Verismo Therapeutics is pioneering the development of novel chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) that enhance T-cell-based cellular immunotherapy for cancer, especially non-hematologic malignancies with few effective therapeutic options.
Verismo Therapeutic’s core technology is built upon CARs that are uniquely engineered to more realistically reflect the natural multichain design of killer immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs), an important family of immunologic receptors used by T cells and NK cells.
Preclinical studies show that SynKIR™-T cells, created by introducing these KIR-based CARs (KIR-CARs) into T cells, more effectively eliminate aggressive tumors in vivo when compared with T cells bearing traditional 2nd generation CAR designs found in current FDA approved CAR-T cell therapies.
Location: United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Employees: 1-10
Total raised: $24M
Founded date: 2020
Founders name: Bryan Kim
Funding Rounds 2
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 20.07.2023 | Seed | $17M | - |
| 28.02.2023 | Seed | $7M | - |
Persons 8
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Mentions in press and media 9
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| 08.04.2024 | Verismo Therapeutics Announces Upcoming Presentation at AACR... | PHILADELPHIA, April 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Verismo Therapeutics, a clinical-stage CAR T company dev... | salamancap... |
| 03.11.2023 | Verismo Therapeutics Announces Upcoming Presentation at SITC... | PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Verismo Therapeutics, a clinical-stage CAR-T company deve... | en.prnasia... |
| 20.07.2023 | Cancer-fighting Verismo Therapeutics raised $17M in another ... | University of Pennsylvania spinout Verismo Therapeutics announced this week that it raised $17 milli... | technical.... |
| 18.07.2023 | Verismo Therapeutics Nabs $17M Pre-Series A | PHILADELPHIA, PA, Verismo Therapeutics today announced it has raised $17 million in a second pre-S... | vcnewsdail... |
| 18.07.2023 | Verismo Therapeutics Raises $17M in Second Pre-Series A Fund... | Verismo Therapeutics, a Philadelphia, PA-based clinical-stage CAR T company, Penn spinout, and pione... | finsmes.co... |
| 28.02.2023 | Verismo Therapeutics Raises $7M in Pre-Series A Funding | Verismo Therapeutics, a Philadelphia, PA-based clinical-stage CAR T company, raised $7M in pre-Serie... | finsmes.co... |
| 28.02.2023 | Verismo Therapeutics Inks $7M Pre-Series A | PHILADELPHIA, PA, Verismo Therapeutics, a clinical-stage CAR T company, Penn spinout, and pioneer ... | vcnewsdail... |
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| - | Verismo Therapeutics: Penn Spinout Company Raises $17 Millio... | Verismo Therapeutics – a clinical-stage CAR T company, Penn spinout, and pioneer of the novel KIR-CA... | pulse2.com... |