Granza Bio

Granza Bio

Building programmable therapeutics for the immune system

San Francisco
7 employees
Synthetic Biology
Seed · $7.6M

About Granza Bio

Granza Bio is developing programmable therapeutics for the immune system. Our platform is built on the foundational discovery of immune “superkiller” attack particles — the natural ammunition used by cytotoxic immune cells to deliver potent, localized killing. By re-arming exhausted immune cells with newly programmed ammunition, Granza restores and enhances immune function. This approach enables a new class of treatments with the potential to transform diseases ranging from cancer to autoimmunity.

Company details

Team Size7
LocationSan Francisco
IndustrySynthetic Biology

Funding

Total raised

$7.6M

Last stage

Seed

Investors

Felicis Ventures
Refactor Capital
Y Combinator
ZZeno Ventures
MMetaplanet

Founders

Ashwin Jainarayanan

Ashwin Jainarayanan

Granza Bio, DPhil (PhD) in Interdisciplinary Bioscience - University of Oxford

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Ashwin Menon Nandakumar

Ashwin Menon Nandakumar

PhD in Oncology from the University of Oxford; previously set up clinical trials and brings oncology start-up experience; Cancer Research UK post-doctoral researcher at Oxford and ICR London.

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MD

Michael Dustin

Professor of Molecular Immunology at the University of Oxford; Director of Research at the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology; discoverer of immune attack particles (SMAPs).

What happens next.

No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.

01

Confirm the fit

A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.

02

I pitch you to the company

I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.

03

A meeting lands on your calendar

If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.