Ownership Submission
FORM 3
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  Growth Equity Opportunities V, LLC
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
07/24/2017
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Regulus Therapeutics Inc. [RGLS]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
1954 GREENSPRING DRIVE, SUITE 600
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director __X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

TIMONIUM, MD 21093
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
___ Form filed by One Reporting Person
_X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)
2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)
3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Common Stock 10,989,010
D (1) (2)
 

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)
2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)
4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
Growth Equity Opportunities V, LLC
1954 GREENSPRING DRIVE
SUITE 600
TIMONIUM, MD 21093
    X    
New Enterprise Associates 16, L.P.
1954 GREENSPRING DRIVE
SUITE 600
TIMONIUM, MD 21093
    X    
NEA Partners 16, L.P.
1954 GREENSPRING DRIVE
SUITE 600
TIMONIUM, MD 21093
    X    
NEA 16 GP, LLC
1954 GREENSPRING DRIVE
SUITE 600
TIMONIUM, MD 21093
    X    

Signatures

/s/ Sasha Keough, attorney-in-fact 07/31/2017
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) The shares are directly held by Growth Equity Opportunities Fund V, LLC ("GEO V") and indirectly held by New Enterprise Associates 16, L.P. ("NEA 16"), the sole member of GEO V, NEA Partners 16, L.P. ("NEA Partners"), the sole general partner of NEA 16, NEA 16 GP, LLC ("NEA 16 GP"), the sole general partner of NEA Partners 16, and the individual managers of NEA 16 GP (NEA 16, NEA Partners 16, NEA 16 GP and the individual managers of NEA 16 GP, together, the "Indirect Reporting Persons").
(2) The individual managers of NEA 16 GP are Peter J. Barris, Forest Baskett, Anthony A. Florence, Jr., Mohamad Makhzoumi, Josh Makower, David M. Mott, Chertan Puttagunta, Jon Sakoda, Scott D. Sandell, Peter W. Sonsini and Ravi Viswanathan. The Indirect Reporting Persons disclaim beneficial ownership within the meaning of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise of such portion of the shares of the Issuer held by GEO V in which the Indirect Reporting Persons have no pecuniary interest.

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