Best Oncology Companies in New York, United States
The 177 best Oncology companies in New York, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Everest Medicines.
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.
Ranked: Best Oncology companies in New York
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founder | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everest Medicines Developer of drugs for the treatment of cancer | $593M | 72 mo ago | 395 | Kerry Blanchard CEO | — | 3 partnerships |
| 2 | Goodhealth Bioscience Developer of antibody-based therapeutics to treat cancer | $385M | 60 mo ago | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Delcath Speciality Pharmaceutical and medical device company focused on oncology 74Product top 14%Funding top 20%Fin. health top 31%Innovation top 34% All 10 signals ▾Producttop 14% Fundingtop 20% Fin. healthtop 31% Innovationtop 34% Techtop 37% Growthtop 39% Markettop 43% Moattop 47% Newstop 48% Globalbottom 44% Product: 5 distinct product lines · Company stage: Public Funding: Raised $307M across 19 rounds · 19 rounds over 24 yrs (0.8/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 74/100 | $307M | 17 mo ago | 52 | — | — | — |
| 4 | Nuvation Bio Developer of therapeutics for cancer treatment | $275M | 80 mo ago | 65 | — | 258 patents Design and synthesis of heterocyclic small‑molecule cancer drugs targeting nuclear hormone receptors. | — |
| 5 | SpringWorks Therapeutics Developer of small molecule therapeutics for treating cancer and rare diseases | $230M | 45 mo ago | 305 305 → 368 (+21%) · sector median -20% | Saqib Islam CEO | 419 patents Small‑molecule YAP/TAZ‑TEAD inhibitors and related heterocyclic oncology therapeutics | — |
| 6 | IRX Therapeutics Developing innovative cell therapies for advanced cancer and autoimmune diseases | $190M | 105 mo ago | 29 | — | — | — |
| 7 | Selecta Biosciences Developer of nanoparticle immunomodulatory drugs for treating multiple diseases | $155M | 70 mo ago | 67 | — | 957 patents Tolerogenic nanocarrier delivery systems for immune‑tolerant protein therapeutics | — |
| 8 | Zentalis Developer of small molecule therapeutics for cancer treatment | $147M | 72 mo ago | 168 168 → 123 (-27%) · sector median -20% | Kimberly Blackwell CEO | — | — |
| 9 | Athenex Developer of therapies for the treatment of multiple cancers | $147M | 78 mo ago | 318 | — | 120 patents Design of biaryl small‑molecule kinase inhibitors and oral chemo‑immunotherapy formulations | — |
| 10 | BioTheryX Developer small molecule-based therapies for cancers | $133M | 61 mo ago | 40 40 → 27 (-32%) · sector median -20% | David Stirling Founder and CEO | 261 patents Targeted protein degradation and small‑molecule therapeutics for disease treatment | — |
| 11 | Hibercell Developer of therapeutics for the treatment of solid and liquid cancers | $128M | 61 mo ago | 53 | — | 122 patents Cancer immunotherapy: GCN2 modulators, beta‑glucan/CD40 agonists, and novel crystalline drugs | — |
| 12 | Neogene Therapeutics Developer of T-cell therapy for treating cancer | $125M | 69 mo ago | 120 | Carsten Linnemann Co-Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 13 | Syros Pharmaceuticals Developer of small molecule therapeutics for cancer and genetic diseases | $124M | 45 mo ago | 117 | Conley Chee CEO | 304 patents Patents concentrated in chemistry & materials | — |
| 14 | Cleveland BioLabs Online gaming center offering slot games and deposit options | $124M | 72 mo ago | 46 | — | 139 patents TLR‑agonist immunotherapies, flagellin‑based vaccines, and radioprotective pharmaceutical agents. | — |
| 15 | C2i Genomics Provider of liquid biopsy for post cancer surgery monitoring | $112M | 62 mo ago | 64 | Ezra Sofer Co-Founder | — | — |
| 16 | Flame Biosciences Manufacturer of drugs for treating inflammation | $109M | 68 mo ago | — | Charles Fisher Founder | — | — |
| 17 | Mustang Bio Developer of CAR-T cell therapy for brain cancer and acute myeloid leukemia treatment | $95M | 31 mo ago | 80 80 → 43 (-46%) · sector median -20% | Manuel Litchman CEO | — | — |
| 18 | Accutar Biotechnology Provider of artificial intelligence-based solutions for accelerating drug discovery and development processes | $91M | 62 mo ago | 37 | Jie Fan Founder & CEO | 145 patents Design of small‑molecule kinase degraders and computational docking for oncology drugs | — |
| 19 | Treadwell Developer of therapeutics for cancer | $91M | 55 mo ago | 47 | Mark Bray Founder | — | — |
| 20 | Volastra Developer of therapeutics for cancer treatment 40Funding top 24%Talent top 28%Moat top 39%Tech bottom 48% All 6 signals ▾Fundingtop 24% Talenttop 28% Moattop 39% Techbottom 48% Globalbottom 37% Marketbottom 31% Funding: Raised $87.2M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 6 yrs (0.7/yr) Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 40/100 | $87M | 9 mo ago | 21 21 → 41 (+95%) · sector median -20% | Samuel Bakhoum Co-Founder | — | 1 job opening |
| 21 | Promontory Therapeutics Developer of immunotherapeutics for the treatment of cancer | $72M | 54 mo ago | 17 17 → 11 (-35%) · sector median -20% | Matthew Price Co-Founder & COO | — | — |
| 22 | Sapience Therapeutics Pioneering peptide therapeutics for traditionally undruggable cancer targets | $72M | 48 mo ago | 12 12 → 24 (+100%) · sector median -20% | — | — | — |
| 23 | Codagenix Developer of live-attenuated viral vaccines using proprietary SAVE technology 62Patents top 19%Moat top 21%Innovation top 24%Talent top 28% All 9 signals ▾Patentstop 19% Moattop 21% Innovationtop 24% Talenttop 28% Fundingtop 30% Marketbottom 49% Globalbottom 42% Techbottom 38% Newsbottom 27% Patents: 127 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 91 filings since 2022 vs 36 in 2017-21 Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 7/10 · IP moat: 127 patents rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 62/100 | $47M | 14 mo ago | 41 | — | 127 patents Live-attenuated viral vaccine design using codon deoptimization and recombinant virus platforms | — |
| 24 | Indaptus Developer of immunotherapies for oncology and infectious diseases 19Funding top 35%Moat top 39%Talent bottom 49%Growth bottom 42% All 7 signals ▾Fundingtop 35% Moattop 39% Talentbottom 49% Growthbottom 42% Globalbottom 30% Marketbottom 24% Newsbottom 23% Funding: Raised $37.9M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 5 yrs (0.6/yr) Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 6/10 · 10 curated direct competitors tracked rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 19/100 | $38M | 12 mo ago | 6 | Jeffrey Meckler Chief Executive Officer | — | — |
| 25 | IN8Bio Provider of immune based therapies for the treatment of cancer 50Funding top 27%Patents top 32%Moat top 38%Innovation top 39% All 10 signals ▾Fundingtop 27% Patentstop 32% Moattop 38% Innovationtop 39% Techtop 41% Newstop 42% Growthtop 45% Talentbottom 41% Marketbottom 39% Globalbottom 36% Funding: Raised $35.0M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 6 yrs (0.8/yr) Patents: 33 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 25 filings since 2022 vs 8 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 50/100 | $35M | 5 mo ago | 31 31 → 25 (-19%) · sector median -20% | William Ho Founder & CEO | 33 patents Engineered gamma‑delta T‑cell CAR immunotherapies for cancer treatment | — |
| 26 | Kanvas Biosciences Provider of imaging solutions for microbial research and infectious diseases 27Funding top 27%Talent top 38%Global bottom 38%Moat bottom 38% All 5 signals ▾Fundingtop 27% Talenttop 38% Globalbottom 38% Moatbottom 38% Marketbottom 27% Funding: Raised $29.5M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 3 yrs (1.0/yr) Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 27/100 | $30M | 1 mo ago | 10 | Iwijn De Vlaminck Co-Founder | — | 1 expansion |
| 27 | RenBio Developer of antibody-based therapeutic solutions for the treatment of cancer & inflammatory diseases | $29M | 21 mo ago | 10 10 → 8 (-20%) · sector median -20% | David Ho Co-Founder | 11 patents Gene therapy delivery devices and plasmid expression vectors for therapeutic proteins/peptides | — |
| 28 | ZetaGen Developer of targeted therapies for metastatic and primary breast cancers 27Talent top 15%Funding top 33%Moat top 48%Tech bottom 34% All 6 signals ▾Talenttop 15% Fundingtop 33% Moattop 48% Techbottom 34% Globalbottom 32% Marketbottom 25% Talent: Analyst team rating 5/5 Funding: Raised $20.3M across 7 rounds · 7 rounds over 8 yrs (0.9/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 27/100 | $20M | 7 mo ago | 9 | — | — | — |
| 29 | AcuamarkDx Provider of non-invasive screening test for early detection of cancer | $20M | 24 mo ago | 6 | Bernard Peperstraete Cofounder & CEO | — | — |
| 30 | Lucid Diagnostics Developer of diagnostic kit for oesophagal cancer | $19M | 32 mo ago | 74 74 → 115 (+55%) · sector median -20% | Lishan Aklog Md Chairman & CEO | — | — |
| 31 | OverT Bio Developer of cell therapies to treat solid tumors | $16M | 18 mo ago | — | Neville Sanjana Co-Founder | — | — |
| 32 | Vaccinex Deveeloper of therapeutics to treat cancer and neurologic diseases | $15M | 26 mo ago | 41 41 → 28 (-32%) · sector median -20% | — | 576 patents Semaphorin‑4D inhibition and CCR8 antibody therapeutics for neurodegeneration, cognition, and atherosclerosis | — |
| 33 | Waypoint Digital cell therapy platform for providers | $14M | 23 mo ago | 9 | David Phizicky Co-founder and CSO | — | — |
| 34 | Tracer Bio Developer of ultrasensitive ctDNA assay for molecular response surveillance | $10M | 17 mo ago | — | Gopal Ramachandran Co-Founder & CSO | — | — |
| 35 | Glycotest Provider of non-invasive blood tests for liver cancers and fibrosis-cirrhosis | $7M | 28 mo ago | 2 | — | — | — |
| 36 | Starton Developer of drug delivery solution and drugs for treating oncology | $6M | 20 mo ago | 14 | Pedro Lichtinger Chairman & CEO | — | — |
| 37 | Scienture Developer of therapeutics for CNS, oncology, and cardiovascular disease | $6M | 11 mo ago | 6 | — | 24 patents Sustained‑release liquid and injectable drug formulations for cardiovascular and analgesic therapies | 3 launchs |
| 38 | Aethon Therapeutics Developer of immunotherapies for cancer treatment | $6M | 21 mo ago | 7 | Benjamin Neel Co-Founder | — | — |
| 39 | Ancilia Developer of microbiome therapies for immunology and oncology indications 19Funding top 37%Patents top 41%Innovation bottom 49%Moat bottom 49% All 7 signals ▾Fundingtop 37% Patentstop 41% Innovationbottom 49% Moatbottom 49% Globalbottom 43% Marketbottom 20% Newsbottom 18% Funding: Raised $4.2M across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 2 yrs (3.0/yr) Patents: 11 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 9 filings since 2022 vs 2 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 19/100 | $4M | 4 mo ago | 5 | — | 11 patents Blockchain security analytics and microbiome modulation therapeutics | — |
| 40 | Summit Biomedical Imaging Developer of diagnostic solutions for the early detection of cancer diseases | $4M | 15 mo ago | 3 | Thomas Reiner Co-Founder & Scientific Advisor | — | — |
| 41 | POP BIO Developer of nanomedicines to treat oncology and infectious diseases | $2M | 13 mo ago | 5 | Jonathan Smyth Co-Founder | — | — |
| 42 | TEZCAT Laboratories Developing therapies for cancer treatment | $2M | 13 mo ago | — | Andrew Hauser Co-Founder & COO | — | — |
| 43 | MimiVax Disrupting cancer with innovative immunotherapies aimed at increasing patient survival rates | $2M | 11 mo ago | 3 | — | 2 patents Therapeutic anti‑survivin antibodies for cancer treatment | — |
| 44 | NanoPharmaceuticals Developer of therapeutics for cancer treatment | $1M | 16 mo ago | 2 | James Lynch CEO | 71 patents Targeted polymer‑drug conjugates for neuroendocrine and brain tumor therapy | — |
| 45 | Synthis Therapeutics Developer of therapeutics to treat cancer | $1M | 21 mo ago | 3 | Dori Karyat Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 46 | DepYmed Developer of therapeutics for rare disease and cancer | $1M | 14 mo ago | 2 | Nicholas Tonks Co-Founder | 26 patents Therapeutic copper-chelating agents and aminosteroid PTP1B inhibitors for metabolic disease treatment | — |
| 47 | HemoGenyx Developer of cell and gene therapies to treat blood diseases and viral infections | $1M | 4 mo ago | 14 | — | 6 patents Bispecific antibody-mediated depletion of hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells for conditioning transplants | — |
| 48 | PAVmed Developer of medical devices and biomarkers to detect various diseases | $845K | 4 mo ago | 107 | — | 50 patents Minimally invasive catheter systems for fluid control and fibrous tissue division. | — |
| 49 | Lixte Developer of drugs to treat cancer | $710K | 11 mo ago | 3 | — | — | — |
| 50 | MiNK Therapeutics Developer of T cell therapies for cancer and other immune-mediated diseases | $306K | 13 mo ago | 37 37 → 31 (-16%) · sector median -20% | Jennifer Buell CEO | — | — |
Top 12 Oncology companies in New York
#1
Series A · Ithaca, New York · founded 2021 · 10 employees$29.5Mraised▾
Provider of imaging solutions for microbial research and infectious diseases
- May 2026Series A$48M
- Mar 2024Series A$12.5M
- Jun 2023Seed$11.8M
#2
Public · New York City, New York · founded 2020 · 31 employees$35Mraised▾
Provider of immune based therapies for the treatment of cancer. The company offers its proprietary technology and develop genetically modified gamma-delta (γδ) T cells for targeting cold, low mutation cancers cell. It offers pipeline of drug candidates which include INB-200 for glioblastoma, INB-100 for leukemia, INB-400 for solid tumors, and others.
- Dec 2025Post IPO$20.1M
- Oct 2024Post IPO$12.4M
- Dec 2023Post IPO$14.4M
- Sep 2020Series C$35M
#3
Series B · New York City, New York · founded 2019 · 21 employees$87.2Mraised▾
Developer of therapeutics for cancer treatment. The company is developing compounds to target chromosomal instability and related pathways to inhibit genomic instability and disease progression. It also developing proprietary imaging technologies to identify chromosomal instability cancers.
- Sep 2025Series B$30.1M
- May 2024Series A$15M
- Mar 2023Series A$60.2M
- Apr 2021Seed—
#4
Public · New York City, New York · founded 1987 · 52 employees$306.6Mraised▾
Speciality Pharmaceutical and medical device company focused on oncology. Proprietary product-Melphalan Hydrochloride Injection for use with the Delcath Hepatic Delivery System (Melphalan/HDS)-is designed to administer high dose chemotherapy to the liver, while controlling the systemic exposure to those agents. In the USA, the product is not yet approved for sale. In Europe, melphalan hydrochloride is marketed as a device under the name CHEMOSTAT delivery system for melphalan. The pipeline includes a number of clinical trials of high dose chemotherapy for liver cancers such as hepatocellular carcinoma, neuroendocrine tumor, and colorectal cancer
- Dec 2024Post IPO$16.3M
- Mar 2024Post IPO$7M
- Mar 2023Post IPO$35M
- Dec 2022Post IPO$6.2M
#5
Series B · Syracuse, New York · founded 2017 · 9 employees$20.3Mraised▾
Developer of targeted therapies for metastatic and primary breast cancers. It is a clinical-stage biopharma focused on developing first-of-its-kind therapeutics for the treatment of metastatic and primary breast cancers. It focuses on creating therapies designed to suspend cancer, inhibit pain, and regenerate bone. Its therapies are intended as adjunctive treatments, administered locally to bone or soft tissue. Its research investigates a molecular pathway with the potential to establish a new treatment paradigm for metastatic bone lesions and osteological conditions.
- Oct 2025Series B$12.9M
- Jan 2025Series B$83.2K
- Aug 2023Series B$9.8M
- Feb 2023Series A$9.6M
#6
Series B · New York City, New York · founded 2019 · 5 employees$4.2Mraised▾
Developer of microbiome therapies for immunology and oncology indications. It offers bacterial therapeutics that target the viral components of the microbiome to treat chronic diseases. The therapies are based on CRISPR technology that enhances bacterial immunity against viruses and modulates the human microbiome.
- Feb 2026Series B$10.1M
- Aug 2025Grant (prize money)$274.4K
- Jul 2025Grant (prize money)$274.4K
- Sep 2024Grant (prize money)$274.4K
#7
Series B · Stony Brook, New York · founded 2011 · 41 employees$47.1Mraised▾
Developer of live-attenuated viral vaccines using proprietary SAVE technology. The SAVE platform relies on synthetic biology and re-design of the target virus' entire genome to yield a vaccine strain. All pipeline vaccines are currently in preclinical stages targeting seasonal influenza, dengue virus (DEV), respiratory syncytial virus (RCV), and pandemic influenza.
- Apr 2025Grant (prize money)$4.4M
- Oct 2023Grant (prize money)$10M
- Feb 2023Series B$25M
- Jul 2020Grant (prize money)$4.8M
#8
Public · New York City, New York · founded 2021 · 6 employees$37.9Mraised▾
Developer of immunotherapies for oncology and infectious diseases. The lead candidate Decoy20 provides broad anti-tumor and anti-viral responses in combination for the treatment of colorectal, hepatocellular, pancreatic carcinoma, and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
- Jun 2025Post IPO$5.7M
- Jan 2025Post IPO$2.2M
- Jul 2021Post IPO$30M
#9
Public · Buffalo, New York · founded 2014 · 14 employees$1Mraised▾
Developer of cell and gene therapies to treat blood diseases and viral infections. It offers apipeline of drug candidates which include HG‑CT‑1 CAR‑T therapy for relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia, CDX Bi‑specific antibody to eliminate malignancy in patients with FLT3+ R/R AML and potentially condition bone marrow transplant, and Chimeric Bait Receptor Platform for antiviral and cancer immune cell reprogramming.
- Feb 2026Post IPO$3.4M
- Mar 2025Post IPO$915.1K
- Jan 2025Post IPO$425.6K
- Mar 2024Post IPO$4.5M
#10
Public · New York City, New York · founded 2014 · 107 employees$845Kraised▾
Developer of medical devices and biomarkers to detect various diseases. The products developed by the company include "CarpX" a minimally invasive device to treat carpal tunnel syndrome, "PortIO" a novel, implantable, intraosseous vascular access device, and "DisappEAR" antimicrobial resorbable ear tubes, and many more.
- Feb 2026Post IPO$30M
- Feb 2025Post IPO$2.4M
- Jan 2025Post IPO$2.7M
- Sep 2024Grant (prize money)$892.1K
#11
Public · Hauppauge, New York · founded 2019 · 6 employees$6Mraised▾
Developer of therapeutics for CNS, oncology, and cardiovascular disease. The company's lead candidates include SCN-101, SCN-104, and SCN-105 are used to treat CNS disease, SCN-102 is for oncology, and SCN-103 and SCN-106 are used to treat cardiovascular disease. The company is also developing therapeutics including SCN- 07 for pain, SCN-108 for endocrinology, and SCN-109 for anti-infective diseases.
- Jul 2025Post IPO$1.7M
- Nov 2024Post IPO$3.3M
- Dec 2020Post IPO$6M
#12
Series A · New York City, New York · founded 2016 · 10 employees$29.2Mraised▾
Developer of antibody-based therapeutic solutions for the treatment of cancer & inflammatory diseases. The company's proprietary MYO technology involves in the development of antibody therapeutic that helps in treating rare diseases, viral infections, autoimmune diseases, and more by using DNA blueprint & antibody factory.
- Aug 2024Series A$5.2M
- Jan 2021Series A$24M
- Jul 2016Grant (prize money)$3.4M
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
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
How research on Oncology & Cancer Therapeutics is moving in the United States
A read on the academic research around Oncology & Cancer Therapeutics — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 12,968 United States-affiliated papers.
- Harvard University573
- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center559
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute413
- Johns Hopkins University356
- Cornell University352
- Tumor microenvironment124→1921
- Immune system80→1464
- Immunotherapy66→1342
- Cancer research197→1345
- Cancer immunotherapy35→714
- Tumor microenvironment212→2712
- Immune system142→2161
- Immunotherapy146→1778
- Cancer research238→1815
- Cancer immunotherapy73→718
- Immunotherapy42→624
- Tumor microenvironment65→585
- Immune system31→529
- Cancer immunotherapy27→298
- Cancer research49→277
Where oncology is researched across United States
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Who's filing oncology patents in the United States
United States oncology patent filing is accelerating — 2,574 filings from 797 assignees (2016–2025), led by Bristol Myers Squibb, IO Therapeutics, UNIV California; annual filings 108→277.
- Bristol Myers Squibb105
- IO Therapeutics91
- UNIV California88
- DANA Farber Cancer INST87
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer 74
- Baylor College Medicine63
- UNIV Texas61
- Massachusetts INST Technology47