Top 34 Stem cells startups

Oct 16, 2024 | By Jason Kwon

These startups develop stem cell therapies that help to regenerate tissues and organs during chemotherapy or with such conditions as Alzheimer's disease, brain and spinal cord injury, heart disease.
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Country: USA | Funding: $1.3B
Fate Therapeutics is a stem cell and developmental biology research company using biological mechanisms to develop stem cell therapeutics.
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Country: USA | Funding: $1.2B
ElevateBio is a biotechnology company that specializes in cell and gene-based therapies.
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Country: USA | Funding: $620M
Century Therapeutics is harnessing the power of adult stem cells to develop curative therapies for cancer. It develops iPSC-derived, allogeneic immune cell therapy products for cancer
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Country: USA | Funding: $445M
Rubius is developing a new class of drugs, Red-Cell Therapeutics. Rubius is using advanced cellular therapies that harness the unique, inherent properties of red cells and marry them to the creative power of genetic engineering.
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Country: USA | Funding: $405.9M
Magenta Therapeutics is a new biotechnology company developing therapeutics that unlock the power of stem cell biology. Magenta is focused on improving the patient experience in transplant medicine, with the goal of bringing this lifesaving procedure to more patients.
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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.
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Country: USA | Funding: $272M
Aspen Neuroscience is a private biotechnology company that uses innovative genomic approaches combined with stem cell biology.
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Country: USA | Funding: $235.5M
ViaCyte is a leader in the emerging field of regenerative medicine. ViaCyte's innovative product is based on the differentiation of stem cells into pancreatic beta cell precursors, with subcutaneous implantation in a retrievable and immune-protective encapsulation medical device. Once implanted, the precursor cells mature into endocrine cells that secrete insulin and other hormones in a regulated manner to control blood glucose levels. ViaCyte's goal is a product that can free patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes from long-term insulin dependence.
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Country: UK | Funding: $166.4M
We are a leading, clinical-stage stem cell business. Our primary objective is the development of novel stem cell therapies targeting areas of significant unmet or poorly met medical need.
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Country: USA | Funding: $163M
Semma Therapeutics was founded to develop transformative therapies for patients who currently depend on insulin injections.
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Country: Belgium | Funding: $149.1M
Promethera Biosciences is a biopharmaceutical company focused on cell therapy products to treat liver diseases.
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Country: USA | Funding: $138M
Frequency Therapeutics develops small molecule drugs that activate progenitor cells within the body to restore healthy tissue.
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Country: USA | Funding: $135.5M
QurAlis is specifically focused on discovering & developing new therapies for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), the most common form of motor neuron disease.
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Country: USA | Funding: $129.6M
Cellular Dynamics International (CDI), a FUJIFILM company, is a leading developer and manufacturer of human cells used in drug discovery, toxicity testing, stem cell banking, and cell therapy development. The Company partners with innovators from around the world to combine biologically relevant human cells with the newest technologies to drive advancements in medicine and healthier living.
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Country: USA | Funding: $122.5M
Cellino is on a mission to make personalized, autologous stem cell therapies accessible for patients. Cellino’s platform combines label-free imaging and high-speed laser editing with machine learning to automate cell reprogramming
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Country: USA | Funding: $95M
Osiris Therapeutics is a stem cell company, which focuses on developing and marketing products to treat medical conditions in the inflammatory, cardiovascular, orthopedic and wound healing markets. The company operates its business through two segments: Therapeutics and Biosurgery segment. The Therapeutics segment focuses on developing biologic stem cell drug candidates from readily available and non-controversial sources. One of its products, Stromagen was used to treat breast cancer in clinical trials.
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Country: Israel | Funding: $63.1M
BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics is a biotechnology company developing innovative, autologous stem cell therapies for highly debilitating neurodegenerative diseases such as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease), Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and Parkinson’s Disease (PD).
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Country: UK | Funding: $48.9M
Mogrify transforms cell therapy by the systematic discovery of novel cell conversions
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Country: USA | Funding: $40M
Regenexx focuses on developing breakthrough non-surgical options for people suffering from various orthopedic disorders. We have developed a patent-pending procedure that uses your own stem cells and blood growth factors to regenerate bone and cartilage.
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Country: USA | Funding: $37.6M
StemoniX is revolutionizing the production, growth, and development of stem cell and stem cell technologies.
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