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Epitopea
Transatlantic cancer immunotherapeutics company
About Epitopea
Epitopea is a transatlantic cancer immunotherapeutics company with operations in Cambridge, UK, and Montreal, Canada, established in 2021. The company is focused on developing immunotherapies to treat cancer by targeting a novel class of tumor-specific antigens (TSAs) known as Cryptigen™ antigens.
These antigens are broadly shared among patients with the same type of cancer. Epitopea leverages a proprietary platform to identify these markers on the surface of cancer cells. The company is developing a pipeline of accessible, off-the-shelf RNA-based immunotherapies. This approach aims to provide broadly applicable cancer treatments.
Epitopea has entered into a license and research collaboration agreement with MSD (Merck) to identify Cryptigen™ tumor-specific antigens. The company has secured over $45 million in financing to support the strategic development and clinical entry of its lead product candidate, Cryptigen™.
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- Status
- Operational
- Founded
- 2021
- Headquarters
- Montreal, Canada
- Employees
- 50
- Open positions
- None listed
- Dealroom signal
- 87.8/100
- Industry
- Health
- Sub-industry
- Pharmaceutical, BioTechnology
- Sector
- Biotech & Life Sciences, Biotechnology, Drug Development, Spinout, Biotech and Pharma, DT and LS, science-based
- Technology
- Hardware
- Business model
- Manufacturing
- Client focus
- b2b
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Funding history
Company financing events and reported valuations.
| Deal type | Date | Amount | Valuation | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SERIES A✓Equity / VC | Oct 2024 | $31M | $124M | Cambridge Innovation Capital · Invest Quebec · Fonds de solidarité FTQ · Jonathan Milner | ↗ |
| GRANT✓Other financing | Sep 2024 | $658K | — | Undisclosed | ↗ |
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Growth signals
Latest recorded traffic for Epitopea is 3.2K monthly website visits, up 68.4% over the last three months. Epitopea's team grew 8.7% over the past year.
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Investors
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Seed6 investors entered at this stage
Advent Life Sciences
Fonds de solidarité FTQ
Harrington Discovery Institute
Cambridge Innovation Capital
CTI Life Sciences
UK Research and Innovation
Series A5 investors entered at this stage
Invest Quebec
Jonathan Milner
Novateur Ventures
IRICoR
AdMare BioInnovations
Other known investors1 additional known investor
University of Montreal
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