NanoGhost
Formerly Nano Ghosts
Naturally Targeted Drug Platform
Startup Seed Health Tech & Life Sciences Est. 2019
Total Raised
$9M
Seed
Last Round
$4M
2 rounds
Investors
2
2 public
Team
3
11-50 employees
Confidence
90/100
News
7
articles
Patents
1
About
NanoGhost is a drug-delivery technology that uses adult stem cells to transport medicine directly to the tumor site. The technology has already proven successful in treating pancreatic, lung, breast, prostate, and brain cancer in mice. The platform is based on nano-vesicles, termed Nano-Ghosts (NGs), which are technologically reconstructed from the cell membranes of naturally targeted allogeneic mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), after removing their cytoplasm and nuclei. The NGs' safety and targeting capabilities rely on their retention of the surface-associated mechanisms that govern MSCs' well-documented allogeneic tolerability and targeting of multiple inflamed and malignant tissues. The NanoGhost technology was developed by Professor Marcel Machluf, the faculty dean of Biotechnology & Food Engineering at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. Professor Machluf developed the technology in her lab at the Technion and set up a start-up as a spin-off from the university to commercialize the technology. Israel's Ministry of Science and Technology named NanoGhost as one of Israel's 60 most impactful developments. The NanoGhost technology has been patented in the United States and Europe, with additional patents pending in India and China.
Classification
Sector
Health Tech & Life SciencesPharma & Medical Biotechnology
Core Technology
Materials & SubstancesBiologicalsCells
Target Customer
Healthcare & Life SciencesLife SciencesPharmaceuticals
Business Model
B2B
Tags
targeted-cancer-therapycancertargeted-therapystem-cellsdrug-deliverynanotechnologyimmunotherapytreatmentspharmaceuticalsbiotechnologygenetics
Funding & Events
Jun 2023
Seed $4M
New Gate Capital
Dec 2019
Seed $5M
aMoon Fund
News (7)
Nov 28, 2021 · www.israel21c.org
How to reduce cancer drug dosage a millionfold - ISRAEL21c
Jun 22, 2021 · www.calcalistech.com
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NanoGhost: Delivering the greatest things in the smallest packages
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May 20, 2020 · ats.org
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Prof. Marcelle Machluf Is Adapting Nano-Ghost Research to Trap COVID-19 - American Technion Society
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Dec 24, 2019 · www.calcalistech.com
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Life Sciences Venture Fund aMoon Invests $5 Million in Cancer Drug Company
Investment
Dec 23, 2019 · www.timesofisrael.com
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'Ghost' cell startup that targets deadliest cancers gets funding boost
Investment
Apr 21, 2019 · www.jewishexponent.com
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Israeli Scientist Discusses Cancer Treatment - Jewish Exponent
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Apr 29, 2018 · www.jpost.com
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https://www.jpost.com/HEALTH-SCIENCE/The-woman-behind-nanoghosts-552974
Customers
Details
Product Stage
R&D
Employees
11-50
Exact Count
12
District
Center District
Founded
2019
Registrar
516071149
Locations
Beni Ga'on St 12, Netanya, Israel
Links
Admin
Last Update
Jun 4, 2024
Verified by
Hilla Gorokhovsky
Claimed
Yes
Missing
markets, not claimed
Team (3)
Yonatan Malca
CEO
Prof. Marcel Machluf
Founder & inventor
Founder
Osnat Bohana Kashtan
VP R&D
Internal
Created by
Yotam Maman (yotamm1988@gmail.com)
Created
2019-12-25T00:00:00.000Z
Last editor
Yanina Wainscheinker (yanina.wainscheinker@sncentral.org)