# Epitopea

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

- Industry: Biotechnology
- Headquarters: Cambridge, UK
- Website: www.epitopea.com
- Total disclosed funding: $13M
- Latest round: Seed (Apr 25, 2022)
- Investors on record: 6

## About

Based in Cambridge, UK, and founded in 2021 by Dr. Claude Perreault and Dr. Pierre Thibault and headed by John Moore as CEO, Epitopea Limited also known as Epitopea is an organization that is engaged in the research and development of cancer immunotherapies. In April 2022, Epitopea Limited raised USD 13.6 million in seed funding from new investors Advent Life Sciences, Cambridge Innovation Capital, CTI Life Sciences, Fonds de solidarité FTQ, Harrington Discovery Institute, and Novateur Ventures. The company has offices in Montreal, Canada, and Cambridge, UK. 

Epitopea Limited develops novel, off-the-shelf immunotherapies for cancer, that are based on its proprietary platform focused on a class of tumor-specific antigens (aeTSA), known as CryptigenTM?TSAs. The firm deploys immunopetidomics, mass spectrometry, genomics, and bioinformatics technologies to discover and build the library of CryptigenTM?TSAs, which can be utilized as potential targets that allow drugs to destroy and eliminate malignant or cancerous cells, without affecting the non-malignant cells.

The company will use the April 2022 funding to grow the company's leadership team, progress research on this new class of antigens, and accelerate their translation into innovative cancer immunotherapeutics, such as therapeutic vaccines, cell treatments, and TCR-based biologics.

## Funding rounds

- Seed, Apr 25, 2022, $13M — CTI Life Sciences, Cambridge Innovation Capital, Advent Life Sciences, Harrington Discovery, Fonds de solidarite FTQ, Novateur Ventures

## Investors

- CTI Life Sciences (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/cti-life-sciences) — Seed
- Cambridge Innovation Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/cambridge-innovation-capital) — Seed
- Advent Life Sciences (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/advent-life-sciences) — Seed
- Harrington Discovery — Seed
- Fonds de solidarite FTQ (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/fonds-de-solidarite-ftq) — Seed
- Novateur Ventures — Seed