# GI Cell

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/gi-cell

- Industry: Biotechnology
- Headquarters: Seongnam, South Korea
- Website: www.gi-cell.com
- Total disclosed funding: $62M
- Latest round: Series B (Apr 12, 2021)
- Investors on record: 11

## About

Founded in 2018 and based in Seongnam, South Korea, GI Cell, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company specializing in the research and development of immuno-cancer cell therapy drugs. In June 2021, its GMP facility was completed. In July 2020, it researched collaboration with Miltenyi Biotec Inc. Chun Pyo Hong is the company's CEO and he is a postdoctoral assistant at the University of Minnesota. The company has partnerships with the International Vaccine Institute(IVI), Samsung Biologics, and GI-BIOME.

The company has developed the Drone Treg® platform for Treg cell therapy, T.O.P NK® platform for NK cell therapy, Nano NK® platform for NK cell therapy, X-Pres T Cell® platform for T cell therapy, and NKpure Expander® platform for optimized cultivation of immune cell.

## Funding rounds

- Series B, Apr 12, 2021, $43M — AJU IB Investment, SL Investment, JW Partners, Brain Asset Management, NH Investment & Securities, Kiwoom Securities, Saehan Venture Capital, DAYLI Partners, Cloud IB Investment, KClavis Investment, GTO Investment
- Series A, Jun 5, 2020, $19M — AJU IB Investment, SL Investment, DAYLI Partners, KClavis Investment
- Seed, May 2, 2019, $0.3M — DAYLI Partners

## Investors

- DAYLI Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/dayli-partners) — Seed, Series A, Series B
- AJU IB Investment (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/aju-ib-investment) — Series A, Series B
- SL Investment (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/sl-investment) — Series A, Series B
- KClavis Investment (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/kclavis-investment) — Series A, Series B
- JW Partners — Series B
- Brain Asset Management (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/brain-asset-management) — Series B
- NH Investment & Securities (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/nh-investment-securities) — Series B
- Kiwoom Securities — Series B
- Saehan Venture Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/saehan-venture-capital) — Series B
- Cloud IB Investment (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/cloud-ib-investment) — Series B
- GTO Investment (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/gto-investment) — Series B