# KCell Biosciences

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/kcell-biosciences

- Industry: Biotechnology
- Headquarters: South Korea
- Website: www.k-cell.com
- Total disclosed funding: $5.8M
- Latest round: Series A (Nov 29, 2021)
- Investors on record: 5

## About

Founded in 2021, and based in Busan, South Korea, KCell Biosciences operates as a biotechnology company that is involved in the research and production of vaccines with the goal of preventing disease-causing viruses like COVID. The company was established through a joint venture between Thousand Oaks Biopharmaceutical, a cell culture medium and CDMO (consignment development and manufacturing) company, and WSG, a company related to materials, parts, and equipment in the field of ASME BPE (bioprocess equipment). In January 2022, KCell Biosciences raised KRW 7 billion in Series A funding from new investors Sneak Peek Investment, SEMA Translink Investment, Kummoon Steel, and Gyeongnam Venture Investment. 

KCell Biosciences offers Cell Cultured Meat Production Solutions (CMS). Its full range of product portfolios and solutions includes CHO cell media, basal media, and feed. The product solutions and services extend to the contract development of cell lines and cell culture media, transient transfection of mammalian cells, and non-GMP production for biopharmaceutical companies that require cell culture bioprocesses. KCell Biosciences has also developed customized cell culture media for cell-cultured meat industries with a cost-effective solution. 

The 2022 funding will help the company to complete the serum-free, chemically defined cell culture medium mass production system in Gijang-gun, Busan.

## Funding rounds

- Series A, Nov 29, 2021, $5.8M — SEMA Translink Investment, Sneak Peek Investment, Gyeongnam Venture Investment, Kummoon Steel, RJ Partners

## Investors

- SEMA Translink Investment — Series A
- Sneak Peek Investment (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/sneak-peek-investment) — Series A
- Gyeongnam Venture Investment (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/gyeongnam-venture-investment) — Series A
- Kummoon Steel — Series A
- RJ Partners — Series A