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Radar · Oncology in Cambridge

Best Oncology Companies in Cambridge, United States

The 188 best Oncology companies in Cambridge, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Moderna.

188companies tracked
$17.8Bdisclosed funding
0unicorns
145have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · ONCOLOGY × CAMBRIDGE

Our analysis of 50 Oncology companies

$16.3b in tracked funding; 86% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.

50companies analysed
86%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
2unicorns
2016median founding year
6.2Mcombined LinkedIn audience
94%of audience held by top 3
3companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best Oncology companies in Cambridge

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundEmployeesFounderTech stackPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1Moderna
Developer of mRNA-based therapeutics for a wide range of diseases
82Tech top 11%Funding top 15%Market top 22%Partners top 25%
All 12 signals ▾
Techtop 11%
Fundingtop 15%
Markettop 22%
Partnerstop 25%
Talenttop 25%
Newstop 31%
Moattop 32%
Patentstop 34%
Globaltop 38%
Innovationtop 39%
Growthbottom 49%
Fin. healthbottom 48%
Tech: 57 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon Ses
Funding: Raised $2.8B across 20 rounds · 20 rounds over 14 yrs (1.4/yr)
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 82/100
$2.8B17 mo ago1,312Robert Langer
Co-Founder
Apple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365TypeScript+2431 patents
Patents concentrated in health & consumer products
1 internship
2Nimbus Therapeutics
Developer of targeted therapeutics for cancer, metabolic and inflammatory diseases
$637M33 mo ago81
81 → 99 (+22%) · sector median +9%
Jeb Keiper
CEO
WordPressApple iCloud MailMySQL+14
3Relay Therapeutics
Developer of drug discovery platform and study protein motion
$520M29 mo ago245
245 → 218 (-11%) · sector median +9%
David Shaw
Co-Founder
WordPressDrupalApple iCloud Mail+23234 patents
Small-molecule FGFR and PI3Kα kinase inhibitors for oncology applications
4Odyssey
Developer of immunotherapeutics for immunological and cancer diseases
74Funding top 12%Growth top 13%Talent top 28%Moat top 31%
All 7 signals ▾
Fundingtop 12%
Growthtop 13%
Talenttop 28%
Moattop 31%
Techbottom 46%
Marketbottom 45%
Globalbottom 39%
Funding: Raised $503M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 5 yrs (0.8/yr)
Growth: Headcount 50 → 108 (+116%) across vintages · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 74/100
$503M12 mo ago108
108 → 118 (+9%) · sector median +9%
Paul-Albert König
Co-Founder and Sr. Director Biology
WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+22
5Obsidian Therapeutics
Developer of engineered cell and gene therapies for multiple diseases
$325M26 mo ago80
80 → 105 (+31%) · sector median +9%
Michael Gilman
CEO
WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+23158 patents
Engineered cytokine fusion proteins and regulated cell‑therapy platforms for cancer immunotherapy
6Bicara Therapeutics
Developer of therapies for cancer treatment
$313M30 mo ago24Claire Mazumdar
CEO
WordPressTypeScriptGraphQL+171 internship
7Parabilis Medicines
Developer of peptide therapeutics for the treatment of severe diseases
55Funding top 13%Growth top 35%Moat top 37%Patents top 39%
All 9 signals ▾
Fundingtop 13%
Growthtop 35%
Moattop 37%
Patentstop 39%
Innovationtop 43%
Globaltop 50%
Talentbottom 49%
Techbottom 43%
Marketbottom 40%
Funding: Raised $305M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr)
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 55/100
$305M5 mo agoMathai Mammen
CEO
WordPressApple iCloud MailMySQL+1911 patents
Design and synthesis of stapled peptide therapeutics for targeted drug delivery
8Cullinan Therapeutics
Developer of modality-agnostic targeted therapeutics for cancer and autoimmune indications
$280M26 mo agoKarl Wittrup
Co-founder
DrupalPHPAcquia Cloud Platform+28
9Be Bio
Developer of B cell therapies for multiple therapeutic areas
50Funding top 22%Moat top 31%Market top 48%Global bottom 36%
All 4 signals ▾
Fundingtop 22%
Moattop 31%
Markettop 48%
Globalbottom 36%
Funding: Raised $264M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 6 yrs (0.7/yr)
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · Soonicorn
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 50/100
$264M17 mo ago103
10C4 Therapeutics
Developer of small molecule drugs for treating cancer
$223M29 mo ago121
121 → 113 (-7%) · sector median +9%
Marc Cohen
Co-Founder
DrupalPHPAmazon Web Services+161,876 patents
Patents concentrated in chemistry & materials
1 internship
11Remix Therapeutics
Developer of RNA processing therapeutics to treat multiple diseases
$211M29 mo ago56
56 → 50 (-11%) · sector median +9%
Peter Smith
Co-Founder
202 patents
Small-molecule modulators of RNA splicing targeting alternative splice site regulation
4 job openings
12Flare Therapeutics
Developer of small molecule precision medicine for cancer
$205M38 mo ago44Mitchell Lazar
Co-Founder
WordPressApple iCloud MailMySQL+17
13ROME Therapeutics
Developer of therapeutics for cancer and autoimmune disorders
$199M33 mo ago32
14Ribon Therapeutics
Developer of therapeutics for the treatment of cancer
$199M40 mo ago43Tim Mitchison
Co-Founder
161 patents
Small-molecule inhibitors targeting PARP14, PARP7, and CD38 enzymes for immunotherapy
15Tango Therapeutics
Developer of drugs for the treatment of cancer
72Funding top 21%News top 21%Growth top 24%Talent top 33%
All 10 signals ▾
Fundingtop 21%
Newstop 21%
Growthtop 24%
Talenttop 33%
Fin. healthtop 41%
Techtop 44%
Markettop 45%
Partnerstop 45%
Moatbottom 49%
Globalbottom 37%
Funding: Raised $165M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 9 yrs (0.6/yr)
News: 17 BI events in 12 mo (of 35 tracked, 6 types) · +240% YoY
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 72/100
$165M7 mo ago140
140 → 157 (+12%) · sector median +9%
Barbara Weber Md
President and CEO
DrupalPHPZURB Foundation+21
16Vigil
Developer of therapeutic solutions for treating multiple neurodegenerative diseases
$140M23 mo ago56Ivana Liebisch
CEO & President
17Ajax
Developer of targeted therapies for the treatment of hematologic malignancies
$135M25 mo agoOlli Silvennoinen
Co-Founder
WordPressMySQLPHP+14
18Harpoon Therapeutics
Developer of T-cell antibodies against hematologic and solid tumor targets
$130M31 mo ago93363 patents
Patents concentrated in chemistry & materials
19Elicio
Developer of vaccines for treating cancer
$124M29 mo ago28Robert Connelly
CEO
WordPressMySQLPHP+20
20Myeloid Therapeutics
Developer of myeloid therapeutics solutions for treating cancer and other diseases
$123M37 mo ago29
29 → 44 (+52%) · sector median +9%
Siddhartha Mukherje
Founder
179 patents
Cell‑specific gene therapy delivery systems and engineered fusion protein therapeutics.
21NextPoint Therapeutics
Developer of immuno-therapeutics for cancer treatment
$122M28 mo ago11
22CREATE Medicines
Developer of messenger ribonucleic acid therapies for immune cell programming
50Funding top 20%Patents top 41%Innovation top 47%Talent bottom 49%
All 5 signals ▾
Fundingtop 20%
Patentstop 41%
Innovationtop 47%
Talentbottom 49%
Globalbottom 35%
Funding: Raised $122M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr)
Patents: 18 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 17 filings since 2022 vs 1 in 2017-21
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 50/100
$122M1 mo agoDaniel Getts
Co-Founder & CEO
18 patents
Therapeutic chimeric fusion proteins and gene/miRNA delivery platforms for drug development
23Akamis Bio
Developer of therapeutics for the treatment of colorectal cancer
$119M18 mo ago81Howard Davis
CEO
WordPressMySQLPHP+14
24Totus Medicines
Provider of genome-scale drug discovery platform to treat multiple diseases
$108M30 mo ago23
23 → 35 (+52%) · sector median +9%
Neil Dhawan
Founder & CEO
59 patents
Patents concentrated in health & consumer products
25Q32 Bio
Developer of drugs for treating autoimmune disorders
$106M26 mo ago34
34 → 29 (-15%) · sector median +9%
Shelia Violette
Founder & CSO
DrupalPHPAmazon Web Services+26
26Ultivue
Provider of test panels for personalized cancer therapies
$105M23 mo ago9297 patents
Multiplexed spatial biomarker imaging and histological stain removal technologies.
27Strand Therapeutics
Provider of platform to deliver mRNA therapeutics for multi functional treatments
64Growth top 13%Funding top 24%Moat top 31%News top 41%
All 7 signals ▾
Growthtop 13%
Fundingtop 24%
Moattop 31%
Newstop 41%
Talenttop 41%
Globalbottom 39%
Marketbottom 38%
Growth: Headcount 16 → 47 (+194%) across vintages · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Funding: Raised $103M across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 7 yrs (0.9/yr)
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 64/100
$103M12 mo ago47Tasuku Kitada
Co-founder
2 awards
28Vaxess
Developer of novel vaccine formulations using silk stabilization platform
$100M9 mo ago49Livio Valenti
Co-Founder
8 patents
Patents concentrated in health & consumer products
1 job opening
29Atavistik
Developer of allosteric therapeutics for precision oncology and rare diseases
50Funding top 19%Talent top 28%Moat top 31%Market bottom 42%
All 6 signals ▾
Fundingtop 19%
Talenttop 28%
Moattop 31%
Marketbottom 42%
Globalbottom 36%
Newsbottom 33%
Funding: Raised $100M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 5 yrs (0.8/yr)
Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 50/100
$100M3 mo ago33Ralph DeBerardinis
Co-Founder
30Rgenta
Developer of RNA-based therapeutics for multiple disorders
32Talent top 28%Funding top 29%Moat top 39%Global bottom 39%
All 6 signals ▾
Talenttop 28%
Fundingtop 29%
Moattop 39%
Globalbottom 39%
Marketbottom 28%
Newsbottom 22%
Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Funding: Raised $90.0M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 6 yrs (0.7/yr)
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 32/100
$90M12 mo ago11Zhiping Weng
Co-Founder
31Actithera
Radiopharmaceutical company developing novel radiotherapeutics for the treatment of cancer through its unique…
$81M11 mo agoAndreas Goutopoulos
Co-Founder & CEO
WordPressMySQLPHP+19
32Crossbow
Developer of antibody therapies for cancer treatment
42Funding top 21%Moat top 36%News top 38%Talent top 38%
All 8 signals ▾
Fundingtop 21%
Moattop 36%
Newstop 38%
Talenttop 38%
Innovationtop 48%
Patentsbottom 49%
Globalbottom 39%
Marketbottom 35%
Funding: Raised $80.0M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 3 yrs (1.0/yr)
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 4/10 · IP moat: 21 patents
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 42/100
$80M3 mo ago24Geraldine Paulus
Co-Founder
21 patents
High‑precision MEMS inertial sensors and power‑efficient wireless tracking technologies
33Immuneering Corporation
Provider of an AI-enabled bioinformatics platform for clinical solutions
$79M9 mo ago73
73 → 60 (-18%) · sector median +9%
DrupalPHPVimeo+2545 patents
MEK1/2 kinase inhibitors for oncology immunotherapy, especially pancreatic cancer treatment
34Cogent Biosciences
Developer of precision therapy for genetically defined diseases
$77M28 mo ago164
164 → 294 (+79%) · sector median +9%
Charles Wilson
Founder & CEO
WordPress Block EditorElementorWordPress+2340 patents
Small-molecule kinase inhibitors for oncology (PI3K, HER2/ERBB2, JAK2 V617F)
35Transition Bio
Developer of a technology platform for the analysis of biomolecular condensate
$69M20 mo ago9David Weitz
Co-Founder
WordPressMySQLPHP+13
36Delphia
Developer of therapeutics for the treatment of cancer
$67M25 mo agoKevin Marks
President & CEO
WordPressMySQLPHP+21
37Oncimmune
Immunodiagnostics company developing biomarker platforms for cancer and immune diseases
$49M19 mo ago62
62 → 35 (-44%) · sector median +9%
Jamie Heywood
Managing Director
WordPressMySQLPHP+214 patents
Immunoassay development and calibration technologies for diagnostic testing
38Pinetree Therapeutics
Developer of disruptive therapies for oncology and infectious diseases
$40M7 mo ago9Hojuhn Song
Co-Founder & CEO
39Kernal Biologics
Developer of mRNA therapeutics for immuno-oncology using deep learning technology
$35M8 mo ago18
18 → 22 (+22%) · sector median +9%
Burak Yilmaz
Co-Founder
27 patents
Targeted lipid-based delivery systems for oncoselective cancer therapeutics
40Cue Biopharma
Precision immunotherapies to transform patients' lives by selectively modulating the immune system
67Innovation top 16%Patents top 16%News top 28%Moat top 29%
All 11 signals ▾
Innovationtop 16%
Patentstop 16%
Newstop 28%
Moattop 29%
Growthtop 31%
Partnerstop 32%
Fundingtop 36%
Fin. healthtop 37%
Marketbottom 49%
Globalbottom 35%
Techbottom 32%
Innovation: 491 patents (top 5% of patent-holders) · 336 filings since 2022 vs 155 in 2017-21
Patents: 491 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 336 filings since 2022 vs 155 in 2017-21
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 67/100
$26M1 mo ago51
51 → 39 (-24%) · sector median +9%
WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+15491 patents
T-cell engaging biologics for immune modulation and B-cell depletion therapies
41Leap Therapeutics
Developing targeted and immuno-oncology therapeutics for cancer patients
35Product top 14%Funding top 30%Innovation top 34%Tech top 49%
All 10 signals ▾
Producttop 14%
Fundingtop 30%
Innovationtop 34%
Techtop 49%
Moatbottom 45%
Newsbottom 42%
Growthbottom 39%
Globalbottom 37%
Marketbottom 35%
Fin. healthbottom 30%
Product: 4 distinct product lines · Company stage: Public
Funding: Raised $24.7M across 7 rounds · 7 rounds over 15 yrs (0.5/yr)
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 35/100
$25M8 mo ago44DrupalPHPAmazon Web Services+20
42Kestrel Therapeutics
Developer of targeted therapies for cancer treatment
$13M10 mo ago11Frank Haluska
President and CEO
43Extend Biosciences
Dveloping a novel drug delivery platform technology to improve the pharmacokinetic properties of peptides and…
$12M21 mo ago959 patents
Long-acting parathyroid hormone and vitamin D conjugate therapeutics
44PanTher Therapeutics
Provider of drug delivery system for cancer treatment
$12M15 mo ago47Laura Indolfi
Founder and CEO
45OS Therapies
Developer of therapies for treating cancer
$8M3 mo ago5Paul Romness
CEO
WordPressMySQLPHP+2810 patents
Ocular drug delivery formulations and handheld thermal devices for eye surface disorders
46Ernexa Therapeutics
Developer of allogeneic iMSC-based cell therapies for cancer and autoimmune diseases
$7M14 mo agoSanjeev Luther
CEO & President
PrismicNode.jsReact+8
47Savran Technologies
Provider of non-invasive rare cell detection platform
$6M22 mo ago8
48Angiex
Developer of antibody-drug conjugates to treat cancer and cardiovascular diseases
$3M10 mo ago5Paul Jaminet
Founder & CEO
Craft CMSPHPYii+1362 patents
Targeted antibody‑drug and antibody‑oligonucleotide conjugates for TM4SF1 cancer therapy
49Matrisome Bio
Developer of extracellular matrix-targeting therapeutic to treat cancer
$1M8 mo agoNoor Jailkhani
Co-Founder & CEO
50ScreenIn3D
Revolutionizing drug discovery with predictive 3D human disease models
$1M12 mo ago4Alex Sim
CEO

Top 12 Oncology companies in Cambridge

#1
Series B · Cambridge, Massachusetts · founded 2019
$122Mraised

Developer of messenger ribonucleic acid therapies for immune cell programming. These therapies utilize lipid nanoparticle delivery systems to modify immune cells directly within the body. The technology targets specific cell types to address conditions related to oncology and autoimmunity. The approach focuses on the expression of chimeric antigen receptors to facilitate immune responses against disease targets.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 50how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 20%
Patents
top 41%
Innovation
top 47%
Talent
bottom 49%
Global
bottom 35%
Funding: Raised $122M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Series B (May 2026)
Patents: 18 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 17 filings since 2022 vs 1 in 2017-21 · Latest publication 2026
Innovation: 18 patents (top 74% of patent-holders) · 17 filings since 2022 vs 1 in 2017-21
Funding rounds
  • May 2026Series B$122M
Founders & team
Daniel GettsCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Newpath Partners, Hatteras Venture Partners, Arch Venture Partners, Alexandria Venture Investments
#2
Series F · Cambridge, Massachusetts · founded 2016
$305Mraised

Developer of peptide therapeutics for the treatment of severe diseases. It offers a proprietary AI- and physics-based computational methods as discovery platform . It offers FOG-001 an inhibitor of β-catenin:TCF for colorectal cancers.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 55how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 13%
Growth
top 35%
Moat
top 37%
Patents
top 39%
Innovation
top 43%
Global
top 50%
Funding: Raised $305M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Series F (Jan 2026)
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Moat: IP moat: 11 patents · Soonicorn · 9 curated direct competitors tracked
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2026Series F$305M
Founders & team
Mathai MammenCEO
Investors
RA Capital Management, Fidelity Investments, Janus Henderson Investors, Frazier Life Sciences, Soleus Capital, Arch Venture Partners
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementDocusignDraftpress HfcmFont Awesome
#3
Series B · Cambridge, Massachusetts · founded 2021 · 33 employees
$100Mraised

Developer of allosteric therapeutics for precision oncology and rare diseases. The company integrated with proprietary drug discovery platform that enables to unlock novel allosteric binding pockets and rapidly advance structural insights into small molecule therapeutics designt to unlock cryptic allosteric sites across a broad range of target classes.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 50how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 19%
Talent
top 28%
Moat
top 31%
Market
bottom 42%
Global
bottom 36%
News
bottom 33%
Funding: Raised $100M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 5 yrs (0.8/yr) · Last round Series B (Mar 2026)
Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · Soonicorn · 10 curated direct competitors tracked
Audience (LinkedIn): 4k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2026Series B$40M
  • Dec 2025Series B$120M
  • Dec 2023Series A$40M
  • Aug 2021Series A$60M
Founders & team
Ralph DeBerardinisCo-FounderJared RutterCo-FounderBryan StuartCEO
Investors
The Column Group, Lux Capital, Nextech Invest, Regeneron Ventures, RA Capital Management
#4
Series B · Cambridge, Massachusetts · founded 2021 · 24 employees
$80Mraised

Developer of antibody therapies for cancer treatment. The company is advancing the development of novel therapies that potently target peptide-loaded major histocompatibility complexes (pMHCs) on cancer cells, using antibodies that mimic T-cell receptors (TCR-mimetics).

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 42how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 21%
Moat
top 36%
News
top 38%
Talent
top 38%
Innovation
top 48%
Patents
bottom 49%
Funding: Raised $80.0M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 3 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Series B (Mar 2026)
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 4/10 · IP moat: 21 patents · Soonicorn
News: 3 BI events in 12 mo (of 4 tracked, 2 types) · Top themes: Funding
Audience (LinkedIn): 6k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2026Series B$77M
  • Sep 2025Series A$30.2M
  • Jul 2023Series A$80M
Founders & team
Geraldine PaulusCo-FounderBriggs MorrisonCEO
Investors
Pfizer, Polaris Partners, BVF Partners, Mirae Asset Venture Investments, Mirae Asset, Lilly
#5
Public · Cambridge, Massachusetts · founded 2010 · 1312 employees
$2.8Braised

Developer of mRNA-based therapeutics for a wide range of diseases. The company produces human proteins, antibodies, or vaccines inside patient cells, which are in turn active intracellularly or secreted. The company is also developing vaccines in different disease areas such as infectious diseases, cancer, rare diseases, and COVID-19.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 82how this company ranks against its industry peers
Tech
top 11%
Funding
top 15%
Market
top 22%
Partners
top 25%
Talent
top 25%
News
top 31%
Tech: 57 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon Ses · Devops: Envoy, Nginx
Funding: Raised $2.8B across 20 rounds · 20 rounds over 14 yrs (1.4/yr) · Last round Grant (prize money) (Jan 2025)
Market: 1,312 employees (top 7% of Sustainability Tech) · Revenue ~$1.9B · Top-5,000,000 web property
Audience (LinkedIn): 791k LinkedIn followers — 12.8% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2025Grant (prize money)$590M
  • Jul 2024Grant (prize money)$176M
  • Oct 2020Grant (prize money)$56M
  • May 2020Post IPO
Founders & team
Robert LangerCo-FounderKenneth ChienCo-FounderTimothy SpringerCo-Founder
Investors
ADIA, BB Biotech, Julius Baer, Sequoia Capital, Fidelity Investments, Viking Global Investors
Tech stack
AccessibeAmazon CloudfrontAmazon SesAmazon Web ServicesApolloApple Icloud Mail
#6
Public · Cambridge, Massachusetts · founded 2015 · 51 employees
$26.4Mraised

Precision immunotherapies to transform patients' lives by selectively modulating the immune system. It is a biotechnology company engineering biologics designed to selectively engage and modulate targeted T cells. The company focuses on autoimmune diseases and cancer, aiming to restore immune balance. Their proprietary Immuno-STAT platform enhances a patient’s immune system to potentially restore health. They are developing a novel class of therapeutic biologics. The company's approach involves precision medicine, clinical development, and translational research. They are working towards establishing a new standard of care for diseases that cause human suffering and mortality. They are mobilizing the patient’s immune system to treat serious diseases.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 67how this company ranks against its industry peers
Innovation
top 16%
Patents
top 16%
News
top 28%
Moat
top 29%
Growth
top 31%
Partners
top 32%
Innovation: 491 patents (top 5% of patent-holders) · 336 filings since 2022 vs 155 in 2017-21
Patents: 491 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 336 filings since 2022 vs 155 in 2017-21 · Latest publication 2026
News: 16 BI events in 12 mo (of 40 tracked, 7 types) · +45% YoY · Top themes: Board, Leadership, Earnings
Audience (LinkedIn): 5k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • May 2026Post IPO$30M
  • Nov 2022Post IPO$30M
  • Dec 2016Series A$16.4M
  • Jun 2015Seed$10M
Investors
MDB Capital
Tech stack
Google AnalyticsGoogle Font ApiJqueryJquery MigrateModernizrMysql
#7
Public · Cambridge, Massachusetts · founded 2017 · 140 employees
$165Mraised

Tango Therapeutics is a biotech company developing novel drugs for the treatment of cancer. The company uses DNA sequencing and CRISPR-based screening to identify targets for specific subgroups of cancer patients. The company is discovering novel targets using synthetic lethality, where the cancer-causing alteration in a tumour suppressor gene creates a vulnerability that leads to the destruction of the tumour cell.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 72how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 21%
News
top 21%
Growth
top 24%
Talent
top 33%
Fin. health
top 41%
Tech
top 44%
Funding: Raised $165M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 9 yrs (0.6/yr) · Last round Post IPO (Oct 2025)
News: 17 BI events in 12 mo (of 35 tracked, 6 types) · +240% YoY · 6 high-value events (IPO/M&A/funding/contracts) in 12 mo
Growth: Headcount 110 → 140 (+27%) across vintages · Revenue +48% YoY · Web rank 10,000,000 → 5,000,000 YoY
Audience (LinkedIn): 24k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2025Post IPO$15M
  • Aug 2023Post IPO$80M
  • Aug 2020Series B$50M
  • Apr 2020Series B$60M
Founders & team
Barbara Weber MdPresident and CEO
Investors
Casdin Capital, Boxer Capital, Third Rock Ventures, Gilead, Tavistock Group, Roche
Tech stack
Acquia Cloud PlatformAcquia Cloud Site FactoryAdobe AnalyticsAdobe Experience Platform Identity ServiceAdobe Experience Platform LaunchAkamai
#8
Public · Cambridge, Massachusetts · founded 2018 · 108 employees
$503.2Mraised

Developer of immunotherapeutics for immunological and cancer diseases. It offers anti-inflammation immunotherapies such as anti-TNF antibodies and JAK inhibitors for inflammatory diseases and cancer. It has a computational drug discovery platform.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 74how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 12%
Growth
top 13%
Talent
top 28%
Moat
top 31%
Tech
bottom 46%
Market
bottom 45%
Funding: Raised $503M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 5 yrs (0.8/yr) · Last round Series D (Jun 2025)
Growth: Headcount 50 → 108 (+116%) across vintages · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Audience (LinkedIn): 15k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2025Series D$214M
  • Oct 2023Series C$117.2M
  • Oct 2022Series B$168M
  • Dec 2021Series A$218M
Founders & team
Paul-Albert KönigCo-Founder and Sr. Director BiologyCharlie KoniverCo-FounderGary GlickCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
General Catalyst, Alexandria, Walleye, Catalio Capital Management, GreatPoint Ventures, SVB Securities
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailCdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCookieyesCore-Js
#9
Series D · Cambridge, Massachusetts · founded 2011 · 49 employees
$100.3Mraised

Developer of novel vaccine formulations using a silk stabilization platform. Technology includes extracting fibroin from silk in which biological compounds are encapsulated to provide heat stability. It is also developing product formats that enable novel routes of administration like microneedles for transdermal applications. It has developed MIMIX therapies that help in treating cancers such as skin cancers, breast cancer, and infectious diseases.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 18k LinkedIn followers
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Senior Scientist, Analytical Development and Quality Control
Funding rounds
  • Aug 2025Series D$7.9M
  • Feb 2025Series D$9M
  • Sep 2024Grant (prize money)$335.4K
  • May 2024Series D$10.8M
Founders & team
Livio ValentiCo-FounderKathryn KosudaCo-Founder
Investors
Norwich Ventures, Engine, Mission BioCapital, Gates, RA Capital Management, Ulu Ventures
Tech stack
Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespaceYoutubeStimulusPriority Hints
#10
Series B · Cambridge, Massachusetts · founded 2019 · 9 employees
$40.5Mraised

Developer of disruptive therapies for oncology and infectious diseases. It provides TAER-TAB technology which is a bispecific antibody (bsAb) platform that targets cancer cells. It also provides ViTRAP technology which is a broad-spectrum antiviral therapeutics platform.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 5k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Nov 2025Series B$47M
  • Jul 2024Series A$17M
  • Jun 2022Series A$23.5M
Founders & team
Hojuhn SongCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Stick Investment, DSC Investment, Samho Green Investment, Atinum Investment, Schmidt, S&S Investment
#11
Public · Cambridge, Maryland · founded 2017 · 5 employees
$8.4Mraised

Developer of therapies for treating cancer. The lead candidate of the company acts on HER-2 a member of the human epidermal growth factor receptor such as HER/EGFR/ERB which is used to treat Osteosarcoma. Also, developing folate receptor-targeted TDC for ovarian, pancreatic, lung, and others.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 1k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2026Post IPO$2M
  • Jan 2026Post IPO$3.5M
  • Sep 2025Post IPO$3.8M
  • Jun 2025Post IPO$4.2M
Founders & team
Paul RomnessCEO
Investors
K20 Fund
Tech stack
AosApache Http ServerBootstrapCdnjsCivicthemeCloudflare
#12
Public · Cambridge, Massachusetts · founded 2019 · 73 employees
$79Mraised

Provider of an AI-enabled bioinformatics platform for clinical solutions. It provides advanced data analysis services using state-of-the-art technologies including proprietary algorithms. Some of the datasets it uses to analyze are gene expression (microarray), single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP), proteomic, clinical metadata, and next-generation sequencing (NGS) including RNAseq, exome sequencing, and whole-genome sequencing. It captures difficult-to-find signals, generates biological hypotheses, and designs follow-up studies, contributing to the development of medicines for patients with cancer, autoimmune disease, neurodegeneration, and other serious diseases.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 4k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Aug 2025Post IPO$25M
  • Jan 2021Series B$62M
  • Jan 2020Series A
  • Oct 2019Series A$17M
Investors
Citadel, Rock Springs Capital, T. Rowe Price, LYFE Capital, BlackRock, Perceptive Advisors
Tech stack
Acquia Cloud PlatformAcquia Cloud Site FactoryAdobe AnalyticsAdobe Experience Platform Identity ServiceAdobe Experience Platform LaunchAkamai

Funding & investor landscape

$17.8Btotal disclosed funding
146companies funded
568disclosed rounds
2rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Alexandria18 rounds
RA Capital Management18 rounds
Casdin Capital17 rounds
Arch Venture Partners16 rounds
Boxer Capital16 rounds
Third Rock Ventures16 rounds
Foresite Capital15 rounds
Atlas Venture14 rounds
HHS14 rounds
Invus14 rounds

Notable founders

Daniel Getts
Co-Founder & CEO · CREATE Medicines
Mathai Mammen
CEO · Parabilis Medicines
Ralph DeBerardinis
Co-Founder · Atavistik
Jared Rutter
Co-Founder · Atavistik
Geraldine Paulus
Co-Founder · Crossbow
Briggs Morrison
CEO · Crossbow
Robert Langer
Co-Founder · Moderna
Kenneth Chien
Co-Founder · Moderna
Barbara Weber Md
President and CEO · Tango Therapeutics
Paul-Albert König
Co-Founder and Sr. Director Biology · Odyssey
Charlie Koniver
Co-Founder · Odyssey
Livio Valenti
Co-Founder · Vaxess
Prism market signals · United States · country-scoped Prism corpus, 1,572,524 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Oncology coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time falling

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH IN CAMBRIDGE · Health & Bio

How research on Oncology in Cambridge is moving

A read on the academic research around Oncology in Cambridge — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 91 papers.

University of Cambridge and Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre lead Cambridge's optimistically-toned oncology research (mean stance 0.58), dominated by cancer immunotherapy, immune-cell dynamics, and single-cell transcriptomics, with output surging post-2020.

91 papers · stance +0.58 · 43% breakthrough · 11% concern
breakthrough · advancement · concern
top institutions
  • University of Cambridge59
  • Cancer Research UK Cambridge Center32
  • Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust19
  • Cambridge School6
  • Cambridge Hospital1
leading researchers
Christopher J. Ward · Jhuma Pramanik · Oliver Cast · Soura Chakraborty · Alex Watterson · Benjamin S. Beresford-Jones
prism intelligence · tone & topics
100% positive · 0% critical tone
BiotechnologyPharmaceuticalsMedical ResearchClinical TrialsHealthHealthcare
Breakthroughs36 · 40%
▲ 25%→42% share
▲1.7× share momentum0 median citations92% since 2021mostly empirical
Tumor microenvironment research is surging — papers jumped from 2 to 15, with Immunotherapy newly emerging at 8
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Tumor microenvironment2→15
  • Immune system1→9
  • Cancer research2→8
  • Cancer1→6
Newly emergingImmunotherapy 0→8 · Phenotype 0→6 · Transcriptome 0→5
Landmark Cancer-associated fibroblasts induce antigen-specific deletion of CD8 + T Cells to protect tumour cells · 553 cites
Advancements38 · 42%
▲ 25%→43% share
▲1.7× share momentum0 median citations89% since 2021mostly empirical
Immunotherapy advancements are intensifying — newly emerging with 13 papers, leading all Advancements sub-topics
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Cancer research2→12
  • Immune system1→11
  • Tumor microenvironment3→9
  • Cancer1→4
Newly emergingImmunotherapy 0→13 · Pancreatic cancer 0→7 · Cancer immunotherapy 0→6
Landmark The COX-2/PGE2 pathway: key roles in the hallmarks of cancer and adaptation to the tumour microenvironment · 1,195 cites
Concerns9 · 10%
▼ 50%→6% share
▼0.1× share momentum31 median citations56% since 2021mostly reviews
Concerns field-share collapsed from 50% to 6% — Tumor microenvironment leads residual concern signal at 7 papers
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Tumor microenvironment7
  • Stromal cell3
  • Cancer research3
  • Context (archaeology)2
  • Cancer2
Landmark The Pancreas Cancer Microenvironment · 1,296 cites

Common questions

How many Oncology companies are there in Cambridge, United States?
Radar tracks 188 indexable Oncology companies headquartered in Cambridge, United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Oncology companies in Cambridge, United States?
The Oncology companies in Cambridge, United States on this list have raised a combined $17.8B in disclosed equity funding across 146 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Oncology company in Cambridge, United States?
Moderna is the highest-funded Oncology company in Cambridge, United States, with $2.8B in disclosed equity funding.
How many Oncology companies in Cambridge, United States are funded?
146 of the 188 Oncology companies in Cambridge, United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Oncology unicorns are there in Cambridge, United States?
None of the Oncology companies in Cambridge, United States on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Cambridge, United States Oncology companies?
The most active investors in Cambridge, United States Oncology companies on this list include Alexandria, RA Capital Management, Casdin Capital, Arch Venture Partners, Boxer Capital.
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