Their story
Astraveus is founded on July 7, 2016 at the Saint-Louis Hospital in Paris, based on Jérémie's thesis work. The Company starts with research activities funded by its team members, BPI France and the European Commission. After 6 years, twelve passionate people deliver key technology building blocks that result in patents and the assembly of a prototype, demonstrating the viability of Astraveus benchtop cell therapy concept. This convinces AdBio Partners, Bpifrance Large Venture, Merck (M Ventures) and J&J (JJDC) to invest €16.5M in the Company and the French state to grant €10.4M as part of the France 2030 initiative. Astraveus is currently focused on the development of Lakhesys™ benchtop cell factory and its commercialization.