Top 9 Brain cancer treatment startups in USA

Feb 23, 2025 | By Jason Kwon

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Funding: $224.7M
Imvax is a biotechnology company focused on the development of novel patient-specific vaccines and immunotherapy strategies.
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Funding: $612M
Neumora Therapeutics is pioneering a new era of precision medicines for Brain Diseases
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Funding: $293.4M
Ziopharm oncology is a biotechnology company that acquires, develops, and commercializes cancer therapies.
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Funding: $95M
Lantern Pharma is a clinical stage pharmaceutical company developing new classes of precision cancer drugs with novel mechanisms of action.
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Funding: $65M
Actuate Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of compounds for use in the treatment of cancer, and inflammatory diseases leading to fibrosis and neurodegeneration. Our work has led to some fascinating results around anti-tumor activity in the brain, pancreas, lungs, and breasts.
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Funding: $32.5M
ImmunoCellular Therapeutics is focused on improving cancer treatment and diagnosis through the development of new immune-based products.
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Funding: $21.1M
Nativis is a clinical-stage therapeutic device company. Nativis has invented and patented a groundbreaking technology that utilizes precisely targeted, ultra-low radio frequency energy to specifically regulate signaling and metabolic pathways on the molecular and genetic levels – without chemicals, radiation or drugs – delivered via a simple-to-use non-invasive device called Nativis Voyager
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Funding: $3.5M
OX2 Therapeutics is a healthcare therapeutics company that focuses on treating brain tumors.
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Funding: $625K
Accuronix Therapeutics is a biotech company that develops drug targeting technology to resolve issues in cancer therapy. The startup’s lead candidate ACXT-3102, enables effective ligand binding to deliver targeted cytotoxic payloads in patients suffering from pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Accuronix also is developing MTDCs for other types of cancers such as breast or brain cancer.
Editor: Jason Kwon
Jason Kwon is a senior editor for MedicalStartups. He has previously covered the pharmaceutical and medical research industries for FDAnews and worked as a head of marketing for medical startup Sonic Therapeutics. Before that, he co-founded a startup consulting business for emerging entrepreneurial hubs in Asia. Jason graduated from St. Bonaventure University’s journalism school. In his free time, Jason enjoys yoga, watching movie trailers, traveling to places where he can't get cell service. You can contact Jason at jaskwon(at)medicalstartups(dot)com