# CellQua

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/cellqua

- Industry: Biotechnology
- Headquarters: Seongnam, South Korea
- Website: www.cellqua.io
- Latest round: Seed (Nov 9, 2023)
- Investors on record: 2

## About

Based in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, and founded in 2021 by CEO Lee Sang-yoon and Sang-yeop Lee, CellQua, Inc. operates as a foodtech company providing seafood based in cell-based fishing. In November 2023, CellQua, Inc. raised KRW 700 million in seed funding from new investor Korea Tech Incubator for Startup, being selected for Accelerator Investment-Driven Tech Incubator Program. Returning investor Sopoong Ventures also participated in the round. CellQua, Inc. provides fishery science and computer technology for cultured meat production and the source technology necessary for the development of cell culture medium. The company offers cultured meat by securing six types of aquatic animal cells including eel, squid, and loach. In addition, the firm has developed a prototype of fetal bovine serum substitute additives through the initial start-up package business and is being selected for small and medium-sized businesses.

## Funding rounds

- Seed, Nov 9, 2023 — Korea Tech Incubator for Startup, Sopoong Ventures
- Seed, Apr 3, 2023 — Sopoong Ventures

## Investors

- Sopoong Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/sopoong-ventures) — Seed
- Korea Tech Incubator for Startup — Seed