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Cellares

Private

Cellares is the first Integrated Development and Manufacturing Organization (IDMO), using an Industry 4.0 approach to mass-manufacture cell therapies. Its Cell Shuttle platform automates and scales the production of CAR-T and other cell therapies, serving clinical and commercial-stage developers.

Company Info

Sector:Biotechnology / Cell Therapy Manufacturing (CDMO)
Headquarters:South San Francisco, California, USA
Founded:2018
Funding Round:Series D (expanded)
Total Funding:~$300M+ reported

Funding & Investor Relations

Notable Investors

  • Koch Disruptive Technologies
  • Ecosystem Integrity Fund
  • DFJ Growth
  • Willett Advisors
  • Lonergan Partners
  • Reciprocal Ventures

IPO Outlook / Plans

Not publicly disclosed

Upcoming Milestones & Key Dates

2026-06-18
Financing

Series D expansion ($50M)

2026-Q3
Capacity expansion

New Bridgewater, NJ site opening

2026-Q4
Operations

First commercial-scale production run for partner CAR-T

Clinical Development Pipeline

Cell Shuttle (Platform)

Target: CDMO platform
Automated cell therapy manufacturing
Preclinical
Phase 1
Phase 2
Phase 3
Approved

Cellares Mfg Services

Target: Multiple CAR-T/TCR
Clinical and commercial cell therapy production
Preclinical
Phase 1
Phase 2
Phase 3
Approved

Automated QC Module

Target: Cell therapy QC
In-process and release testing
Preclinical
Phase 1
Phase 2
Phase 3
Approved

Recent News

Leadership Team

Fabian Gerlinghaus

Co-Founder & CEO

Owen Smith

Co-Founder & Chief Business Officer

Alexey Kukaev

Co-Founder & CTO

Careers & Job Openings

Process Engineer

On-site
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Supervising Principal Scientist, Process Development

On-site
South San Francisco, CA
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Scientist, Process Development (I,II,III)

On-site
South San Francisco, CA
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