Top 33 Immunology startups

Updated: Jan 16, 2026
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These startups develop new technologies to treat immunology diseases: immunotherapies, next-generation sequencing, monoclonal antibody therapies, CRISPR gene editing, cell therapies, bioinformatics tools, wearable health monitoring devices.
1
Odyssey Therapeutics
Country: USA | Funding: $700M
Odyssey Therapeutics is a computational immunology company that develops novel therapeutics for patients with autoimmune diseases.
2
Annexon Biosciences
Country: USA | Funding: $634M
Annexon Biosciences a biotechnology company, discovers and developing novel therapeutics for neurodegenerative and autoimmune disorders.
3
Alumis
Country: USA | Funding: $569M
Alumis is a precision medicines company that is transforming the lives of patients living with immune-mediated diseases using a precision approach to develop oral therapies.
4
Atara Biotherapeutics
Country: USA | Funding: $566.8M
Atara Biotherapeutics is a leading off-the-shelf, allogeneic T-cell immunotherapy company developing novel treatments for patients with cancer, autoimmune and viral diseases, multiple sclerosis (MS).
5
Abcuro
Country: USA | Funding: $414.8M
Abcuro develops immunotherapeutics for the treatment of autoimmune diseases and cancer. Its flagship antibody-drug Ulviprubart targets the selective elimination of highly cytotoxic T cells expressing KLRG1 while sparing key lymphocyte populations, including naive, memory, and regulatory T cells, which are essential for maintaining normal immune homeostasis. Ulviprubart is in clinical trials for the treatment of highly cytotoxic T cell-mediated diseases, including the autoimmune muscle disease inclusion body myositis, T-cell large granular lymphocytic leukemia and mature T-cell malignancies.
6
Celularity
Country: USA | Funding: $400M
Celgene spinout that aims is to develop cells from placentas against blood cancers and is founded on the use of stem cells from placentas. The goal is to create therapies across autoimmune and degenerative disease, immuno-oncology, and functional regeneration.
7
Evelo Biosciences
Country: USA | Funding: $397M
Evelo is pioneering therapies that modulate systemic immune response by acting on the gut-body network - monoclonal microbials. They have the potential to treat many diseases, including inflammatory disease, cancer, autoimmune disease, metabolic, neurobehavior and neuroinflammatory diseases.
8
Be Biopharma
Country: USA | Funding: $356M
Be Biopharma engineers B-cell therapies. The applications of B cells include everything from autoimmune diseases to cancer and monogenic disorders, which are caused by variation in a single gene.
9
Shattack Labs
Country: USA | Funding: $328M
Shattuck Labs is a biotechnology company that provides novel class biologic medicines for the treatment of cancer and autoimmune disease.
10
Cabaletta Bio
Country: USA | Funding: $310M
Cabaletta Bio has adapted clinically-validated and FDA-approved CAR T cell technology to target B cell-mediated autoimmune diseases.
11
Seismic Therapeutic
Country: USA | Funding: $247M
Seismic Therapeutic is a biotechnology company advancing machine learning for immunology drug development.
12
Nuvig Therapeutics
Country: USA | Funding: $208M
Nuvig Therapeutics is advancing innovative and transformational therapies that are designed to induce natural mechanisms to restore immune.
13
Triveni Bio
Country: USA | Funding: $207M
Triveni Bio focuses on the identification of novel disease by combining human genetics and precision medicine.
14
Rome Therapeutics
Country: USA | Funding: $199M
ROME Therapeutics is developing novel therapies for cancer and autoimmune diseases by harnessing the power of the repeatome.
15
Connect Biopharma
Country: China | Funding: $195M
Connect Biopharmaceuticals is a developer of novel immune modulators for the treatment of serious autoimmune diseases and inflammation.
16
Sudo Biosciences
Country: USA | Funding: $183M
Sudo Biosciences is a biopharmaceutical company committed to developing cutting-edge medications that are unmatched in their class that advances programs in multiple sclerosis and psoriasis
17
HiFiBiO Therapeutics
Country: France | Funding: $179.5M
HiFiBiO Therapeutics is biotherapeutics company mobilizing the human immune system to combat disease. We integrate deep-rooted biological expertise with our comprehensive single-cell profiling technologies to rapidly discover and advance a pipeline of antibody drugs to treat cancer and autoimmune disorders. We also aspire to benefit patients through open-innovation partnerships with industry and academia.
18
GentiBio
Country: USA | Funding: $177M
GentiBio is a biotherapeutics company developing engineered regulatory T cells (EngTregs) programmed to treat autoimmune allergic diseases.
19
Santa Ana Bio
Country: USA | Funding: $176M
Santa Ana Bio is a biotechnology company focusing on precision immunology for autoimmune and inflammatory diseases.
20
Third Arc Bio
Country: USA | Funding: $165M
Third Arc Bio is a biotech company developing multifunctional antibodies for inflammatory and immunology diseases.
21
Navidea Biopharmaceuticals
Country: USA | Funding: $133.8M
Navidea Biopharmaceuticals has established a niche in precision medicine. The company focuses on the development and commercialization of diagnostic agents and therapeutics for cancer, autoimmune diseases, dementia, and movement disorders.
22
Merida Therapeutics
Country: USA | Funding: $121M
Merida Biosciences is a biotech company focused on developing precision treatments, particularly for autoimmune diseases.
23
Ouro Medicines
Country: USA | Funding: $120M
Ouroboros Medicines is a biotechnology company specializes in immunology.
24
Nilo Therapeutics
Country: USA | Funding: $110.6M
NILO Therapeutics is a biotechnology and therapeutics company.
25
Kahr Medical
Country: Israel | Funding: $101.5M
KAHR Medical develops novel fusion protein pharmaceuticals for the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases.
26
Landos Biopharma
Country: USA | Funding: $70M
Landos Biopharma is a developer of an oral first-in-class therapeutics designed to target autoimmune diseases.
27
Egle Therapeutics
Country: France | Funding: €49.3M
Egle Therapeutics is a biotechnology company focused on developing immunotherapies for oncology and autoimmune diseases.
28
Metaphore Biotechnologies
Country: USA | Funding: $50M
Metaphore Biotechnologies is a firm that uses biomimicry and machine learning to unlock the revolutionary therapeutic. The company aims the platform at developing treatments for autoimmune, metabolic and oncology indications.
29
Cimeio Therapeutics
Country: USA | Funding: $50M
Cimeio Therapeutics is applied gene editing, cellular and immunotherapy company, developing shielded-cell and immunotherapy pairs to transform treatment for rare genetic diseases, hematologic malignancies and autoimmune disorders.
30
WellTheory
Country: USA | Funding: $26.2M
WellTheory is a virtual care platform providing autoimmune and inflammatory conditions care services.
31
MARAbio Systems
Country: USA | Funding: $19.1M
MARAbio is a biotech firm that works to detect and prevent severe forms of Autism.
32
Meta Pharmaceuticals
Country: China | Funding: $15M
META Pharmaceuticals is a cutting-edge drug development company specializing in autoimmune diseases.
33
Promise Bio
Country: Israel | Funding: $8.3M
Promise Bio utilizes AI to analyze epiproteomics for autoimmune diseases.
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