IO Biotech

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IO Biotech was founded in 2015, is headquartered in Copenhagen, United States, lists 51–200 employees, and has $223.1M in recorded funding across 2 rounds.

Headquarters
Copenhagen
Employees
51–200
Founded
2015
Business Model
B2B
Total Funding
$223.1M
Last Round
$75.0M Venture RoundAug 2023
Rounds
2

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About

IO Biotech is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel, immune-modulatory, off-the-shelf therapeutic cancer vaccines based on its proprietary T-win® platform. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark—with US headquarters in New York—IO Biotech's T-win technology is designed to activate T cells to target both tumor cells and immune-suppressive cells in the tumor microenvironment simultaneously. IO Biotech's lead cancer vaccine candidate, Cylembio (formerly IO102-IO103), has advanced into clinical trials, with Phase 1/2 data published in Nature Communications demonstrating long-term clinical and immunological outcomes in first-line metastatic melanoma in combination with PD-1 blockade. The company's pipeline includes additional candidates targeting Arginase 1 (IO112) and TGF-β expressing cells (IO170). IO Biotech is a publicly traded company (Nasdaq: IOBT).

Summary

IO Biotech is a Biotech company based in Copenhagen, United States, founded in 2015. It lists 51–200 employees. It has raised $223.1M in total across 2 rounds, most recently a $75.0M Venture Round in Aug 2023. Investors include HBM Healthcare Investments, European Investment Bank and Vivo Capital.

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Funding History

Debt FinancingDebt FinancingDec 2024
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Funding: Series B through Venture Round. Amounts, valuations, and investors where available.

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