Histocell

histocell.com ↗ ·Derio ·Series B

Histocell is a Basque biopharmaceutical company and CDMO in regenerative medicine, founded in 2004 as a spin-off of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) and based at the Bizkaia Science and Technology Park in Derio, near Bilbao. It develops and manufactures advanced therapy medicinal products (adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cell therapies for bone regeneration, spinal cord injury and stress urinary incontinence) alongside a second business unit of medical devices and dermocosmetic products for wound healing, and offers GMP-grade contract manufacturing from its authorised ATMP facility in Larrabetzu. It has raised roughly €9M since 2006 from institutional and private investors, obtained GMP certification in October 2025 for clinical-grade iPSC cell banks with partner REPROCELL, and began clinical trials for stress urinary incontinence in May 2025.

Founded
2004
Founders
3
Total funds raised
€9.9M
Rounds
4
Investors
6
Last round
Nov 2022
SectorsBiotech, Regenerative Medicine, Cell Therapy, CDMO, Medical Devices, Dermocosmetics Start-up MapHealthtech & Bio › Biologics manufacturing & CDMO

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Founders

Begoña Castro Feo
Chief Scientific Officer & Co-founder
Julio Font
CEO & Co-founder
Marta Acilu
Co-founder, Noray Biosciences Group (Histocell parent group); Director of Business Development, Histocell

Global models 4

Resilience
United States · resilience.com ↗
A venture-backed biomanufacturer that sells GMP contract manufacturing, including cell therapy production, to drug developers, like Histocell's CDMO unit.
$2.0B+Comparable
ElevateBio
United States · elevate.bio ↗
Combines a GMP cell and gene therapy manufacturing and CDMO business with its own advanced-therapy pipeline, the same hybrid of therapy developer and manufacturer as Histocell.
$1.5B+Comparable
Cellares
United States · www.cellares.com ↗
Sells GMP cell therapy manufacturing as a contract service to therapy developers from its own automated facilities.
$355MComparable
OmniaBio
A cell and gene therapy CDMO spun out of a regenerative medicine research centre, making GMP advanced therapies under contract, much like Histocell's ATMP facility.
$120MComparable

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Investors 6

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Seed Capital Bizkaia
www.seedcapitalbizkaia.eus
Seed 2015 Spain
Cell Innovation Partners
Led Series B 2018 Japan
Led round 2022 Japan
Industrial Farmacéutica Cantabria (Cantabria Labs)
Series A 2016 Spain
Investor Spain
Laboratorios Salvat
Investor Spain

Funding rounds 4

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