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Celaid Therapeutics Inc.

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As of May 2024

City Year of Establishment Founder
Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 2020 Nobuyuki Arakawa
Partner VC Latest round of Fundraising Valuation
The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners (UTEC) Series A extension Non-Disclosure

Program name

Deep-Tech Startups Support Program

Research theme

R&D Cost of HSC Expansion Platform Technology for Cell and Gene Therapy Companies

Business Plan

Celaid will establish and validate systems for supplying clinical and commercial-grade HSC expansion methods and culture media to the biotechnology field enabling global biotech/pharmaceutical companies to address their technical challenges encountered in commercial manufacturing of cell and gene therapy products.

Research Outline

Through this R&D effort, clinical and commercial-grade HSC expansion methods and culture media will be established (R&D #1&2). In parallel, experiments on the application of HSC expansion technology to cell and gene therapy products will be conducted (R&D #3&4).

  • R&D #1. Establishment of clinical-grade culture media
  • R&D #2. Development of HSC expansion manufacturing process
  • R&D #3. Application to the manufacturing process of ex vivo gene therapy products
  • R&D #4. Application to the manufacturing process of cell therapy products
Phase Business Area/Field Research Period Research Grant Amount
STS Healthcare 2024 - 2025 FY JPY 199 million

International collaborative technology demonstration

Countries/Regions Collaborative activity outline
Japan, United States, Europe etc. -

Last Updated : June 6, 2024