# Cellares

> Cellares is the first Integrated Development and Manufacturing Organization (IDMO) for cell therapy. Its Cell Shuttle - a fully automated, high-throughput platform roughly the size of a small conference room - replaces a warren of manual labs with one box that can run 16 patient batches in parallel, cutting labor and facility footprint by about 90 percent.

- **Founded:** 2019
- **Headquarters:** South San Francisco, California, United States
- **Founders:** Fabian Gerlinghaus (Co-founder & CEO), Omar Kurdi (Co-founder & President), Alex Pesch (Co-founder)
- **Team size:** approximately 300
- **Products:** Cell Shuttle, Cell Q, IDMO Smart Factory
- **Notable:** First cGMP-compliant Cell Shuttle unveiled in 2024 at South San Francisco Center of Excellence, FDA Advanced Manufacturing Technology designation, Up-to-$380M manufacturing deal with Bristol Myers Squibb

## Products & services

- **Cell Shuttle** — Fully automated, high-throughput cell therapy manufacturing platform that runs up to 16 patient batches in parallel inside a single closed system.
- **Cell Q** — Automated, high-throughput quality control platform for in-process and release testing of cell therapies.
- **IDMO Smart Factory** — End-to-end facility model combining process development, tech transfer, and commercial-scale manufacturing under one roof.

## Achievements

- First cGMP-compliant Cell Shuttle unveiled in 2024 at South San Francisco Center of Excellence
- FDA Advanced Manufacturing Technology designation
- Up-to-$380M manufacturing deal with Bristol Myers Squibb
- Cumulative funding north of $630M across four rounds
- Smart factories under construction in New Jersey, the Netherlands, and Japan

## Latest updates

- **2026-01** — Closed $257M Series D to fund global smart factory buildout.
- **2024-03** — Unveiled first cGMP-compliant Cell Shuttle in South San Francisco.
- **2024** — Announced partnership with City of Hope on automated solid tumor CAR-T manufacturing.

## Links

- Website: https://cellares.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cellares-corporation
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@cellares

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Last updated: 2026-05-29