KaloCyte, Inc., a pre-clinical stage healthcare biotech startup company, recently relocated to the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) as an Affiliate of the UM BioPark. KaloCyte’s offices and labs are sited within the new UM School of Medicine’s Center for Blood Oxygen Transport and Hemostasis (CBOTH) directed by Allan Doctor, MD (KaloCyte Co-Founder and CSO). KaloCyte was founded in 2016 by a distinguished team of researchers in physiology, bioengineering, and trauma care. KaloCyte has demonstrated proof of concept for ErythroMer, a dried, bio-inspired artificial red blood cell envisioned for use when stored red blood cells are unavailable, undesirable or in short supply. KaloCyte has an exclusive license for the technology from Washington University in St. Louis, and is supported by nearly $6M in federal awards and investor funding.
Location: United States, Maryland, Baltimore
Employees: 11-50
Phone: (410) 706-6080
Total raised: $300K
Founded date: 2016
Investors 4
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | BioAdvance | bioadvance... |
| - | Maryland M... | momentum.u... |
| - | TEDCO | tedcomd.co... |
| - | NYBC Ventu... | nybcventur... |
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 08.06.2020 | - | $300K | Maryland M... |
Mentions in press and media 9
| Date | Title | Description |
| 30.09.2025 | Biosynthetic Blood Breakthrough: Chrysea and KaloCyte Enter into Exclusive Alliance to Transform Medical Emergency Care | Where Human Blood is not Available Where human Blood is not Available: combining Chrysea’s synthetic biology expertise with KaloCyte’s innovative red blood cell technology. CANTANHEDE,PORTUGAL, BALTIMORE, USA, DUBLIN, IRELAND, September 30,... |
| 07.09.2022 | University System of Maryland Names Mike Ravenscroft Managing Director of the Maryland Momentum Fund | Baltimore, Md. (Sept. 7, 2022) – The University System of Maryland (USM) has named Mike Ravenscroft as Managing Director of the Maryland Momentum Fund (MMF), a $16 million investment fund that supports early stage companies affiliated with ... |
| 09.06.2022 | A strategic relocation to Baltimore supports one biomedical company’s growth | KaloCyte, a thriving startup developing a red blood cell substitute, moved to the BioPark in 2019. |
| 24.10.2021 | История крови. Самая древняя проблема обратной совместимости | Выйдя на сушу, мы захватили с собой в дорогу немного моря. Тонкая мембрана одноклеточных так легко пропускала соленую воду с кислородом и питательными веществами, что эволюция даже не попыталась реализовать этот механизм как-то иначе. Много... |
| 02.07.2021 | Viewpoint: Md. startups are poised for takeoff, but the entrepreneurial ecosystem is still in its infancy | After leading the University System of Maryland Maryland Momentum Fund for nearly two years — performing due diligence on over 250 companies and making 22 investments and counting — I’m able to offer a full picture on Maryland’s strengths a... |
| 08.06.2020 | Technical.ly Baltimore: KaloCyte raises $300K from Maryland Momentum Fund | Months after moving to Baltimore, the company is growing its team and gaining funding from local institutions. |
| 08.06.2020 | USM Maryland Momentum Fund Invests $300K in KaloCyte | University of Maryland School of Medicine faculty are developing an artificial red blood cell substitute that can potentially provide therapeutic oxygenation when whole blood or red blood cells are not available |
| 08.06.2020 | KaloCyte Raises $300K from Maryland Momentum Fund | Less than a year after relocating its headquarters to Baltimore, biotech company KaloCyte has raised new funding from Maryland-based investors and expanded its local team. On Monday, the company announced that it raised $300,000 from the Ma... |
| 25.03.2020 | Power Moves: Shelonda Stokes named interim head of Downtown Partnership of Baltimore amid pandemic-paused search | Power Moves is a column where we chart the comings and goings of talent across the region. Got a new hire, new gig or promotion? Tell us: baltimore@technical.ly. Downtown Partnership of Baltimore is naming Shelonda Stokes interim president,... |