Top 11 Bladder cancer treatment startups
Sep 14, 2025 | By Jason Kwon | 25 |
These startups develop new bladder cancer treatments and diagnostics technologies, such as robot-assisted surgery, immunotherapy, bacillus calmette-guérin therapy, targeted therapy, photodynamic therapy
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Country: USA | Funding: $317.6M
CG Oncology is developing the next evolution of oncolytic immunotherapy for patients with advanced cancers.
CG Oncology is developing the next evolution of oncolytic immunotherapy for patients with advanced cancers.
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Country: Germany | Funding: $250M
GEMoaB develops universal CAR-T platform with focus on providing significantly safer and more efficacious treatments to patients who are suffering from hard-to-treat cancers and autoimmune diseases
GEMoaB develops universal CAR-T platform with focus on providing significantly safer and more efficacious treatments to patients who are suffering from hard-to-treat cancers and autoimmune diseases
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Country: USA | Funding: $209M
Ikena Oncology is a biotechnology company that advances new immunometabolic therapies for cancer.
Ikena Oncology is a biotechnology company that advances new immunometabolic therapies for cancer.
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Country: USA | Funding: $205M
Flare Therapeutics is a biotechnology company targeting transcription factors to discover precision medicines for cancer and other diseases.
Flare Therapeutics is a biotechnology company targeting transcription factors to discover precision medicines for cancer and other diseases.
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Country: USA | Funding: $112.3M
iMDx is focused on cancers with large patient populations and significant unmet need. The company is developing three genetic tests – blood tests for breast cancer and lung cancer, and a urine-based test for bladder cancer.
iMDx is focused on cancers with large patient populations and significant unmet need. The company is developing three genetic tests – blood tests for breast cancer and lung cancer, and a urine-based test for bladder cancer.
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Country: USA | Funding: $106M
Totus Medicines is a provider of chemical biology technologies by creating life-changing covalent drugs.
Totus Medicines is a provider of chemical biology technologies by creating life-changing covalent drugs.
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Country: Canada | Funding: $5.5M
Sitka Biopharma is a preclinical biotechnology company focused on developing its breakthrough nanoparticle platform technology to increase absorption of drugs in difficult-to-penetrate tissues.
Sitka Biopharma is a preclinical biotechnology company focused on developing its breakthrough nanoparticle platform technology to increase absorption of drugs in difficult-to-penetrate tissues.
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Country: France | Funding: €4.7M
VitaDX is developing a non-invasive medical device for early detection of bladder cancer, based on a syndicate of French academic research.
VitaDX is developing a non-invasive medical device for early detection of bladder cancer, based on a syndicate of French academic research.
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Country: USA | Funding: $2M
Liquid Biotech is a technology for cancer diagnostics and gene discover
Liquid Biotech is a technology for cancer diagnostics and gene discover
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