date, we have financed our operations primarily through the issuance and sale of convertible promissory notes, convertible preferred stock, public offerings of our common stock or warrants to purchase common stock, registered direct offerings, and our collaboration agreements with Roche and Novartis. From our inception through the date hereof, we raised an aggregate of $835.8 million of gross proceeds from such transactions. As of March 31, 2025, our cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and marketable securities were $331.0 million. We have incurred net losses in each year since our inception, and we had an accumulated deficit of $391.7 million as of March 31, 2025. For the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, we reported net losses of $72.7 million and $135.4 million, respectively. For the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, we reported a net income of $46.9 million and a net loss of $32.0 million, respectively. Substantially all of our operating losses have resulted from costs incurred in connection with our research and initial pipeline programs and from general and administrative costs associated with our operations. We expect to continue to incur significant expenses and increasing operating losses over the next several years and for the foreseeable future. Our prior losses, combined with expected future losses, have had and will continue to have an adverse effect on our stockholders’ deficit and working capital. We expect our expenses to significantly increase in connection with our ongoing activities, as we:

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conduct our clinical trial for MRT-2359, our MGD product candidate targeting GSPT1;

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finalize our Phase 1 clinical trial for MRT-6160, our MGD candidate targeting VAV1 for immune-mediated conditions and, if applicable, co-fund any global clinical development of Phase 3 onward;

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continue preclinical activities for our NEK7, CDK2, CCNE1, and other currently undisclosed programs;

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prepare and submit IND applications with the FDA for other current and future product candidates, including for MRT-8102, our MGD product candidate targeting NEK7;

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complete preclinical studies for current or future product candidates;

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progress MGD molecules from our initial programs through lead optimization to development candidates and multiple areas of interest and indication;

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initiate and complete clinical trials for current or future product candidates;

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expand and improve the capabilities of our QuEENTM discovery engine;

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continue to build our proprietary library of MGDs;

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contract to manufacture our product candidates;

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advance research and development related activities to expand our product pipeline;

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seek regulatory approval for our product candidates that successfully complete clinical development;

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develop and scale up our capabilities to support our ongoing preclinical activities and future clinical trials for our product candidates and commercialization of any of our product candidates for which we may obtain marketing approval;

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maintain, expand, and protect our intellectual property portfolio;

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hire additional staff, including clinical, scientific and management personnel; and

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secure facilities to support continued growth in our research, development and commercialization efforts.

In addition, if we obtain marketing approval for our current or future product candidates, we will incur significant expenses relating to our commercialization of such product candidates via our sales, marketing, product manufacturing and distribution efforts. Because of the numerous risks and uncertainties associated with developing pharmaceutical drugs, including in light of economic fluctuations, we are unable to predict the extent of any future losses or when we will become profitable, if at all.

Even if we achieve profitability, we may not be able to sustain or increase our profitability on a quarterly or annual basis. Our failure to become and remain profitable would depress the value of our company and could impair our ability to raise capital, expand our business, maintain our development efforts, obtain product approvals, diversify our offerings or continue our operations. A decline in the value of our company could also cause you to lose all or part of your investment.

Significant economic, trade, regulatory, or geopolitical developments, and other circumstances beyond our control, could have a material effect on our financial condition or results of operations.

Significant economic, trade, regulatory, or geopolitical developments are difficult to predict and may have a material effect on us. The United States recently imposed tariffs on virtually all imports to the U.S. and significantly higher reciprocal tariffs applicable to imports from many countries, certain of which reciprocal tariffs were subsequently temporarily paused. If tariffs are broadly imposed it could lead to additional corresponding punitive actions by the countries with which the U.S. trades. Historically, tariffs have led to increased trade and political tensions, between not only the U.S. and China, but also between the U.S. and other countries in the international community. Political tensions could reduce trade volume, investment, technological exchange and other economic activities between major international economies, resulting in a material adverse effect on global economic conditions and the stability of global financial markets. Any changes in political, trade, regulatory, and economic conditions could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition or results of operations. Until we know how such changes may impact our business and the business of our competitors, suppliers and other parties we work with over the long term, we will not know if, overall, we will benefit from them or be negatively affected by them.

Item 2. Unregistered sales of equity securities, use of proceeds and issuer purchases of equity securities

Recent sales of unregistered equity securities

None.

Issuer purchases of equity securities

None.

Item 3. Defaults upon senior securities

None.

Item 4. Mine safety disclosures

Not Applicable.

Item 5. Other information

Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plans

During the fiscal quarter ended on March 31, 2025, none of our directors and officers (as defined in Rule 16a-1(f) under the Exchange Act) adopted, modified or terminated a “Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement” or “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement,” as those terms are defined in Item 408(a) of Regulation S-K.

Item 6. Exhibits


Exhibit Number		Description

3.1		Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant, as currently in effect (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-40522) filed on June 28, 2021).
3.2		Certificate of Amendment to the Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-40522) filed on June 14, 2023).
3.3		Second Amended and Restated By-laws of the Registrant, as currently in effect (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 of the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 001-40522) filed on May 9, 2024)
31.1*		Certification of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1**		Certification of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

101.INS*		Inline XBRL Instance Document – the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document.
101.SCH*		Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
104*		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

* Filed herewith.

** Deemed to be furnished with this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and will not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, except to the extent that the registrant specifically incorporates it by reference.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


	Monte Rosa Therapeutics, Inc.

Date: May 8, 2025	By:	/s/ Markus Warmuth
		Markus Warmuth
		Chief Executive Officer
		(Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer)

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10/13/2022	$22.00	Buy	UBS
8/15/2022	$20.00	Buy	Jefferies
4/28/2022	$19.00	Neutral	Credit Suisse
2/10/2022	$19.00	Equal-Weight	Wells Fargo
10/14/2021	$20.00	Mkt Perform	SVB Leerink

SEC Form 10-Q filed by Monte Rosa Therapeutics Inc.

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Monte Rosa Therapeutics Announces First Quarter 2025 Financial Results and Business Updates

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Monte Rosa Therapeutics Appoints Dr. Eric A. Hughes to Board of Directors

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Amendment: SEC Form SC 13G/A filed by Monte Rosa Therapeutics Inc.

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Amendment: SEC Form SC 13D/A filed by Monte Rosa Therapeutics Inc.

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Director Leo Chandra P. bought $58,383 worth of shares (10,000 units at $5.84) (SEC Form 4)

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Director Leo Chandra P. bought $58,383 worth of shares (10,000 units at $5.84) (SEC Form 4)

Chief Business & Legal Officer Nickson Philip was granted 36,000 shares (SEC Form 4)

Principal Accounting Officer Dunn Edmund was granted 11,850 shares, increasing direct ownership by 85% to 25,794 units (SEC Form 4)

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Monte Rosa Therapeutics Announces Fourth Quarter 2024 Financial Results and Provides Corporate Update Including New Clinical Results from MRT-6160 and MRT-2359 Programs

Monte Rosa Therapeutics to Present Pipeline Update and Release Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2024 Financial Results on March 20, 2025

Monte Rosa Therapeutics Announces Interim PK/PD and Clinical Data for MRT-2359 in Phase 1/2 Trial for MYC-Driven Solid Tumors

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