Appia Bio Overview

  • Year Founded
  • 2020

Year Founded

  • Status
  • Private

  • Employees
  • 36

Employees

  • Latest Deal Type
  • Series A1

  • Latest Deal Amount
  • $20.5M

  • Investors
  • 8

Appia Bio General Information

Description

Developer of a stem cell therapy technology intended to discover and develop chimeric antigen receptor-natural killer T(CAR-NKT) cells for safe and targeted cancer treatments for patients. The company's technology matures and scales up healthy stem cells into invariant T-cell therapies, enabling physicians to have access to allogeneic off-the-shelf cell therapies.

Contact Information

Ownership Status
Privately Held (backing)
Financing Status
Venture Capital-Backed
Corporate Office
  • 6160 Bristol Parkway
  • Suite 300
  • Culver City, CA 90230
  • United States
Primary Industry
Biotechnology
Vertical(s)
Life Sciences, Oncology
Corporate Office
  • 6160 Bristol Parkway
  • Suite 300
  • Culver City, CA 90230
  • United States

Appia Bio Timeline

2021202220232024
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Appia Bio Valuation & Funding

Deal Type Date Amount Raised to Date Post-Val Status Stage
3. Early Stage VC (Series A1) 30-Aug-2024 $20.5M Completed Pre-Clinical Trials
2. Early Stage VC (Series A) 11-May-2021 Completed Pre-Clinical Trials
1. Accelerator/Incubator 01-Jan-2021 Completed Pre-Clinical Trials
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Appia Bio Cap Table

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Par Value Dividend Rate (%) Original
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Conversion Price % Owned
Series A
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Appia Bio Comparisons

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Developer of a stem cell therapy technology intended to discover and develop chimeric antigen receptor-natural killer T(
Biotechnology
Culver City, CA
36 As of 2024

Los Angeles, CA
 

Philadelphia, PA
 
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Appia Bio Competitors (6)

Company Name Financing Status Location Employees Total Raised Last Financing Date/Type Last Financing Amount
ImmPACT Bio Venture Capital-Backed Los Angeles, CA
Century Therapeutics Formerly VC-backed Philadelphia, PA
Shoreline Biosciences Venture Capital-Backed San Diego, CA
Adicet Bio Formerly VC-backed Boston, MA
Nkarta Therapeutics Formerly VC-backed South San Francisco, CA
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Appia Bio Patents

Appia Bio Recent Patent Activity

Publication ID Patent Title Status First Filing Date Technology (CPC) Citations
US-20230124097-A1 Engineering stem cell t cells with multiple t cell receptors Pending 14-Oct-2021
AU-2022366817-A1 Engineering stem cell t cells with multiple t cell receptors Pending 14-Oct-2021
CA-3235379-A1 Engineering stem cell t cells with multiple t cell receptors Pending 14-Oct-2021
EP-4416271-A1 Engineering stem cell t cells with multiple t cell receptors Pending 14-Oct-2021
CA-3220136-A1 Production of engineered t cells from stem cells Pending 14-May-2021 C12N5/0646
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Appia Bio Executive Team (10)

Name Title Board Seat
JeenJoo Kang Ph.D Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer & Board Member
Jason Damiano Chief Scientific Officer
Sylvaine Cases Chief Business Officer
Lili Yang Ph.D Scientific Co-Founder & Board Member
Tessa Aglupos-McCann Senior Director of Finance
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Appia Bio Board Members (10)

Name Representing Role Since
Daqing Cai Ph.D Self Board Member
David Baltimore Ph.D Self Chairman, Advisor and Scientific Founder
Francisco Gimenez Ph.D 8VC Board Member
Irving Weissman MD Self Scientific Advisory Board
JeenJoo Kang Ph.D Appia Bio Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer & Board Member
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Appia Bio Investors (8)

Investor Name Investor Type Holding Investor Since Participating Rounds
Breakout Ventures Venture Capital Minority
8VC Venture Capital Minority
Axial (San Francisco) Venture Capital Minority
Freeflow Ventures Venture Capital Minority
Kite Pharma Corporation Minority
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Appia Bio FAQs

  • When was Appia Bio founded?

    Appia Bio was founded in 2020.

  • Who is the founder of Appia Bio?

    JeenJoo Kang Ph.D, Lili Yang Ph.D, Jeffrey Wiezorek MD, Pin Wang Ph.D, and David Baltimore Ph.D are the founders of Appia Bio.

  • Who is the CEO of Appia Bio?

    JeenJoo Kang Ph.D is the CEO of Appia Bio.

  • Where is Appia Bio headquartered?

    Appia Bio is headquartered in Culver City, CA.

  • What is the size of Appia Bio?

    Appia Bio has 36 total employees.

  • What industry is Appia Bio in?

    Appia Bio’s primary industry is Biotechnology.

  • Is Appia Bio a private or public company?

    Appia Bio is a Private company.

  • What is Appia Bio’s current revenue?

    The current revenue for Appia Bio is .

  • How much funding has Appia Bio raised over time?

    Appia Bio has raised $75.5M.

  • Who are Appia Bio’s investors?

    Breakout Ventures, 8VC, Axial (San Francisco), Freeflow Ventures, and Kite Pharma are 5 of 8 investors who have invested in Appia Bio.

  • Who are Appia Bio’s competitors?

    ImmPACT Bio, Century Therapeutics, Shoreline Biosciences, Adicet Bio, and Nkarta Therapeutics are some of the 6 competitors of Appia Bio.

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