46 Best Cancer Immunotherapy Startups to Watch in 2025

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of Cancer Immunotherapy Startups

We track 71,000+ companies and rank them dynamically using our Seedtable Score – a score that uses quantitative and qualitative data points to signal the momentum behind a company. We then monitor the list manually leveraging our expertise as founders and investors.

There are 46 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $4.6b. The average funding per company in this subset is $99.9m.

Last update to the database: Feb 18, 2025. See changelog.

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Senti Biosciences logo

Senti Biosciences

Senti Biosciences is a synthetic biology company.

2

Funding Rounds

$158.0m

Money raised

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Cell Design Labs

A biotechnology company founded in 2015 which operates as a subsidiary of Gilead Sciences and Kite Pharma. The company developed a platform for custom cell engineering called synNotch to be used for anticancer therapies. Their system can also be used to develop cell-based therapies for autoimmune and degenerative disorders.

1

Funding Rounds

$34.4m

Money raised

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Stemline Therapeutics

A biopharmaceutical company developing therapeutics to attack cancer stem cells.

2

Funding Rounds

$13.8m

Money raised

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Obsidian Therapeutics

Develops novel cell and gene therapies with pharmacologic operating systems.

2

Funding Rounds

$164.5m

Money raised

Argos Therapeutics logo

Argos Therapeutics

A company developing immunotherapy treatments for cancers, infectious and autoimmune diseases

2

Funding Rounds

$67.5m

Money raised

Cellerant Therapeutics logo

Cellerant Therapeutics

A biotechnology company that develops treatments for cancer and hematologic conditions

2

Funding Rounds

$18.1m

Money raised

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Insitro

A bioinformatics company in San Francisco building data collection methods and databases that will enable machine learning algorithms in healthcare. It was founded in 2018.

4

Funding Rounds

$743.2m

Money raised

Odyssey Therapeutics logo

Odyssey Therapeutics

Focused on transforming lives of patients with immune dysfunctions and cancer

2

Funding Rounds

$386.0m

Money raised

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DCPrime

DCPrime is a biotechnology company developing cancer immunotherapies.

5

Funding Rounds

$26.0m

Money raised

iOx Therapeutics Limited logo

iOx Therapeutics Limited

Biotechnology company founded in 2015 that develops and commercializes synthetic lipid compounds and cancer immunotherapy agents. iOx Therapeutics is an OSI spinout.

1

Funding Rounds

Eureka Therapeutics, Inc logo

Eureka Therapeutics, Inc

Eureka Therapeutics is a biotechnology company developing immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer.

2

Funding Rounds

$105.0m

Money raised

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Gadeta

Gadeta is a biotechnology company developing immunotherapies for treating cancer.

1

Funding Rounds

$7.0m

Money raised

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Soteria Biotherapeutics

Soteria Biotherapeutics is a biotechnology company developing cancer immunotherapies.

1

Funding Rounds

$42.2m

Money raised

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IRX Therapeutics

A company developing immune therapies for cancer and related diseases

2

Funding Rounds

$33.8m

Money raised

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XEME Biopharma

XEME Biopharma is a biotechnology company developing therapeutic cancer vaccines and cancer immunotherapy products.

2

Funding Rounds

$173.0k

Money raised

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A2 Biotherapeutics, Inc

A2 Biotherapeutics, Inc. is a biotechnology research company developing T-cell therapies designed to attack solid tumors while sparing normal cells

1

Funding Rounds

$71.5m

Money raised

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Tactiva Therapeutics

Tactiva Therapeutics is a biotechnology company developing cancer immunotherapies.

1

Funding Rounds

$35.0m

Money raised

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Targazyme

Targazyme is a biotechnology company focused on improving survival and quality of life for cancer patients using stem cell transplantation, immunotherapy, regenerative medicine, and gene therapy.

1

Funding Rounds

$2.5m

Money raised

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Macomics Ltd

Macomics is an Edinburgh-based immuno-oncology company.

2

Funding Rounds

$10.0m

Money raised

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Taiga Biotechnologies

Taiga Biotechnologies is a biotechnology company developing blood stem cell therapies for treating infectious diseases and cancer.

1

Funding Rounds

$40.0m

Money raised

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NewLink Genetics

NewLink Genetics is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of immuno-oncology products.

4

Funding Rounds

$37.4m

Money raised

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Asher Biotherapeutics

A biotechnology company offering precision immunotherapy cancer treatments.

2

Funding Rounds

$163.0m

Money raised

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Unum Therapeutics

Unum Therapeutics is a biotechnology company developing cell therapy products for cancer immunotherapy applications.

1

Funding Rounds

$104.4m

Money raised

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Triumvira Immunologics

Triumvira Immunologics is an adoptive Immunotherapy founded by Jonathan Bramson.

3

Funding Rounds

$171.2m

Money raised

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WindMIL Therapeutics

WindMIL Therapeutics is a biotechnology company developing cell therapy products for treating cancer.

1

Funding Rounds

$5.0m

Money raised

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Trillium Therapeutics

Trillium Therapeutics is a biotechnology company developing cancer immunotherapies.

2

Funding Rounds

$26.0m

Money raised

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SpecificiT Pharma

SpecificiT Pharma is a biotechnology company developing cancer immunotherapies using stem cells.

1

Funding Rounds

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ImaginAb

ImaginAb is an immune and oncology imaging company developing a pipeline of novel products that give physicians unprecedented insights into the patient's health--enabling better patient selection and treatment monitoring for immuno-oncology therapies and other drugs.

2

Funding Rounds

$20.5m

Money raised

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Crescendo Biologics

Crescendo Biologics is an immuno-oncology company developing novel, targeted T cell enhancing Humabody® therapeutics.

4

Funding Rounds

$166.8m

Money raised

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CatalYm

CatalYm is an innovative immunotherapies developer for cancer patients founded in 2016.

2

Funding Rounds

$160.0m

Money raised

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OncoImmunity

OncoImmunity is a personalized cancer immunotherapy using machine learning company founded in 2014 by Trevor Clancy, Richard Stratford and Trevor Clancy.

2

Funding Rounds

$2.7m

Money raised

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Arch Oncology

Antibody Therapies

3

Funding Rounds

$260.0m

Money raised

Sotio logo

Sotio

Biotechnology firm focused on developing cancer treatments using activated dendritic cell immunotherapy.

2

Funding Rounds

$636.1m

Money raised

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Turnstone Biologics

Turnstone Biologics is an oncolytic viral immunotherapy founded in 2015.

2

Funding Rounds

$121.4m

Money raised

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OncoResponse

OncoResponse is a company providing cancer research into immunotherapies and the newest technologies for oncologists.

4

Funding Rounds

$129.5m

Money raised

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Aivita Biomedical

Aivita Biomedical is a stem Cell Therapy founded in 2016.

3

Funding Rounds

$29.5m

Money raised

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Inimmune

Inimmue is a new biotechnology company founded by pharmaceutical industry veterans focused on developing next-generation immunotherapeutics.

1

Funding Rounds

$22.0m

Money raised

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F1 Oncology

F1 Oncology is a biotechnology company developing CAR-T therapies for the treatment of cancer.

1

Funding Rounds

$10.0m

Money raised

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Catamaran Bio

Catamaran uses NK cells, synthetic biology, and non-viral cell engineering to create novel CAR-NK cell therapies.

1

Funding Rounds

$42.0m

Money raised

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Rakuten Medical

Rakuten Medical is an antibody conjugates for cancer founded by Hiroshi Mikitani.

1

Funding Rounds

$166.0m

Money raised

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OncoMyx Therapeutics

Oncolytic Immunotherapy

2

Funding Rounds

$75.0m

Money raised

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Leman Biotech

Leman Biotech is an AI-enabled metabolic cancer immunotherapy founded in 2021.

1

Funding Rounds

$7.0m

Money raised

Affini-T Therapeutics, Inc logo

Affini-T Therapeutics, Inc

Affini-T Therapeutics, Inc is a TCR Cell Therapy.

1

Funding Rounds

$175.0m

Money raised

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Novasenta Inc.

Novasenta Inc. is a startup biotechnology company focused on the discovery and validation of novel targets to develop cancer therapies.

1

Funding Rounds

$20.0m

Money raised

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Marengo Therapeutics

Monoclonal Antibodies

1

Funding Rounds

$80.0m

Money raised

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Vaximm

Vaximm is developing oral T-cell immunotherapies to treat cancer patients.

1

Funding Rounds

$8.0m

Money raised