Cellares Raises $257M in Series D Funding

The company will expand factories in the United States, the Netherlands and Japan, with commercial-scale manufacturing planned to begin in 2027.

Round size
$257M
Stage
Series D
Headquarters
United States
Announced
Jan 28, 2026

Automation from production through testing

Cell Shuttle automates end-to-end cell therapy production in a closed system. Cell Q handles in-process and release testing, allowing manufacturing and quality control to run together across the company’s factory network.

Preparing for commercial supply

Cellares expects to support clinical manufacturing in the first half of 2026. A $380 million agreement with Bristol Myers Squibb reserves commercial capacity in the United States, Europe and Japan. The financing brings total capital raised to $612 million.

Sources

  1. Cellares: funding announcement
  2. Crunchbase News: January 30 funding roundup
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