FLASKWORKS, LLC
Closed-system bioreactor for automated manufacturing of personalized dendritic cell immunotherapies
- Sector
- Biotech
- Headquarters
- Boston, MA
- Founded
- 2016
- Latest Form D
- $750K, Oct 2018
- Total capital
- $2M
- Federal grants
- $1.3M
- 3 awards · 2018–2019
- Rank in peer group#7 of 12
- Private capital raised
- $750K
- 1 Form D · last Oct 2018
- 96 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- 19
- 21 pending · first 2020
- Rank in peer group#1 of 12
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Federal grantNSF · Phase II · SBIR Phase II: Automated Closed Systems for Manufacturing Autologous Dendritic Cell Therapies$750K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$750K
- Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase I · Bioactive Surface Engineering for High Yield Manufacturing of Dendritic Cell-Based Cancer Therapeutics$294K
- Federal grantNSF · Phase I · SBIR Phase I: Automated Closed Systems for Manufacturing Autologous Dendritic Cell Therapies$225K
Node area is scaled to amount. Form D reports securities sold, which can differ from an announced round; filings are numbered in the order they were made.
Federal first
4months
from FLASKWORKS, LLC’s first federal award to its first private round.
- First federal award · Jul 2018
- NSF · $225K
- First Form D · Oct 2018
- $750K · 1st Form D
- Awards before first raise
- 2 awards
An association in public records, not a cause or a prediction.
Standing among 12 peers
Line = medianBiotech · System
- Federal grantsBelow median
- Granted patents#1 · top 8%
Cumulative measures favor older companies. Rankings describe position today, not outcome. Below the median, ranks show as a band rather than a number.
Founders and team
Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants- Shashi MurthyResearcherDirectorLinked by 10 patents
- Jennifer RossiResearcherExecutive OfficerLinked by $1.3M in grants as PI
What it has protected
USPTO · 19 granted of 40- GrantedMethod For Collecting Cell TypesUSPTOUS 12,742,706
- PendingSystems And Methods For Cell CulturingUSPTOApplication 19443505
- GrantedSystems And Methods For Cell CulturingUSPTOUS 12,674,127
Show all 40 patent records
- Method For Collecting Cell TypesSep 22, 2026 · US 12,742,706Granted
- Systems And Methods For Cell CulturingJul 16, 2026 · Application 19443505Pending
- Systems And Methods For Cell CulturingJul 7, 2026 · US 12,674,127Granted
- Dendritic Cell Generating Apparatus And MethodJun 11, 2026 · Application 19178174Pending
- Systems And Methods For Cell CulturingMay 28, 2026 · Application 19178088Pending
- Systems And Methods For Cell CulturingMay 14, 2026 · Application 19443469Pending
- Systems And Methods For Cell CulturingFeb 10, 2026 · US 12,545,877Granted
- Systems And Methods For Cell CulturingFeb 3, 2026 · US 12,540,298Granted
- Systems And Methods For Cell CulturingNov 6, 2025 · Application 19266504Pending
- Systems And Methods For Cell CulturingAug 19, 2025 · US 12,391,909Granted
- Dendritic Cell Generating Apparatus And MethodMay 13, 2025 · US 12,297,412Granted
- Systems And Methods For Cell CulturingMay 13, 2025 · US 12,297,413Granted
- Systems And Methods For Cell CulturingJan 30, 2025 · Application 18796422Pending
- Systems And Methods For Cell CulturingDec 24, 2024 · US 12,173,265Granted
- Duty Cycle For Cell Culture SystemsNov 14, 2024 · Application 18781056Pending
- Systems And Methods For Cell CulturingSep 10, 2024 · US 12,084,646Granted
- Systems And Methods For Cell CulturingSep 3, 2024 · US 12,077,740Granted
- Systems And Methods For Cell CulturingAug 27, 2024 · US 12,071,605Granted
- Duty Cycle For Cell Culture SystemsAug 27, 2024 · US 12,071,606Granted
- Method For Collecting Cell TypesJun 20, 2024 · Application 18540020Pending
- Dendritic Cell Generating Apparatus And MethodApr 9, 2024 · US 11,952,563Granted
- Duty Cycle For Cell Culture SystemsJan 31, 2023 · US 11,566,217Granted
- Systems And Methods For Cell CulturingSep 20, 2022 · US 11,447,732Granted
- Systems And Methods For Cell CulturingSep 6, 2022 · US 11,434,459Granted
- Cell Culture Systems And Uses ThereofJun 2, 2022 · Application 17601060Pending
- Dendritic Cell Generating Apparatus And MethodMay 24, 2022 · US 11,339,363Granted
- Systems And Methods For Cell CulturingMar 8, 2022 · US 11,268,058Granted
- Systems And Methods For Cell CulturingApr 22, 2021 · Application 17074914Pending
- Dendritic Cell Generating Apparatus And MethodMay 12, 2020 · US 10,647,954Granted
- Duty Cycle For Cell Culture SystemsApplication PCTUS2020045900Pending
- Cell Culture Systems And Uses ThereofApplication PCTUS2020026386Pending
- Dendritic Cell Generating Apparatus And MethodApplication PCTUS2019060695Pending
- Systems And Methods For Cell CulturingApplication 62923978Pending
- Systems And Methods For Cell CulturingApplication 62923967Pending
- Systems And Methods For Cell CulturingApplication 62923963Pending
- Systems And Methods For Cell CulturingApplication 62923973Pending
- Systems And Methods For Cell CulturingApplication 62923975Pending
- Systems And Methods For Cell CulturingApplication 62923982Pending
- Method For Collecting Cell TypesApplication 63433265Pending
- Cell Culture Systems And Uses ThereofApplication 62828696Pending
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- FLASKWORKSShares a founder: JENNIFER ROSSI
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Regulatory activity · Biotech
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Sources
Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.
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