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Selecta Biosciences: Funding, Investors & Team (Oct 2026)

Selecta Biosciences Inc. (NASDAQ: SELB) and Cartesian Therapeutics have merged in November 2023 to form a publicly traded company that specializes in RNA cell therapy for autoimmune disease treatment. This newly formed company will primarily prioritize the advancement of Cartesian's Descartes-08, a clinical-stage lead product candidate used to assess patients with myasthenia gravis and various other autoimmune conditions. If you would like more information or updates regarding the company, please visit https://www.cartesiantherapeutics.com/ or follow our LinkedIn page @Cartesian-Therapeutics.

www.selectabio.com LinkedIn Watertown, United States 51-100 employees
Biopharma Biotechnology Pharmaceutical B2B
Total raised
$60.3M
Rounds
1
Latest
Undisclosed round
Nov 2023

Selecta Biosciences has raised $60.3M across 1 funding round on record, the most recent an undisclosed round of $60.3M announced in Nov 2023.

That round is above the $8.1M median round size for Biotechnology companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.

Selecta Biosciences Company Profile and Key Stats

Total funding raised
$60.3M
across 1 round on record
Funding rounds on record
1
Latest funding round
Undisclosed round
$60.3M in Nov 2023
Employees
51-100
reported band
Headquarters
Watertown, United States

Latest funding round on record: Nov 2023.

Selecta Biosciences Funding Rounds

Date
Round
Amount
Undisclosed round
$60.3M

Selecta Biosciences Founders and Leadership Team

Name
Role
Contact
Peter Traber
Founder
—

No contact details are on record for this team yet.

Selecta Biosciences Funding Compared to Other Biotechnology Startups

Segment
Companies
Median round
4,185
$8.1M
30,234
$7.6M

Selecta Biosciences' latest round of $60.3M is above the median round in Biotechnology. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.

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Selecta Biosciences Funding FAQs

What does Selecta Biosciences do?

Selecta Biosciences Inc. (NASDAQ: SELB) and Cartesian Therapeutics have merged in November 2023 to form a publicly traded company that specializes in RNA cell therapy for autoimmune disease treatment. This newly formed company will primarily prioritize the advancement of Cartesian's Descartes-08, a clinical-stage lead product candidate used to assess patients with myasthenia gravis and various other autoimmune conditions. If you would like more information or updates regarding the company, please visit https://www.cartesiantherapeutics.com/ or follow our LinkedIn page @Cartesian-Therapeutics.

How much funding has Selecta Biosciences raised?

Selecta Biosciences has raised $60.3M across 1 round on record. The most recent is an undisclosed round of $60.3M announced in Nov 2023.

When did Selecta Biosciences last raise funding?

Selecta Biosciences' most recent funding round on record is an undisclosed round of $60.3M, announced in Nov 2023.

Who founded Selecta Biosciences?

FundedIQ lists Peter Traber (Founder) at Selecta Biosciences.

Where is Selecta Biosciences headquartered?

Selecta Biosciences is based in Watertown, Massachusetts, United States.

How many employees does Selecta Biosciences have?

Selecta Biosciences is in the 51-100 employee band.

How does Selecta Biosciences' funding compare to other Biotechnology startups?

Selecta Biosciences' latest round of $60.3M is above the $8.1M median round size for Biotechnology companies on FundedIQ across 4,185 tracked companies over the last two years.

About FundedIQ's Selecta Biosciences Funding Data

FundedIQ tracks announced funding rounds and refreshes this profile every week. Round dates, stages and amounts are normalised to a single format, converted to US dollars, and de-duplicated: two records of the same round announced days apart are merged, and two genuinely different rounds are kept apart on the amounts they disclose. Amounts shown are the disclosed figures only — a round announced without a number is listed and excluded from the total rather than estimated.

Employee counts are reported bands, not exact headcounts. Founder and executive names carry the job title on record. Anything we do not hold for Selecta Biosciences is left off this page rather than filled in.

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