Cellesce Overview

  • Founded
  • 2013

Founded
  • Status
  • Acquired/​Merged

  • Employees
  • 21

Employees
  • Latest Deal Type
  • Grant

  • Latest Deal Amount
  • $1.78M

Cellesce General Information

Description

Operator of a biochemical engineering company intended to develop organoids. The company bioprocessing technology, and specializes in the development, scale-up, and manufacture of patient-derived organoids and uses its proprietary bioprocess and bioreactors for the expansion of human-derived normal and cancer PDOs for multiple applications, including drug screening, enabling healthcare professionals to utilize in-line sensors and real-time monitoring to ensure precise culture conditions, improved yield, and control of organoid size and reduced batch to batch, user to user variability and use them in drug efficacy testing.

Contact Information

Formerly Known As
BBF Bio
Ownership Status
Acquired/Merged
(Operating Subsidiary)
Financing Status
Formerly VC-backed
Primary Industry
Drug Discovery
Other Industries
Biotechnology
Parent Company
Primary Office
  • Cardiff Medicentre
  • Heath Park
  • Cardiff CF14 4UJ
  • Wales, United Kingdom
+44 029 0000 0000

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Cellesce Valuation & Funding

Deal Type Date Amount Raised to Date Post-Val Status Stage
7. Grant 01-Jan-2021 $1.78M Completed Generating Revenue
6. Grant 01-Jun-2020 00000 Completed Generating Revenue
5. Merger/Acquisition 06-Dec-2022 0000 Completed Generating Revenue
4. Accelerator/Incubator 01-Jan-2020 00.000 0000 Completed Generating Revenue
3. Later Stage VC 01-Jun-2019 00.000 00.000 Completed Generating Revenue
2. Later Stage VC 23-Mar-2018 $900K $1.04M 00.000 Completed Generating Revenue
1. Seed Round 12-Nov-2015 $140K $140K 00000 Completed Startup
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Cellesce Cap Table

Stock # of Shares
Authorized
Par Value Dividend Rate (%) Original
Issue Price
Liquidation Liquidation
Pref. Multiple
Conversion Price % Owned
Ordinary 0,000 00.000000 0000.00 0000.00 00 0000.00 00.000
Ordinary 000 00.000000 0000.00 0000.00 00 0000.00 00.000
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Cellesce Comparisons

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Industry
HQ Location
Employees
Total Raised
Post Valuation
Last
Financing
Details
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Cardiff, United Kingdom
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Cellesce Competitors (1)

Company Name Financing Status Location Employees Total Raised Last Financing Date/Type Last Financing Amount
0000000 Venture Capital-Backed Cambridge, United Kingdom 00 000.00 0000000000 0 000.00
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Cellesce Patents

Cellesce Recent Patent Activity

Publication ID Patent Title Status First Filing Date Technology (CPC) Citations
GB-202107891-D0 Apparatus Inactive 02-Jun-2021
GB-201902415-D0 A device Inactive 22-Feb-2019
GB-201611982-D0 Cell culture Inactive 11-Jul-2016 0000000000
US-20190249137-A1 Methods for culturing organoids Active 11-Jul-2016 0000000000
US-20220333064-A1 Methods for culturing organoids Pending 11-Jul-2016 C12N5/0081
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Cellesce Executive Team (8)

Name Title Board Seat Contact Info
Victoria Durban Ph.D Chief Executive Officer, Co-Chief Operating Officer & Board Member
Robert Snedden Chief Financial Officer, Company Secretary & Board Member
Francis Bealin-Kelly Co-Chief Operating Officer, Chairman of Scientific Advisory Board & Board Member
Marianne Ellis Co-Founder, Chief Technology Officer, Director & Scientific Advisory Board Member
Julian Chaudhuri Co-Founder & Scientific Advisory Board Member
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Cellesce Board Members (9)

Name Representing Role Since
Christopher Thompson Self Board Member 000 0000
Francis Bealin-Kelly Cellesce Co-Chief Operating Officer, Chairman of Scientific Advisory Board & Board Member 000 0000
John Allbrook Self Chairman 000 0000
Julian Chaudhuri Cellesce Co-Founder & Scientific Advisory Board Member 000 0000
Kathryn Rowley Ph.D Self Board Member 000 0000
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Cellesce Signals

Growth Rate

0.80% Weekly
Growth
Weekly Growth 0.80%, 93rd %
-35.5%. 530%

Size Multiple

219x Median
Size Multiple 219x, 100th %ile
0.00x 0.95x. 413Kx

Key Data Points

Twitter Followers

5.5k

Similarweb Unique Visitors

15.0K

Majestic Referring Domains

314

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Cellesce Former Investors (5)

Investor Name Investor Type Holding Investor Since Participating Rounds Contact Info
Development Bank of Wales Venture Capital Minority 000 0000 000000 0
Innovate UK Government Minority 000 0000 000000 0
NC3Rs Government Minority 000 0000 000000 0
NG Bio (UK) Venture Capital Minority 000 0000 000000 0
Tangram Partners (Godalming) Venture Capital Minority 000 0000 000000 0
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