CISTERNA BIOLOGICS, INC.
Biotech · Private
Platform technology using engineered yeast cells and advanced chromatography to manufacture messenger RNA (mRNA) at reduced cost
- Grants
- $975K
- 3 awards
- Sector median: 1
- Raised
- —
- No Form D on record
- Contracts
- —
- No federal contracts on record
- Patents
- 1
- 0 granted · 1 pending
- Sector median: 2
Capital Timeline
Federal ↑Equity ↓2023202420252026
| Date | Event | Source | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Federal grant | National Science Foundation · Phase I · SBIR Phase I: Development of a Novel Platform for Cost-Efficient mRNA Production in Yeast | $274,980 | |
| Federal grant | Department of Health and Human Services · Phase I · Rapid and Ultra-Pure mRNA Production with Next-Generation RNA Polymerases | $350,000 | |
| Federal grant | Department of Health and Human Services · Phase I · A Novel Approach to Eliminate Length Impurities for High-Quality mRNA Production | $349,746 |
Federal grant · SBIR/STTR
Peer position
| # | Company | Contracts | Disclosed equity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2269 | PranaX Corp | — | $10M |
| 2270 | Lilac Therapeutics | — | — |
| 2271 | IMMUNYX PHARMA USA INC. | — | — |
| 2272 | CISTERNA BIOLOGICS, INC. | — | — |
| 2273 | INPHASOL INC. | — | — |
| 2274 | SYNVEST IMAGING INC. | — | — |
| 2275 | EdenRoc Sciences LLC | — | $194M |
Ranked on federal contract value rather than capital raised. The equity column is the comparison worth making — companies at the same procurement position often sit at very different points in their funding history.
Patents
- Method of purifying mRNA using substrate dependent ribozyme and solid-support attachment tagapplication
Regulatory activity · Biotech
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