Last updated 2026-06-18
- Raised $2M grant, Aug 2024
- Raised funding round, Jan 2018
Total raised
$2.0M
Last: Grant 2024-08
Stage
Seed
Founded
2015
Headcount
15
HQ
Ramat Gan, Israel
Sector
Health Tech & Life Sciences
About
Cytora is on a mission to make it standard practice for people to be treated with off-the-shelf (allogeneic) Stem Cell medicines, derived from the readily accessible oral mucosa termed human oral mucosa stem cells - hOMSC, for some of the toughest diseases within this decade, including Parkinson’s, Multiple System Atrophy (MSA), Alzheimer’s Dementia, and non-healing diabetic wounds (IDFU).
Cytora is a portfolio company of Galil Ofek Innovations, a peripheral technology incubator focused primarily on biomedical technologies such as medical devices.
Funding history · 2 rounds · $2.0M total
2024-08
Grant
$2.0M
2018-01
Undisclosed
Q&A
- What is Cytora's primary mission?
- Cytora's mission is to establish off-the-shelf (allogeneic) Stem Cell medicines, derived from human oral mucosa stem cells (hOMSC), as a standard treatment for severe diseases such as Parkinson’s, Multiple System Atrophy (MSA), Alzheimer’s Dementia, and non-healing diabetic wounds.
- When was Cytora founded?
- Cytora was founded in April 2015.
- What is Cytora's total funding to date?
- Cytora has raised a total of $2,000,000.
- When was Cytora's most recent funding round and who participated?
- Cytora's most recent funding round was a Grant in August 2024, with participation from Israel Innovation Authority.
- Who are the co-founders of Cytora?
- The co-founders of Cytora are Jacob Zankel, who also serves as Co-founder & CEO, and Prof. Sandu Pitaru, who is Co-founder, CTO & VPR.
- What sector does Cytora operate in?
- Cytora operates in the Health Tech & Life Sciences sector, specifically focusing on Pharma & Medical Biotechnology and Drugs Discovery & Development.
- Is Cytora a portfolio company of an incubator?
- Yes, Cytora is a portfolio company of Galil Ofek Innovations, an incubator focused on biomedical technologies.
Team · 2
Sectors & technology
Primary sector
Health Tech & Life Sciences
Sub-sectors
Health Tech & Life SciencesPharma & Medical BiotechnologyDrugs Discovery & Development
Technologies
BiologicalsCells
Target customers
Healthcare & Life SciencesLife SciencesPharmaceuticals
Business model
B2B
Highlights
1 Patents
Tags
alzheimers-diseasemedical-technologiestherapeuticspharma-companiesdiabetesulcerscell-therapystem-cellsregenerative-medicinebiotechnologyparkinson
Full data — links, identifiers, deals & radar signals (jobs, patents, research, more)
External links
| Website | cytorastem.com/ |
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| linkedin.com/company/77067876 |
Identifiers & details
| Founded | 2015-4 |
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| Employees (exact) | 15 |
Radar intelligence
Patents
| EPO | 3 |
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GitHub
| Top repos | pycon-nlp-in-10-lines, clickbait-workshop, gopher-tweets-function, goroutines-channels-talks, datasketch |
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Web history (Wayback)
| Domain | cytorastem.com |
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Certificate / subdomain footprint
| Subdomains | 2 |
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