GENCIRQ, INC.
Engineered probiotic E. coli bacteria with synchronized lysis circuit for localized delivery of therapeutic proteins to solid tumors
- Sector
- Biotech
- Headquarters
- SANTA BARBARA, CA
- Total capital
- $4M
- Federal grants
- $2M
- 3 awards
- Rank in peer group#29 of 326
- Private capital raised
- None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
- Federal contracts
- $2M
- 3 awards · Health and Human S
- Rank in Biotech#135 of 4373
- Granted patents
- None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Federal contractHealth and Human S · SBIR Phase II, Topic 016: Development Of A Bacterial Synchronized Lysis Circuit Platform To Deliver Therapeutics$1.5M
- Federal contractHealth and Human S · Topic 386: Engineering Probiotics To Deliver Chemopreventative Agents To The Human Gut$299K
- Federal contractHealth and Human S · Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR): Using A Genetic Lysis Circuit To Develop A Screening Platform For Therapeutics$225K
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3 records have no date or no amount, so they aren’t placed on the timeline.
Standing among 326 peers
Line = medianBiotech · Molecule
- Federal grants#29 · top 9%
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Founders and team
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Checked: USPTO inventors; federal award principal investigators; SEC Form D related persons · Oct 23, 2026
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No granted patents are on record.
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Checked: USPTO granted patents and published applications · Oct 23, 2026
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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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Data freshness
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