Tech Company Financing Transactions
Cellares Funding Round
BlackRock, Eclipse and Baillie Gifford participated in a $257 million Series D venture round for Cellares. The funding round was recorded on 1/28/2026.
Transaction Overview
Company Name
Announced On
1/28/2026
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$257,000,000
Round
Series D
Investors
Proceeds Purpose
The company intends to use the funds to further enhance its global buildout of automated IDMO Smart Factories across South San Francisco, CA; Bridgewater, NJ; Leiden, the Netherlands; and Kashiwa City, Japan, to enable commercial launch and unconstrained manufacturing of cell therapies for hundreds of thousands of patients annually.?
Company Information
Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Biopharmaceutical
Mailing Address
345 Allerton Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94080
USA
San Francisco, CA 94080
USA
Phone
Undisclosed
Website
Email Address
Overview
Cellares is working to make cell therapy widely available and affordable by providing preclinical and clinical scientists as well as commercial cell therapy manufacturers with a flexible and scalable manufacturing solution and fully-integrated software.
Profile
Social Media
Company News
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YouTube
Management Team
Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Fabian Gerlinghaus
Chief Technical Officer
Alex Pesch
President
Omar Kurdi
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